This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Boston, Massachusetts. It includes 56 properties and districts designated as National Historic Landmark

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. Another 129 National Historic Landmarks are located in the remaining parts of the state of Massachusetts.

The locations of NHL properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".

Current National Historic Landmarks

The 55 National Historic Landmarks in Boston are spread out over many neighborhoods, from the waterfront to Jamaica Plain.

	Landmark name	Image	Date desig.	Locality name="NHLdat">	Description
	African Meeting House African Meeting House The African Meeting House, also known variously as First African Baptist Church, First Independent Baptist Church and the Belknap Street Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black church edifice still standing in the United States. It is located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston,...			8 Smith Ct Beacon Hill 42°21′35"N 71°3′57"W 42.33293°N 71.09659°W	The African Meeting House, also known as First African Baptist Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black church edifice still standing in the United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... . It is located adjacent to the African American Abiel Smith School Abiel Smith School Abiel Smith School, founded in 1835, is a school located at 46 Joy Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, adjacent to the African Meeting House. It is named for Abiel Smith, a white philanthropist who left money in his will to the city of Boston for the education of black children. The... .
	Nathan Appleton Residence Nathan Appleton Residence The Nathan Appleton Residence, also known as the Appleton-Parker House, is a historic house located at 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. It is now a National Historic Landmark.-History:...		1977	Boston 42.356902°N 71.066313°W	A nice house where poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...  was married. From 1914 to the 1990s it housed the Women's City Club of Boston.
	Arnold Arboretum		1966	Jamaica Plain Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Jamaica Plain is a historic neighborhood of in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farm land to the south, it was originally part of the city of Roxbury...
	Frederick Ayer Mansion Frederick Ayer Mansion The Frederick Ayer Mansion is a National Historic Landmark on 395 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.The mansion was the home of Frederick Ayer, owner of the American Woolen Company, and features well preserved design work by Louis Comfort Tiffany...		?	?
	Beacon Hill Historic District Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts Beacon Hill is a historic neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, that along with the neighboring Back Bay is home to about 26,000 people. It is a neighborhood of Federal-style rowhouses and is known for its narrow, gas-lit streets and brick sidewalks...				District
	Boston Athenaeum			Boston 42.35818°N 71.06198°W	Building
	Boston Common				District
	Boston Light Boston Light Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States...			Boston 42.32606°N 70.89065°W	Structure
	Boston Naval Shipyard Boston Navy Yard The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy. Established in 1801, it was officially closed as an active naval installation on July 1, 1974, and the property was...				District
	Boston Public Garden Boston Public Garden The Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden, is a large park located in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to Boston Common.-History:...				District
	Boston Public Library Boston Public Library The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States, the first large library open to the public in the United States, and the first public library to allow people to...			Boston 42.34721°N 71.07873°W	Building
	Brook Farm Brook Farm Brook Farm, also called the Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education or the Brook Farm Association for Industry and Education, was a utopian experiment in communal living in the United States in the 1840s...				Site
	Bunker Hill Monument Bunker Hill Monument -External links:****: cultural context**...			Boston 42.37436°N 71.06129°W	Structure
	USS Cassin Young USS Cassin Young (DD-793) USS Cassin Young , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Captain Cassin Young , who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Pearl Harbor and killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal....  (Destroyer)			Boston 42.36961°N 71.05494°W	Structure
	USS Constitution USS Constitution USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the world's oldest floating commissioned naval vessel...  (Frigate)			Boston 42.37047°N 71.05703°W	Structure
	Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital			Boston 42.36144°N 71.06851°W	Room
	Faneuil Hall Faneuil Hall Faneuil Hall , located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain, and is now part of...			Boston 42.35805°N 71.05675°W	Building
	Fenway Studios Fenway Studios The Fenway Studios are artists' studios located at 30 Ipswich Street, Boston, Massachusetts, now listed as a National Historic Landmark.The studios were built after a disastrous 1904 fire at Harcourt Studios in which many artists lost their homes, studios, and work. Business and civic leaders...			Boston 42.347497°N 71.089757°W	Building
	First Harrison Gray Otis House			141 Cambridge St., Boston 42.36126°N 71.06457°W	Building
	Fort Warren Fort Warren (Massachusetts) Fort Warren is a historic fort on the Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. The fort is pentagonal, made with stone and granite, and was constructed from 1833–1861, completed shortly after the beginning of the American Civil War...				District
	William Lloyd Garrison House William Lloyd Garrison House The William Lloyd Garrison House is located at 125 Highland Street in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts.This two-story Greek Revival residence was the home of William Lloyd Garrison , leader of the anti-slavery cause in Boston and fiery editor of the uncompromising abolition journal The...			Boston 42.325816°N 71.093220°W	Building
	Gibson House Gibson House Museum The Gibson House Museum is a historic house museum located at 137 Beacon Street in the Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts. It preserves the 1860 building occupied by three generations of the Gibson family.-History:...				Building
	Harding, Chester, House Chester Harding House The Chester Harding House is an historic building located at 16 Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, across from the Massachusetts State House in Beacon Hill.-History:...			Boston 42.35800°N 71.06252°W	Building
	Harvard Stadium Harvard Stadium Harvard Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped football stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Built in 1903, the stadium seats 30,323. The stadium seated up to 57,166 in the past, as permanent steel stands were installed in the north end of the stadium in 1929...				Structure
	Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House The Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House is an historic building built in 1804 and located at 13 Chestnut Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, especially important as the home from 1863-1866 to Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe.-Overview:...			Boston 42.357725°N 71.066773°W	Home of Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".-Biography:...  and Samuel Gridley Howe Samuel Gridley Howe Samuel Gridley Howe was a nineteenth century United States physician, abolitionist, and an advocate of education for the blind.-Early life and education:...
	King's Chapel King's Chapel King's Chapel is "an independent Christian unitarian congregation affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association" that is "unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance." It is housed in what was formerly called "Stone Chapel", an 18th century...			Boston  42.35802°N 71.06042°W	Building
	Long Wharf and Custom House Block Long Wharf (Boston) Long Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts "was the busiest pier in the busiest port in America during early colonial times." It extended nearly a half-mile into the harbor, beginning from State Street...			Boston 42.35826°N 71.04971°W	Structure
	Luna (Tugboat) Luna (tugboat) The Luna is a historic tugboat inBoston, Massachusetts. The Luna was built in 1930 by John G. Alden and M.M. Davis. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a U.S...			Boston 42.36575°N 71.07424°W	Structure
	Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...			Boston 42.36141°N 71.06889°W	(Editor note: Article about building needs to be split out of article on the current hospital, or made into a section there. Describe along with Ether room.)
	Massachusetts Historical Society Building Massachusetts Historical Society Building The Massachusetts Historical Society Building is a National Historic Landmark in Boston, Massachusetts at 1154 Boylston Street and serves as a home to the Massachusetts Historical Society....			Boston 42.34665°N 71.09004°W	Building
	Massachusetts Statehouse			Boston 42.35665°N 71.06447°W	Building
	Nantucket (lightship)			Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... 42.361163°N 71.035269°W	Largest lightship ever built. Originally listed while she was primarily in Maine; sojourned for several years in Oyster Bay, New York Oyster Bay (town), New York The Town of Oyster Bay is easternmost of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County that extends from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the town population was... . Arrived in Boston May 11, 2010.
	William C. Nell House William C. Nell House The William C. Nell House, now a private residence, was a boarding home located in 3 Smith Court in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in front of what it was the African Meeting House, now Museum of African American History....			Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... 42.36086°N 71.06518°W	Building
	New England Conservatory of Music			Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...   42.34126°N 71.08665°W	Building
	New England Hospital for Women and Children New England Hospital for Women and Children New England Hospital for Women and Children was opened in Boston, Massachusetts on July 1, 1862 by Dr. Marie Zakrzewska and Ednah Dow Cheney. The Hospital remained dedicated to women and children until the 1950s when it became financially deficient and after recommendations from the United...				Building
	Old City Hall (Boston) Old City Hall (Boston) Boston's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1865 to 1969. It was one of the first buildings in the French Second Empire style to be built in the United States and is now one of few remaining...			Boston 42.35612°N 71.05972°W	Building
	Old North Church Old North Church Old North Church , at 193 Salem Street, in the North End of Boston, is the location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent...			Boston 42.36652°N 71.05463°W	Building
	Old South Church in Boston			Boston 42.35001°N 71.07771°W	Building
	Old South Meeting House Old South Meeting House The Old South Meeting House , in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston, Massachusetts, gained fame as the organizing point for the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. 5,000 colonists gathered at the Meeting House, the largest building in Boston at the time.-Church :The church, with its 56 m ...			Boston 42.35699°N 71.05874°W	Building
	Old State House (Massachusetts) Old State House (Boston) The Old State House is a historic government building located at the intersection of Washington and State Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in Boston, and the seat of the state's legislature until 1798. It is now a history museum...			Boston 42.35892°N 71.05781°W	Building
	Old West Church Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts The Old West Church at 131 Cambridge Street, is a historic church located in the West End of Boston, built in 1806 to designs by architect Asher Benjamin...			Boston 42.36127°N 71.06416°W	Building
	Francis Parkman House Francis Parkman House Francis Parkman House is a National Historic Landmark at 50 Chestnut Street in Boston, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1865 for Francis Parkman, a historian and horticulturalist, and the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966....			Boston 42.35730°N 71.06859°W	Building
	Pierce-Hichborn House Pierce-Hichborn House The Pierce-Hichborn House is an early Georgian house located at 19 North Square, Boston, Massachusetts. It is immediately adjacent to the Paul Revere House and is now operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere Memorial Association...			Boston 42.36363°N 71.05364°W	Building
	William H. Prescott House			Boston 42.35656°N 71.06825°W	Also known as Headquarters House, home of blinded historian William H. Prescott William H. Prescott William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian...
	Quincy Market Quincy Market Quincy Market is a historic building near Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was constructed 1824–1826 and named in honor of Mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized its construction without any tax or debt.-History:...			Boston 42.35817°N 71.05505°W	Building
	Paul Revere House Paul Revere House The Paul Revere House is the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution. It is located at 19 North Square, Boston, Massachusetts, in the city's North End, and is now operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. A small...			Boston  42.36378°N 71.05357°W	Building
	Ellen Swallow Richards Residence			Jamaica Plain Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Jamaica Plain is a historic neighborhood of in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farm land to the south, it was originally part of the city of Roxbury... 42.31169°N 71.11754°W	Home of Ellen Swallow Richards Ellen Swallow Richards Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was the foremost female industrial and environmental chemist in the United States in the 19th century, pioneering the field of home economics. Richards graduated from Westford Academy... , who was the first female graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in... .
	David Sears House David Sears House The David Sears House at 42-43 Beacon Street, in Boston, Massachusetts was constructed in 1816 as a Federal-style townhouse built on a monumental scale. The walls of the structure are composed of carved granite panels...			Boston 42.356826°N 71.066684°W	Building
	St. Paul's Church (Episcopal) (Boston) Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston is the historic cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Located at 138 Tremont Street near Downtown Crossing, directly across from Boston Common and Park Street Station, the cathedral is adjacent to the diocesan offices. The current dean...			Boston  42.35588°N 71.06263°W	Building
	Shirley-Eustis House Shirley-Eustis House The Shirley-Eustis House is a historic house located at 145 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. It is a U.S. National Historic Landmark....			33 Shirley, Roxbury Roxbury, Massachusetts Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868... 42.32364°N 71.07198°W	Building
	Charles Sumner House Charles Sumner House Charles Sumner House is a National Historic Landmark at 20 Hancock Street on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts that was home to abolitionist U.S. Senator Charles Sumner....			20 Hancock Street, Boston 42.36043°N 71.06443°W	Building
	Symphony Hall Symphony Hall, Boston Symphony Hall is a concert hall located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by McKim, Mead and White, it was built in 1900 for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which continues to make the hall its home. The hall was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1999...				Building
	Tremont Street Subway Tremont Street Subway The Tremont Street Subway is a tunnel in Boston's subway system, and is the oldest subway tunnel in North America, opening on September 1, 1897. It was originally built as a tunnel to get streetcar lines off the streets, rather than a rapid transit line...			Boston 42.35443°N 71.06294°W	Structure
	Trinity Church (Boston) Trinity Church, Boston Trinity Church in the City of Boston, located in the Back Bay of Boston, Massachusetts, is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The congregation, currently standing at approximately 3,000 households, was founded in 1733. The current rector is The Reverend Anne Bonnyman...			Boston 42.35007°N 71.07458°W	Building
	William Monroe Trotter House William Monroe Trotter House The William Monroe Trotter House, is located at 97 Sawyer Avenue atop Jones Hill in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. It was the home of African-American journalist William Monroe Trotter...			Dorchester Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated and is today endearingly nicknamed "Dot" by its residents. Dorchester, including a large... 42.31274°N 71.06243°W	Home of William Monroe Trotter William Monroe Trotter William Monroe Trotter was a newspaper editor and real estate business man, and an activist for African-American civil rights. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Harvard University, and was the first man of color to earn a Phi Beta Kappa key...
	Union Oyster House Union Oyster House Ye Olde Union Oyster House, open to diners since 1826, is the oldest restaurant in the United States of America. It is located at 41-43 Union Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The building was listed as a National Historic Landmark on May 27, 2003....				Building
Table notes: see below.

Historic areas of the NPS in Boston

National Historical Parks, some National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are two of these in Boston. The National Park Service lists these two together with the NHLs in the state,

They are:

	Landmark name	Image	Date established	Location	Description
	Boston African American National Historic Site Boston African American National Historic Site The Boston African American National Historic Site, in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts's Beacon Hill neighborhood, interprets 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century African-American community, including the Museum of Afro-American History's African Meeting...			Boston	15 structures linked by the Black Heritage Trail Black Heritage Trail The Black Heritage is a path in Boston, Massachusetts, winding through the Beacon Hill neighborhood and sites important in American black history....
	Boston National Historical Park Boston National Historical Park The Boston National Historical Park is an association of sites that showcase Boston's role in the American Revolution. It was designated a national park on October 1, 1974...			Boston	Eight places, most on the Freedom Trail Freedom Trail The Freedom Trail is a red path through downtown Boston, Massachusetts, that leads to 16 significant historic sites. It is a 2.5-mile walk from Boston Common to Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. Simple ground markers explaining events, graveyards, notable churches and other buildings, and a...

External links

• National Register Information System, National Park Service.