All JPHS tours are free to the public. Tours start on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Our tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the location listed.  A map showing the starting points of the walking tours can be found here. Learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and…

All JPHS tours are free to the public. Tours start on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Our tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the location listed.  A map showing the starting points of the walking tours can be found here. Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential,…

All JPHS tours are free to the public. Tours start on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Our tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the location listed.  A map showing the starting points of the walking tours can be found here. This neighborhood developed from 19th-century summer estates into a model suburban enclave. It contains examples representative of New…

All JPHS tours are free to the public. Tours start on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Our tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the location listed.  A map showing the starting points of the walking tours can be found here. Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s elite, the Pond later was put to industrial…