Boston Common

How to Get There

From Downtown Boston (hotel district near Theater District and Downtown Crossing): Walk or drive along Tremont Street toward Beacon Hill; Boston Common is located directly across from Park Street Station and next to Boston Public Garden in the heart of downtown.

Overview

Boston Common (also known as the Common) is a central public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Dating from 1634, it is the oldest city park in the United States. The Boston Common consists of 50 acres (20 ha) of land bounded by Tremont Street (139 Tremont St.), Park Street, Beacon Street, Charles Street, and Boylston Street. The Common is part of the Emerald Necklace of parks and parkways that extend from the Common south to Franklin Park in Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester. A visitor center for all of Boston is located on the Tremont Street side of the park.

The Central Burying Ground is located on the Boylston Street side of Boston Common and contains the burial sites of the artist Gilbert Stuart and the composer William Billings. Also buried there are Samuel Sprague and his son, Charles Sprague, one of America's earliest poets. Samuel Sprague was a participant in the Boston Tea Party and fought in the Revolutionary War. The Common was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1977.

Boston Massacre Monument

The Boston Massacre Monument, also known as the Crispus Attucks Monument and Victory, is an outdoor memorial by Adolph Robert Kraus, installed in Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts. The monument was dedicated on November 14, 1889. The designer of the base was Boston architect Carl Fehmer.

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