Building / Landmark · 1878
Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The Redemptorist Mission Church whose twin spires gave Mission Hill its name; the 1878 basilica hosted Ted Kennedy's funeral Mass in 2009.
Photograph · Wikimedia Commons
Why it matters
Part of the connected record of this place — 1 relationship link it into the wider graph, each one a thread worth pulling.
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Living object
Now, then, future
Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.
Now
Thenquiet enough to notice details. Best now: one good detour.
1867: Harvard's dental school, established in 1867 as the first university-affiliated dental school in the United States, based in the Longwood medical area.
Future2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.
Current modemidday
Historical echoHarvard School of Dental Medicine
Connected eventAmerica’s 250th — July 4, 2026
Pulse
How it feels right now
Current energyquiet enough to notice details
Best nowone good detour
Best timemidday
academicMission Hill
Rain scoremodest
Indoor escapes within a few blocks.
Laptop friendlinesslow
Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.
Student presencepresent
How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.
Tourist pressurelow
Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.
Historic densitystrong
Older records and historical edges around this object.
Serendipityquiet
Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.
Turn this into a walk
Routes with a point of view
What should I see next?
Chosen moves from here
The editor's hand
Human recommendations
Civic memory
What this meant before
18781878Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help enters the civic record here.1867Harvard School of Dental MedicineHarvard's dental school, established in 1867 as the first university-affiliated dental school in the United States, based in the Longwood medical area.1873Massachusetts College of Art and DesignFounded in 1873, the nation's first freestanding public college of art and design, with a campus along Huntington Avenue's Avenue of the Arts.1875Boston Medical LibraryFounded in 1875, the Boston Medical Library joined its collections with Harvard's in the Countway Library, among the largest medical collections in the country.
- Established
- 1878
- Online
- Official site ↗
- Graph connections
- 1
Plan your visit
Websitebostonsbasilica.com ↗
Get there
In popular culture◷Donna Summer (1948) — The Queen of Disco
In the graph 1 relationships — first-class data, not links
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Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk
Building / Landmark · 5 min walk
Boston Medical Library
Museum / Cultural · 5 min walk
Warren Anatomical Museum
University · 5 min walk
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
An unexpected connection
Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is linked, through the graph, to Mission Hill — neighborhood, 7 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
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NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
Also in Mission HillShares a neighborhood
More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph
From the Gilded AgeOf the same period
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○Source qualityBest source is open reference
○Independent corroboration1 source
✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified
○Institutional backingNo primary source yet
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
Wikidata Q810125 Open reference
The same entity, elsewhere
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Relationship density13
1 connection
Record coverage86
metadata completeness
Graph authority29
centrality + reach + trust
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