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Beacon Hill
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Gas lamps, brick sidewalks, Federal-style row houses. The most photographed neighborhood in the city, anchored by the gold-domed State House and the impossibly steep, cobblestoned Acorn Street.
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What to do
- •Walk Acorn Street at sunrise (no tourists)
- •Tour the State House
- •Antique-browse Charles Street
- •Black Heritage Trail starting at the African Meeting House
- •Tea at the Athenaeum
Walking trails
14 sites of free Black Boston, from the Shaw Memorial to the African Meeting House.
Charles → Mt Vernon → Louisburg Sq → Acorn → Pinckney.
Cross the Storrow footbridge to the Charles.
Events
- •Beacon Hill Art Walk (June)
- •Holiday Stroll (Dec, candlelit windows)
- •Beacon Hill Garden Tour (May)
Fun facts
- ✦Acorn Street is the most-photographed street in America (per most lists).
- ✦Louisburg Square is the only privately-owned square in the city — residents own the cobblestones.
- ✦The State House dome was originally wood, then copper (by Paul Revere), then gilded in 1874.
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