The Franklin Square Apartments are recognizable by their French Second Empire architecture, featuring a distinctive dome and elaborate trim that resembles a wedding cake. Built in eighteen sixty-eight, the structure originally operated as…
Boston Television Locations
See the real-life Boston locations featured in iconic TV shows like Cheers, St. Elsewhere, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal, and Spenser: For Hire. This route traces these famous exteriors from the South End up to Beacon Hill and Charlestown.
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1. Franklin Square Apartments
2. 500 Boylston Street
Five Hundred Boylston Street is defined by its facade of carved rose granite, soaring columns, and a vaulted copper roofline. Completed in nineteen eighty-nine, this twenty-five story complex was designed by architects John Burgee and…
3. Cheers
The African Meeting House stands at forty-six Joy Street as a modest brick building, distinguished by its simple Federal-style architecture and its history as the oldest church structure in the United States built by African Americans.…
4. Hill House Inc
Hill House operates out of a former Colonial Revival firehouse at one hundred twenty-seven Mount Vernon Street. Originally built in nineteen forty-nine as the station for Engine Number Ten, the building was later used as a filming location…
5. 14 Beacon St
Four marble bas-reliefs are carved into the front facade of the eight-story brick building at fourteen Beacon Street. Known as the Congregational House, this structure was designed by the architectural firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and…
6. Main Street & Monument Avenue
The intersection of Main Street and Monument Avenue sits at the foot of Breed’s Hill, where a long, upward slope leads directly toward the granite shaft of the Bunker Hill Monument. The street itself is defined by antique lanterns and…