Buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue, Boston

Name: Buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue
Address: Boston, United States

#714 among attractions in Boston

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The buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue are historic apartment buildings in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The three-story Colonial Revival masonry structures were designed by Samuel Levy and built in 1924 for Herman Barron, during a period in which Boston's Jewish population migrated to the area in large numbers from downtown Boston. The buildings occupy a triangular lot at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Calder Street. Both street-facing facades feature alternating projecting and recessed bays, and are laid in seven-course Flemish bond brick. At the corner the building has two single-bay facades, one of which houses an entrance. These faces are ornamented with corner quoining in concrete. The main entrances of the buildings are on Blue Hill Avenue, sheltered by gabled porticos supported by Tuscan columns. ()

Coordinates: 42°17'49"N, 71°5'16"W

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Greater Mattapan (Franklin Field South)Boston United States

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Buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Forest Hills Cemetery, William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, Franklin Park Zoo, Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church.

1 miW
Cemetery
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston
25 min walk • Forest Hills Cemetery is a historic 275-acre rural cemetery, greenspace, arboretum and sculpture garden located in the Forest Hills section of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
0.4 miNW
Golf
William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, Boston
10 min walk • William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, colloquially referred to and contained within Franklin Park, is a municipal golf course in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, bordered by the neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.
0.6 miN
Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo, Boston
15 min walk • The Franklin Park Zoo is a 72 acres zoo located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is currently operated by Zoo New England, which also operates the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts.
0.8 miE
Church, Shingle style architecture
Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church, Boston
20 min walk • Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church is an historic church at 378A-380 Washington Street in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The church building was designed by Walter J. Paine, and built in 1900–01 in the shingle style for a congregation established in 1838.
1 miSE
Church
Second Church of Dorchester, Boston
25 min walk • Second Church of Dorchester is a Church of the Nazarene in the historic Codman Square District of Dorchester in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1804 the church was founded as the Dorchester Meeting House Company by members from the First Parish Church of Dorchester.
0.5 miNW
Park
Franklin Park, Boston
14 min walk • Franklin Park, a partially wooded 527-acre parkland in the Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts, is maintained by the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department.
0.9 miSW
Park
Boston Nature Center, Boston
23 min walk • Boston Nature Center in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts is a 67-acre wildlife refuge of the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
1 miSE
Church
Dorchester Temple Baptist Church, Boston
27 min walk • Dorchester Temple Baptist Church is a historic African American Baptist church at 670 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts. It is now known as Global Ministries Christian Church.
~1800 ftSE
Park
Harambee Park, Boston
9 min walk • Harambee Park is a park located in Dorchester and Mattapan, Boston. Originally known as Franklin Field, it was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in order to give Bostonians a place to play sports, as well as prevent them from doing it at nearby Franklin Park.
0.7 miS
Street
Morton Street, Boston
19 min walk • Morton Street is a street in southern Boston, Massachusetts. It extends from the southeastern end of the Arborway in Jamaica Plain to Washington Street in the Lower Mills Village of Dorchester.
1 miN
Synagogue, Romanesque revival architecture
Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Boston
27 min walk • Congregation Adath Jeshurun is a historic synagogue, now serving as a church, at 397 Blue Hill Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Which popular attractions are close to Buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue?

Nearby attractions include Esmond Street Historic District, Boston (6 min walk), Harambee Park, Boston (9 min walk), Franklin Park, Boston (14 min walk), Franklin Park Zoo, Boston (15 min walk).

How to get to Buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue by public transport?

The nearest stations to Buildings at 825–829 Blue Hill Avenue:

Train

Talbot Avenue (14 min walk)
Four Corners/Geneva (21 min walk)

Bus

Washington St @ Erie St • Lines: 23 (17 min walk)

Metro

Shawmut • Lines: Red (30 min walk)
Green Street • Lines: Orange (36 min walk)