Building / Landmark · Boston

Commandant's House

Commandant's House, Boston.

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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

lively. Best now: one good detour.

Then

1630: Historic cemetery in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Future

2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.

Current modegolden hour

Historical echoPhipps Street Burying Ground

Connected eventCharlestown 400 (2029)

Pulse

How it feels right now

Current energylively

Best nowone good detour

Best timegolden hour

serendipitousCharlestown

Rain scoremodest

Indoor escapes within a few blocks.

Laptop friendlinesslow

Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.

Student presencehigh

How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.

Tourist pressurelow

Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.

Historic densitylight

Older records and historical edges around this object.

Serendipityhigh

Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.

Turn this into a walk

Routes with a point of view

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What should I see next?

Chosen moves from here

01The right next stopUSS Constitution MuseumClose enough to feel spontaneous, different enough to change the texture of the visit.2 min walk 02Hidden in plain sightFirst Church in CharlestownA quieter stop nearby that rewards a second look.Building / Landmark 03The connection you would miss on a mapCharlestownA civic relationship that is easier to understand once you see the graph.Neighborhood

The editor's hand

Human recommendations

The Civic Graph Editorial DeskEditorial standardLook for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Samuel Gridley Howe →

Civic memory

What this meant before

1630Phipps Street Burying GroundHistoric cemetery in Charlestown, Massachusetts.1780Warren TavernAmong the oldest taverns in Massachusetts (1780), named for the Bunker Hill martyr Dr.1797USS ConstitutionThe world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, launched in Boston in 1797 and nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the War of 1812.182290-92 Main Street90-92 Main Street, Boston.

Address: 23 Second Avenue, Charlestown
Online: Official site ↗
Graph connections: 1

Plan your visit

Websitenps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/cny.htm ↗

Get there

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In the graph 1 relationships — first-class data, not links

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Located in

Charlestown

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Building / Landmark · 1 min walk

Marine Barracks

Building / Landmark · 1 min walk

"Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812" Sign

Building / Landmark · 1 min walk

"'Old Ironsides' in Dry Dock 1" Sign

An unexpected connection

Commandant's House is linked, through the graph, to Charlestown — neighborhood, 6 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.

Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess

NearbyA few minutes’ walk away

Marine BarracksBuilding / Landmark "Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812" SignBuilding / Landmark "'Old Ironsides' in Dry Dock 1" SignBuilding / Landmark "Life and Work in the Navy Yard in 1812" SignBuilding / Landmark "Working in the Yard" SignBuilding / Landmark

Also in CharlestownShares a neighborhood

Bunker Hill MonumentBuilding / Landmark USS ConstitutionAttraction Charlestown 400 (2029)Recurring event Warren TavernRestaurant / Café Phipps Street Burying GroundBuilding / Landmark

More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph

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One record, 1 framing cross-property publishing — never duplicated

Boston400.com · you are here

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How this is scored →

✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional

✓Independent corroboration2 sources across 2 tiers

✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified

✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source

○Record completeness60% of canonical fields present

Sources, by tier

OpenStreetMap way/29746560 Open reference

U.S. National Park Service (NPS API) Primary / institutional

The same entity, elsewhere

OpenStreetMapway/29746560 Official sitehttps://www.nps.…

Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count

Relationship density13

1 connection

Record coverage66

metadata completeness

Graph authority23

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Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read

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