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Best of Beacon Hill

The most significant places in Beacon Hill, ordered into a walkable loop by the graph.

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African Meeting House

Building / Landmark · Start here

The oldest surviving Black church building in America (1806), the organizing hall of Beacon Hill’s free Black community and of the abolition movement; Frederick Douglass recruited the 54th Regiment here..

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    African Meeting HouseStart · Building / Landmark

    The oldest surviving Black church building in America (1806), the organizing hall of Beacon Hill’s free Black community and of the abolition movement; Frederick Douglass recruited the 54th Regiment here..

  2. 2
    Massachusetts State House2 min walk walk · Building / Landmark

    Charles Bulfinch’s 1798 capitol crowned with a dome gilded in 23-karat gold; built on John Hancock’s former cow pasture..

  3. 3
    Boston Athenæum2 min walk walk · Building / Landmark

    Library..

  4. 4
    Tremont Temple2 min walk walk · Building / Landmark

    Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America..

  5. 5
    Trinity Church, Boston4 min walk walk · Building / Landmark

    Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America..

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    Central Burying Ground7 min walk walk · Building / Landmark

    Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States..