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Boston's Beacon Hill Underground Railroad Audio Walking Tour
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2026-10-17
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Boston's Beacon Hill Underground Railroad Audio Walking Tour
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The tour starts at the front door of the Charles Street Meeting House on the corner of Charles Street and Mt. Vernon Street in Beacon Hill. Here you will hear the history of the Charles Street meeting house, Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglas and other abolitionist who spoke here.
John J Smith House
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You'll learn how the underground operated and stop by the John J Smith House and you'll learn about his station on the underground railroad and the people he helped.
83 Phillips St
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After hearing more about Harriet Tubman's life the tour takes you to 83 Phillips Street, the former home of John Sweat Rock and his many firsts in history.
66 Phillips St
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You'll stop by the station master Lewis Hayden's home and hear the stories of how he bravely saved countless runaways at this home here in Beacon Hill.
Once home to Leonard Grime, a conductor on the underground railroad.
40 Phillips St
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The Old Temperance Boarding House, a stop on the underground railroad.
41 Phillips St
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The old Phillips School was once here, this was the first integrated school in Boston and also had the first African American teacher to teach at an integrated school.
The Vilna Shul Details
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The tour takes you past the historic Vilna Shul, the oldest immigrant synagogue in Boston, and tells the story of the Jewish Community that helped on the underground railroad.
2 Phillips St
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This was once the house of John Coburn and his gaming house. And as you guessed it, John was a station master.
Irving Street
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The tour stops by the abolitionist Charles Sumner's Birthplace.
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The tour ends at the African American Meeting House, the oldest extant black church building in America.
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