It still contains furnishings and art from several generations of her family, including pieces by 19th century sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Garden designer, peace activist, and women's right to vote advocate Rose Standish Nichols lived in the house between 18. Famous Boston architect, Charles Bulfinch, designed the Federal-style house. Nichols House Museum (55 Mount Vernon Street) dates back to 1804. Want to see what the spectacular 18th and 19th century homes filling Beacon Hill look like on the inside? Two wonderful house museums give you the opportunity.Īlthough the houses were built only 8 years apart, visit both if you have time because inside, they are quite different. Nichols House Museum & Otis House Museum The front courtyard at Nichols House Museum Louisa May Alcott ( Little Women) lived at Number 10 William Dean Howells lived at Numbers 4 and 16.ģ. The surrounding Greek Revival bow-fronted town houses and mansions, built in the 1840s and among the city's most expensive real estate, are the main attraction here, partly because of their famous former literary residents. You can't go in, but look for the statue for Christopher Columbus at one end. Wander up and down the little side streets, where you'll find a few appealing shops and restaurants tucked between the beautiful Federal-era homes.įrom Charles Street, head up the hill on Mount Vernon or Pickney Street, and within two blocks you'll come to Louisburg Square, the city's only remaining private park. Start your exploration of Beacon Hill by walking down Charles Street, the commercial heart of the neighborhood where residents and visitors shop and eat.įull of boutiques, antique stores, and wonderful places to eat, it's only about five or six blocks long, depending on how you count, and runs across the width of the neighborhood from Beacon Street to Cambridge Street.
Charles Street - The Heart of Beacon Hill When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost for you. Top photo: Beacon Hill's mellow red brick mansions overlook the gorgeous fall foliage along the Charles River in this photo taken in late October, (c) Boston Discovery Guideīoston Discovery Guide is a reader-supported publication. This Beacon Hill area is where you'll find the Museum of African American History, part of the Black Freedom Trail which includes houses on the Underground Railroad where abolitionist hid formerly enslaved people fleeing for freedom in Canada, and Vilna Shul, Boston's only remaining immigrant-era synagogue.Īnd along Charles Street in an area known as "the Flat of Beacon Hill," you'll find plenty of lively restaurants, wonderful boutiques, and some of the city's finest antique shops and art galleries. Wander farther into the neighborhood in the area between Pickney and Cambridge Streets called the North Slope, and you'll discover a more diverse view of the rich tapestry of Boston's history related to the abolition of slavery and the pursuit of religious freedom and equal rights. Located right in the middle of the city, Beacon Hill is where Boston's first European settler built himself a log cabin in 1625, five years before the Puritans arrived and established the village they called Boston.įull of elegant Federal-period mansions and charming cobblestone lanes lined with gas lamps, Beacon Hill's South Slope between Beacon and Pickney Streets gives you the chance to step back in time to when wealthy Brahmins ruled Boston society.
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