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1688 Dr & Mrs N S Bacon 1692 Mrs Emmons R Ellis Mr E Raymond Ellis 1696 Mr & Mrs Harry E Mason 1702 Mr & Mrs Thos A Dewire Martin St
(P O Cambridge 40)
1712 Dr & Mrs John J Whoriskey 1718 Mrs C H Thomas Dr & Mrs W KS Thomas
1722 Mrs James W Emery Mrs Carrie E Grant
1728 Mr & Mrs Fred H Dow 1734 Mr James J Conley The Misses Conley 1740 Dr & Mrs A W Dudley Linnæan St
1776 Dr & Mrs Leo T Myles 1780 Mr & Mrs Frank E Cheney 1800-1802 COMMONWEALTH CHAMBERS 1826 Mr & Mrs Francis J Carney Miss R Cecile Palmer 0000 THIRD UNIVERSALIST CH (Rev Lucius R Paige) 0000 NORTH AV BAPTIST CH Rev Manford D Wolfe ? 192 Upland Rd $
MEADOW WAY (P O Cambridge 38)
Even numbers 14 Dr & Mrs Edmund J Butler 22 Mr & Mrs Edw B Benedict
Odd numbers
3 Mr & Mrs Wm W Babcock
7 Mr & Mrs Horace E Whitney Mr Allen F Whitney
39 Dr & Mrs William S Whitte- more
MERCER CIRCLE (P O Cambridge 38)
1 Mr & Mrs W Hetherington Turnbull
2 Miss B J Kahnweller
3 Mrs A W Fiske
4 Mr & Mrs Alfred D Hurd Miss Marjorie Hurd Mr John C Hurd
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MERCER CIRCLE-Con
5 Prof & Mrs Dugald C Jackson
6 Miss Alice M Morgan
8 Prof & Mrs William F Harris Mr William E Harris
MOUNT AUBURN STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
115 WAVERLY HALL
151 Mrs John Delaney Mr & Mrs Frank Delaney
157 Mr & Mrs Matthew F Durgin 159 Miss Mary E Durgin
173 Mrs Emma Grote Miss Anna E Grote
175 Mr & Mrs Kinsley Dunbar Miss Evelyn Dunbar Miss Mary C Hewett
Even numbers
000 TRINITY HALL
120 THE CRAIGIE
150 Mr Charles C Evans
260 STILLMAN INFIRMARY
000 CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL
360 HOME FOR AGED PEOPLE
000 GERRY'S LANDING Mr & Mrs Edward W Forbes (in Europe for the winter) Mr & Mrs Kenneth G T Webster
380-390 HAVENHURST
380 Mr & Mrs Arthur M Comey
390 Mr Wm A Hayes Miss Susan L Hayes
414 Mrs Mabel L Wicker
426 Mr & Mrs Andrew J Porter
MOUNT VERNON STREET (P O Cambridge 40)
Odd numbers
29 Mr & Mrs Stanley B Hildreth Miss Dorothy E Hildreth
37 Mr & Mrs C Fred Pierce Miss Marguerite Pierce
45 Mrs E A Jameson
47 Mr & Mrs Chester L Dawes
63 Mr & Mrs Chester P Davis Mr & Mrs Howard A Barick- man
Miss Marilla S Barickman
65 Mr & Mrs Herman T Hahn Miss Frances M Hahn Mrs Julia F Cobb
69 Mr & Mrs Frank S Rogers
Even numbers
24 Mr & Mrs Edward C Grant
26 Mrs Herman G Hitchborn Mr & Mrs John D Woodford
36 Mr & Mrs Frank H Ivers Mr & Mrs Robert Baldwin
40 Mr & Mrs George H Dyer Mr & Mrs Leon B Hovey
42 Mr & Mrs Walter S Verity
46 Mrs L E Hitchcock Mr & Mrs Edw H Redstone
48 The Misses Sawyer Miss A S Hildreth
50 Mr & Mrs Enoch Beane Mr Charles H Beane Miss Helen Beane
64 Mr Max Benshimol Mr & Mrs Clifford F Lerned
70 Mrs Clarence J Bodfish . Mrs Louisa L Goodwin
OXFORD STREET
(P O Cambridge 38)
O ,u numbers 15 Mrs Francis C Foster
19 Mr & Mrs William C Lane
00 PIERCE HALL
47 Miss Caroline M Hilton
(P O Station 40)
123 THE HADMOOR
125 Mr & Mrs Arthur D Swezey
141 THE WORTHINGTON
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OXFORD ST-Con
Even numbers
(P O Cambridge 38)
20 Rev & Mrs S M Crothers The Misses Crothers Miss Katharine C Bronson
00 AGASSIZ MUSEUM
66 Mr & Mrs Emil A Erickson 37 Mr Edward L Grueby
(P O Station 40)
124 THE GREENACRE 146-148 THE OXFORD
PHILLIPS PLACE (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
3 Miss Pauline Jones Miss Elizabeth A Jones Miss Dorothy Caldwell Mr & Mrs David D Barnes
5 Mr & Mrs John W Ames Mr John W Ames Jr Mr William Ames
7 Prof & Mrs Frederick Jackson Turner
9 Rev & Mrs William W Love Mr Ethelbert W Love Miss Elizabeth Love
Even numbers
6 Rev & Mrs Norman B Nash Mrs Henry S Nash
12 Rev & Mrs Edward S Drown Mrs Robert D Smith
POTTER PARK (P O Cambridge 38)
1 Dr & Mrs A Carleton Potter
2 The Misses Coleman
3 Mr & Mrs Horace E Hildreth
4 Mr & Mrs John Dore
PRENTISS STREET (P O Cambridge 40)
Odd numbers
29 Mr & Mrs Raymond S Coon Miss Dorothy E Coon Mr Gilbert R Coon
35 Mr & Mrs F W Channing Wood
Mr & Mrs Wm H Grueby Mr Edward L Grueby 2d Mr & Mrs Harry H Bates
Even numbers
10 Mr & Mrs Charles F J McCue
12 Mr & Mrs Reginald F Arra- gon
14 Mr & Mrs Edward K Parker 16 Mr & Mrs Benjamin F Wyeth
PRESCOTT STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
20 Mr & Mrs Willis L Learned Mr & Mrs Arthur B Tyler Miss Helena Thompson Mr & Mrs T J Duncan Fuller Jr
Prof & Mrs George S Forbes Mr & Mrs John H Garretson Mrs Cecile Freese
Mr & Mrs George Gill Jones Dr & Mrs Hugo Mella
Mr & Mrs John Perrin
Mr & Mrs Alfred C Redfield Mr & Mrs Lawrence G Miller Mr & Mrs W H Crook
Mr & Mrs Charles E Tirrell Rev & Mrs Geo H Hubbard Mr & Mrs Henry S Hubbell Mr & Mrs Marmion J Sim- mons
Mr & Mrs John W Pennock
Mr & Mrs Philip T Cate
Mr & Mrs Charles P Stewart Mr & Mrs Thomas W Little
Mrs Ralph Washburn Mrs Edwin L Ross
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PROSPECT STREET (P O Cambridge 39)
Odd numbers
000 FIRST EVANGELICAL CON- GREGATIONAL CHURCH Rev Wm H Macnair 177 Hancock St
125 Mrs Robert O Fuller Miss Annie Fuller
175 Mr & Mrs Frank W Cram
191 Miss M A Burrage
87 Mr Charles A Mason
95 Mrs Nathaniel Carr Mr & Mrs William C Holt
121 Rev Ernest M Paddock Mr Alexander M S Paddock Miss Dorothea Paddock
Even numbers
84 Miss Jennie L Hamilton
90 Prof & Mrs Lewis J Johnson Mr Chandler W Johnson
98 Mr & Mrs J B Palmer
199 CAMBRIDGE RELIEF HOSPI- 106 Mr & Mrs Chas H Fosgate TAL
QUINCY STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
11 Prof George H Palmer Rev & Mrs Frederick Palmer
17 President & Mrs A Lawrence Lowell
Even numbers
16 Mr & Mrs Robert C Flack
20 THE COLONIAL CLUB
24 Mrs William G Farlow
26 Prof & Mrs Chester N Green- ough
28 Rev & Mrs Willard L Sperry
32 Prof & Mrs Byron S Hurlbut
38 Mrs John A Dodd The Misses Dodd
40 Prof & Mrs Kirsopp Lake
42 Mr & Mrs Henry Havelock Pierce 00 CHURCH OF THE NEW JERU- SALEM
RAYMOND STREET (P O Cambridge 40)
Odd numbers
29 Mr & Mrs Ernest E Smith
47 Mrs Joseph Y Bergen
79 Dr Edmund H Stevens Miss Luella B Stevens Miss Lena Leach
RESERVOIR STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
1 Mrs Nathaniel C Nash Mr & Mrs Nathaniel C Nash Jr
25 Rev & Mrs Samuel A Eliot Mr Charles W Eliot 2d Mr Theodore L Eliot Dr & Mrs F Fremont-Smith Jr
29 Prof & Mrs Horatio S White 33 Mr & Mrs Joseph H Chad- bourne
Mr Joseph H Chadbourne Jr 43 Mr & Mrs Stephen E Young 47 Mr & Mrs F Hartwell Greene
Even numbers 12 Mr & Mrs Fred'k W Denton Mr Thomas C Denton
RIEDESEL AVENUE (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
5 Mr & Mrs Moses W Ware
7 Mr & Mrs Howard M Turner
9 Prof & Mrs J D M Ford Miss Anita Ford
Even numbers
2 Mr & Mrs H Addington Bruce 4 Mr & Mrs Howard L Blackwell 6 Mr & Mrs Fisher H Nesmith
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SACRAMENTO STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
5 Mr & Mrs John C Dow Mr William H B Lang
9 Mr W G G Cole
11 Mr & Mrs Oscar S Randall Mr & Mrs Walter W Webster
13 Miss Ruth D Loring Mrs James Churchward
19 Mr A L Landerkin
23 Mr & Mrs E J Comerford The Misses Comerford
31 Mr & Mrs J J Brennan
Even numbers
6 Mr & Mrs Wilfred H Smart
8 Mr & Mrs Chas W Gerould
12 Rev & Mrs Kenneth C Mac- Arthur
16 Mr & Mrs A B Shaw The Misses Shaw Mr Edward B Patch
20 Mr & Mrs O G Petterson
22 The Misses Clark
00 AGASSIZ SCHOOL
SCOTT STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
7 Prof & Mrs Roland Thaxter Miss Katharine Thaxter
11 Judge & Mrs Franklin
T Hammond
17 Mrs Walter Wesselhoeft
Even numbers
2 Prof & Mrs Frank W Taussig Miss Catherine Taussig Miss Helen P Taussig
8 Prof & Mrs Wm S Ferguson Miss Elizabeth F Ferguson
12 Prof & Mrs David G Lyon Mrs Philip W Harris
SHADY HILL SQUARE (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
1 Dr & Mrs Edouard Sandoz
3 Mr & Mrs Edgar F Woodman
5 Mr & Mrs Charles H Porter
7 Mr & Mrs Elliot Emerson
9 Mr & Mrs Robert H Mont- gomery
11 Mr & Mrs Grafton L Wilson
Even numbers
2 Prof & Mrs Clarence I Lewis
4 Prof & Mrs Ernest H Schell
6 Mr & Mrs Frederic E Wood Miss Charlotte Wood
8 Mr & Mrs James B Conant
10 Dr & Mrs Ralph C Wiggin
12 Mr & Mrs George H Chase
SHEPARD STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers 11 Mr & Mrs Chas H Lawrence
29 Mr & Mrs Edwin E Waite The Misses Waite
31 Mrs Annie E Shorey
41 GRACE ELIOT HOPKINSON
HALL
51 BERTRAM HALL
57 Mrs Henry M Saville
Even numbers
30 Mr & Mrs William A Lister
34 Mr & Mrs Ernest S Barker
38 Mr & Mrs Arthur W Allen Mr Arthur G Allen
40 Mrs Hylas Sabine
42 Prof & Mrs Irving W Bailey
44 Mr & Mrs William C Greene
48 Mrs Emma B Foulke Mr Howard V Foulke
52 Mrs Huntington Saville Miss Cornelia F Whittier
60 Mr & Mrs Alfred D Sheffield
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SPARKS STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
29 Prof & Mrs Arthur N Hol- 49 Mr Herman P French combe
61 Mr & Mrs Fred'k L Allen Miss Amy L Lewis Mrs John Thomas
63 Mr & Mrs Edmund M Parker The Misses Parker
65 Mr & Mrs Edward A Whitney
67 Mr & Mrs George H Carrick Mrs Sidney K Lewis
69 Mr & Mrs Joseph Ballister Russell
75 Mr & Mrs John J Spalding 77 Mr & Mrs Charles Walcott
85 Mrs Charles F Walcott
Even numbers
62 Mr Edward K Newbegin Miss Elizabeth K Newbegin Miss Caroline W King Miss Annie P King
64 Mr & Mrs L Eugene Emerson
66 Mr & Mrs John Noble
70 Mr & Mrs Edward S Dodge
72 Mr & Mrs Frank M Clark
74 Prof & Mrs Wilbur C Abbott Miss Mary Eleanor Abbott
76 Mrs George Dexter Miss Mary D Dexter
80 Mr George C Deane Miss Mary H Deane
86 Mrs Edward C Browne
TRAILL STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
9 Mr & Mrs George H Edgell
11 Rev George Batchelor Mr Chauncy C Batchelor
17 Miss E F Munroe
Even numbers 16 Dr & Mrs Sidney Biddle 18 Mr & Mrs Joseph Lovejoy
TROWBRIDGE STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
51 The Misses Baldwin
53 Mrs J Emmons Turner
55 Mrs Moses King Mr Cloyes King
Even numbers
10 Mrs E Blake Barton
46 Dr Harry L Billings Mrs Harriet E Billings
48 Mr & Mrs Charles H Chase
UPLAND ROAD (P O Cambridge 40)
Odd numbers
31 Mr & Mrs Fred M Allen
43 Mr & Mrs John Hamilton Mr & Mrs Henry E Sears
51 Mr & Mrs Chas F Raymond 63 The Misses Bird
73 Mr & Mrs Arthur W Brigham 79 Mrs Woodford Yerxa
85 Mr & Mrs John H Haley
93 Mr & Mrs Henry E Burton
105 Mr William A Cogan The Misses Cogan
115 Mrs L A Sortwell
127 Mr & Mrs Nathaniel W Gifford
The Misses Gifford Mr George H Gifford
131 Mr & Mrs James F Brine
141 Mr & Mrs Clarence B Smith
145 Mr & Mrs Chas A Gilchrist
149 Mr & Mrs Guy R Merrill Mr George E Merrill
153 Mr & Mrs A J Cunningham Mrs Charles F Leighton
159 Mrs Marshall F Blanchard Mr Arthur F Blanchard
165 Mr & Mrs Fred M Kitfield 167 Mr & Mrs Thomas H San- ders
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I PLAND ROAD-Con
Odd numbers continued 169 Mrs Mildred C Tower Mrs Ellen M Payne
181 Mr & Mrs Frank M Law- rence 189 Mr & Mrs Byron N Merrill Mrs William W Tuttle The Misses Tuttle
Even numbers
14 Dr & Mrs Arthur M Ma- kechnie
62 Mr & Mrs William Ludwig Woodbury
Mrs George M Nash
80 Mr & Mrs C W Parmenter Miss Harriet H Parmenter
100 Mr & Mrs William G Rice
112 Rev & Mrs Lawrence R Howard
114 Mr & Mrs Louis L Conant
116 Mr & Mrs Chas H Morris
140 Rev & Mrs Wm Matthews
146 Mr & Mrs Harvey O Titus
150 Mr William J Usher Mrs J Newton Cole
152 Mr & Mrs Charles M Under- wood
160 Mr & Mrs Walter G Davis
176 Mr Arnold B Cranston Mr & Mrs Arthur C K Hal- lock
Mrs Harriet Beardsell
182 Mr & Mrs Fred'k M French 186 Mr & Mrs Jos W Marksby
188 Mr & Mrs Fred'k R Bunten
192 Rev & Mrs Manford D Wolfe
WALKER STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
71 Mr & Mrs William D Shaw
77 Mr & Mrs Geo E Hennan Miss Cora Hennan
91 Mr & Mrs Edward H Rogers
103 Lieut-Com Irwin D Coyle 107 Prof & Mrs Charles H Grand- gent
Mr Charles H Grandgent Jr
Miss Edith C Grandgent
Mr & Mrs Charles C Gifford Miss Edith S Cushing
113 Prof & Mrs H C G vonJage- mann
117 Miss Caroline A Wolcott Miss Ona A Morse
119 Dr & Mrs E Granville Crab- tree
123 Mrs Lincoln W Riddle
125 Mr & Mrs Hubert V Coryell Even numbers
12 Prof & Mrs Albert A Howard
26 Mr & Mrs Geo M Strout Mr Richard L Strout
30 Mr & Mrs Henry C Jones
64 Mr & Mrs Charles E Gilbert 100 SARAH WHITMAN HALL
118 Miss Sarah E Frothingham Miss Marion C Webster
124 Mr & Mrs George H Holmes Mr George H Holmes Jr
WALNUT AVENUE (P O Cambridge 40)
Odd numbers
3 Mr & Mrs George F Tarbell
5 Mr & Mrs G F Wason
7 Mr & Mrs George B Wason Mr Richard A Wason
9 Mr & Mrs Eugene M Niles
11 Mr & Mrs Herbert O Edger- ton Mrs Gurdon I Edgerton
Even numbers
2 Miss Marion M T Sands
4 Mrs William J Mandell Mr & Mrs Hazard A Dunning
6 Mr Irving H Niles Miss Julia F Burleigh
703
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WARE STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
7 ZETA BETA TAU FRATERNITY
11 Mrs S B Whiting Mr S E Whiting
15 Mr & Mrs Arthur T Hopkins
17 Mrs Granville J Walker Mr Alliston D Walker Miss Alice M Morse
19 THE STANSTEAD Mr John H Hubbard Mr & Mrs George H Hersey Mr & Mrs Frank A Colburn Mr Edwin R Sage Mrs S H Folsom Miss Anna A Folsom Mr & Mrs Joseph O Bullard
23 Mr & Mrs Wm H Simonds
25 Mr & Mrs William F Clapp
Even numbers
12 Mrs William A Bancroft Mr & Mrs Guy Bancroft
WASHINGTON AVENUE (P O Cambridge 40)
Odd numbers
21 Mrs Laura W Brown Mrs Elizabeth G Hutchins
33 Mr John Lyman Porter
49 Mr & Mrs Stillman F Kelley
63 Mr & Mrs George H Bunton Miss L Gertrude Bunton Mr Sumner F Brown
71 Mr Charles G Green Miss Nellie Temple
81 Mr J Walter May
91 Mrs Joseph D Taylor Mr Joseph D Taylor Mrs F B Healy
101 Mrs Joseph D Estabrook Miss Rena Estabrook
107 Mr & Mrs George A Nash
115 Mrs William A Parry Mr W Alden Parry
Even numbers
26 Mr David A Ritchie Miss Marion A Ritchie
58 Prof & Mrs Edw Y Hincks Miss Elizabeth M Hincks
78 Mr & Mrs W H McLean
86 Mrs Rufus P Williams Mr Jeremy A Coulter
88 Mr & Mrs Sanford Mitchell
92 Mr & Mrs George E Johnson
114 Mrs George E Howe
WATERHOUSE STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Odd numbers
1 MATHER COURT Mr & Mrs DeForest Anthony Mr William L Baine Mrs W L Baine
Mr & Mrs George W Bent Miss Caroline E Bill
Mr & Mrs Chas V Blanchard Miss Ida Blanchard Mr & Mrs Alexander T Bowser Mrs C Brainard
Miss Emily P Briggs
Prof & Mrs Harold H Bur- bank Mr & Mrs Clifton B Carberry Mr & Mrs Rufus C Cushman Jr
Mr & Mrs Thomas C Fales Mr & Mrs J M Flinn
Mr & Mrs Jerome C Green Mr & Mrs Murray F Hall Mrs Edward B Hutchinson Mr & Mrs Carlton D Jacobs Mr & Mrs George P Johnson Miss Florence E Johnson Mr & Mrs Norman P Johnson Mr & Mrs Robert H Lee Mr & Mrs Ralph L Page Mr & Mrs David C Proudfoot Mrs David Proudfoot Mrs Mary H Reed
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WATERHOUSE ST-Con Odd numbers continued
MATHER COURT-Con Miss Florence J Saunders Miss Louise M Saunders Mr & Mrs Earl P Schuneman Mrs Frank H Sleeper Miss Ella Sleeper Dr & Mrs Horace P Stevens Mr & Mrs Miles Waumbaugh Mr & Mrs W W Weeden 7 Prof & Mrs John G Hart
9 Mr & Mrs James L Paine Miss Anna W Paine Miss M M Merrill 11 Dr Henry P Wolcott
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WILLARD STREET (P O Cambridge 38)
Even numbers
4 Mr & Mrs Lawrence J Hen- derson
8 Mr & Mrs William W Russell 18 Mr & Mrs Philip G Carleton
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ART, LITERARY AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATONS
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 28 Newbury.
ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY ARMORY-See Faneuil Hall. Under caption Places of Interest in Boston.
ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY-9 Park street, near State House. Permanent exhibition of the best modern handicraft by the largest and oldest association of craftsmen in this country. Open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., Saturdays 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. Visitors welcome.
BAKUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY-15 Ashburton place, rm. 315. Open from 9 A. M. to 5 p. M .; Saturday 9 A. M. to 12 M.
BOSTON ATHENEUM-10} Beacon (private library). Open from 8.45 A. M. to 5.30 p. M. and Sunday P. M.
BOSTON LIBRARY SOCIETY-114 Newbury (founded 1792).
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY-Copley square. Most important public library in the world. Abbey, Sargent and Puvis deChavannes mural paintings. Bronze entrance doors by French. Statuary by Bela L. Pratt, Frederick Macmonnies, Augustus and Louis Saint-Gaudens. Open from 9 A. M. to 10 p. M. Sundays 12 M. to 10 p. M. Closed at 9 p. M. from June 15 to Sept. 15.
BOSTONIAN SOCIETY-See Old State House. Under caption Places of Inter- est in Boston.
DORCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY "YE OLDE BLAKE HOUSE"-Built 1648. Edward Everett square, Dorchester. Tuesdays and Saturdays, 2 to 5 P.M. Free.
FOGG ART MUSEUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY-Harvard College Yard, facing on Broadway, Cambridge. Contains collections of classical antiquities, early Italian paintings, several German and Flemish primitives, engravings, includ- ing the valuable Gray and Randall collections, nineteenth-century English watercolors, a few American paintings, a collection of Japanese prints and other Oriental works of art, and also a large collection of photographs. Open from 9 A. M. to 5 p. M. week days, 1 P. M. to 5 P. M. Sundays and holidays, except July 4 and Christmas.
GUILD OF BOSTON ARTISTS-162 Newbury street. Permanent exhibition of works of art by Boston painters, sculptors and miniaturists. Open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Free.
MASSACHUSETTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY-1154 Boylston street, on the Fenway. Library open daily. Cabinet of relics on Wednesdays, 2 to 4 P.M. Free.
MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS CADET ARMORY, Arling- ton corner Columbus avenue. Open to the public free from 10 A.M. to 12 M., 1 p. M. to 4 P. M. on week days, Saturdays 10 A. M. to 12 M.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS-Huntington avenue and Fenway. Open every day in the year excepting July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Week days 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Nov. 1 to March 1, 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. Sundays 1 P. M. to 5 P.M. Admission free.
NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY-9 Ashburton place. Li- brary open 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Free.
NEW ENGLAND METHODIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY-Wesleyan Building, 581 Boylston street. Reference library of books. etc., relating to Methodism. Open week days. except Saturdays, 10 A. M. to 2 P. M.
OLD SOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY-see Old South Meeting House under caption Places of Interest in Boston.
TOWN ROOM-3 Joy street. Library and exhibit of the social activities of Massachusetts. Especially to visitors from country towns of the State. Open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.
ROXBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY-Municipal Bldg, 88 Roxbury Open Wednes- days, 2 to 5 P.M.
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PLACES OF INTEREST IN BOSTON AND ENVIRONS
BLASCHKA GLASS MODELS of plants and flowers. (The Ware Collection.) Central Section of University Museum. Oxford street, Cambridge. Open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. week days, Sundays and holidays 1 P. M. to 5 P. M., except July 4 and Christmas.
BOSTON COMMON-This tract of land, containing nearly fifty acres, was bought in 1634 by Governor Winthrop and others from William Blackstone, who held his title by a right of possession gained prior to the settlement of Boston in 1630, and was set apart for common use as a cow pasture and training field.
BOSTON MASSACRE-The site of the riot between a mob of townspeople and the British guard, March 5, 1770, is in State street, corner of Exchange street, near the Old State House. It is marked by a circle in the stone paving and by a tablet on building on west corner of Exchange street.
BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY-Berkeley corner Boylston. Open to the public free from 9 A. M. to 4.30 P. M. Sundays 1.30 P. M. to 4.30 P. M. Not open on holidays.
"BOSTON TEA PARTY"-Dec. 16, 1773, Griffin's Wharf, Atlantic avenue and Pearl street. Site marked by tablet in wall of building on land side.
BUNKER HILL MONUMENT-Monument square, Charlestown. A granite obelisk, 221 feet high, on Breed's Hill, within the lines of the American redoubt, which was the centre of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Revolutionary relics. Winding stairways of 294 steps to top. 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Admission 10 cents.
CHRIST CHURCH-(Old North Church)-Salem street, foot of Hull street. Dedicated 1723. From its steeple were displayed Paul Revere's signal lanterns, & April 18, 1775. Open free on application to sexton. Guide book, with admission to steeple, 50 cents.
CHRIST CHURCH-Garden street, Cambridge. Built 1759-1761. Here Wash- ington held services New Year's Eve, 1776. Its lead organ pipes were melted into bullets during the siege of Boston, it being Tory property.
CONCORD-Among points of interest are Battle Ground, Old North Bridge, Statue of the Minuteman, Old Monument, Site of Meeting House where First Provincial Congress met in 1774, the Old Manse, Old Burying Grounds. Louisa May Alcott Memorial, Historic Houses and Tablets.
DORCHESTER HEIGHTS-G street, South Boston. Monument marks spot where Washington planted batteries which drove the British out of Boston, March 17, 1776.
FANEUIL HALL-Merchants row and Faneuil Hall square. "Cradle of Lib- erty." Built 1742, by Peter Faneuil and given to Boston as a town hall. Burned 1761, rebuilt 1763. Focus of Revolutionary movement in Boston and the colo- nies. Used by British officers as a playhouse during siege of Boston. Enlarged 1805, from Charles Bulfinch's plans. Market below, public hall above, and armory of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (chartered 1638) over all. Hall has many historic paintings and portraits. Armory has Military Mu- seum and Library. Hall open week days 9 to 5, Saturdays, 9 to 12. Armory, week days, 10 to 4; Saturdays, 10 to 12. Free.
FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON-Corner of Berkeley and Marlboro streets. So- ciety formed 1630. Contains tablets and statues of Winthrop, Cotton, Dudley, Johnson and many of the founders of Massachusetts Bay Colony, together with various memorials to people of more recent prominence in the Commonwealth. Open daily from 9 to 5.
FIRST CHURCH IN ROXBURY-Eliot square. Open through the summer, free to visitors, from 1 to 3 P. M. The church of the Apostle Eliot, whose chair is on exhibition. A number of tablets have been placed in memory of the earliest and after worshippers.
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PLACES OF INTEREST IN BOSTON AND ENVIRONS
HARVARD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM-Oxford street, Cambridge. Contains collec- tions pertaining to ethnology (Peabody Museum) ; zoology and geology (Museum of Comparative Zoology); mineralogy and botany (Agassiz Hall). Open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. week days; 1 p. M. to 5 P. M. Sundays and holidays, except July 4 and Christmas.
KING'S CHAPEL-Tremont and School streets. First chapel built in 1686, present one in 1749. Old English architecture. First Episcopal church in Boston. Here British officers worshipped during siege. Became first Unitarian church in United States, 1785. Open daily, 9 to 12.
LEXINGTON-Among points of interest are The Common, Boulder Line of the Minute Men, Battle and Minute Man monuments, Historic Houses and Tablets.
LONGFELLOW HOUSE-105 Brattle street, Cambridge. Built in 1759 by Col- onel John Vassall, Jr., a Tory, who fled at commencement of Revolution. Oc- cupied by Washington as headquarters from July 15, 1775, to April, 1776. Subsequently bought by Andrew Craigie, from whose estate Longfellow acquired it by purchase about 1843. Generally called Craigie House.
LOWELL HOUSE-Elmwood avenue, Cambridge. Built about 1760. Once the home of Elbridge Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Vice President 1813-14. Used as a hospital after Bunker Hill. James Russell Lowell born here Feb. 22, 1819, and it was long his home.
NAVY YARD-Chelsea street, Charlestown. Dating from 1780, 110 acres. Frigate Constitution, (Old Ironsides). Open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Passes may be obtained from the office of the Captain of the yard.
OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE-Washington and Milk streets. Society formed 1669. Present house built 1729. Here the men of the town gathered to protest against forcing Massachusetts citizens into the British navy, to demand with- drawal of British troops, and to decide the fate of the hated tea. Used by the British as a riding school during the siege of Boston. Large collection of historic relics. Open week days except Saturdays, 9 to 5; Saturdays 9 to 4. Admission 25 cents.
OLD STATE HOUSE-Washington street, head of State street. Here the first Town House was built, 1657, in the earliest marketplace of Boston. Burned in 1711, it was rebuilt in 1712. Again burned in 1747, the present structure was , built in 1748. the walls of the former building being utilized. Here met Colonial courts and legislatures, the town and city governments and the General Court of the Commonwealth. John Hancock was here inaugurated first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1780. Building restored in 1882. Bos- tonian Society collection of relics. May 1 to Nov. 1, 9 to 4.30. Nov. 1 to May 1, 9 to 4. Saturdays (June 1 to Oct. 1) 9 to 1. Free.
PARK STREET CHURCH-Corner Park and Tremont streets. Erected in 1810 on site of the granary where sails of the United States frigate Constitution were made. "America" was first sung in this church.
PAUL REVERE HOUSE-19 and 21 North square. Built 1660. Restored 1908. Home of Paul Revere, 1770-1800. Open week days 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. Fee, 25 cts.
STATE HOUSE-Beacon, head of Park street. Hill on which State House stands was originally called Trimount, later changed to Sentry Hill when used as a lookout and after the erection of the Beacon in 1635 received the name of Beacon Hill. Corner-stone of Bulfinch front laid July 4, 1795. Statuary, historic paint- ings, battle-flags, war relics. House of Representatives contains celebrated Cod- fish emblem. Gilded dome, lighted at night by 498 electric lights. 9 to 5. Satur- days, 9 to 12. Free.
WASHINGTON ELM-Garden street. Cambridge. Under this tree Washington took command of the American Army, July 3, 1775.
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BOSTON BLUE BOOK 1923
U. S. NAVY YARD, CHARLESTOWN
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