Step back in time and join us for a special private tour of the Harrison Gray Otis House! We will be taking the 1-hr “Ladies of the House” guided tour followed by another 1-hr outdoor “Women of Beacon Hill” walking tour around the neighborhood. Please bring $30 to cover the cost of your participation. Event is rain or shine.
Registration will open on September 1, 2021.
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Ladies of the House: View Otis House through the lens of women’s history. Otis House is rich with stories of remarkable women, from a wealthy politician’s wife and mother in the late eighteenth century, to an entrepreneur and holistic physician in the 1830s, to four sisters who ran a Victorian boarding house. On this tour, discover these stories and relevant social history of women’s lives in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Women of Beacon Hill Walking Tour: Take a stroll around Beacon Hill and discover the stories of the women who shaped the history and charm of the neighborhood over the centuries: wealthy and working class, black and white, entrepreneurs and reformers, artists and preservationists.