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Ashmont
Dorchester
RedMattapan
Last Red Line stop before the orange Mattapan trolley peels off. Peabody Square's Victorian houses, Ashmont Hill mansions, and Dot Ave's most walkable corner.
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What to do
- •Ride the vintage Mattapan trolley
- •Brunch at Ashmont Grill
- •Cedar Grove Cemetery wander
- •Sunday flea at Ashmont Station plaza
Walking trails
Past 1880s Queen Annes and stick-style Victorians up the hill.
Walk south to Cedar Grove Cemetery, ride the trolley back.
Events
- •Ashmont Open Studios (Sept)
- •Mattapan Trolley Anniversary Day (varies)
Fun facts
- ✦Mattapan trolley uses 1940s PCC streetcars — among the last in revenue service in the U.S.
- ✦All Saints Church was Cram's first major commission and launched Gothic Revival in America.
- ✦Peabody Square is named for George Peabody, who funded Harvard's Peabody Museum.
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