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Tour the Otis House Museum with the North End Historical Society

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Otis House Museum
Otis House Museum

Otis House MuseumA new event from the North End Historical Society:

On Wednesday, January 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the Otis House Museum, 141 Cambridge Street, West End

Lorna Condon, the Curator of the Historic New England Library and Archives, will lead a rare and exclusive showing of photographs, advertisements, postcards, architectural drawings, and other bits of ephemera, with an emphasis on the North End.

Participants will also be treated to a tour of the historic 1796 mansion, which houses the Library and Archives. It was designed by Charles Bulfinch for attorney, real estate developer, politician, and mayor of Boston, Harrison Gray Otis.

More information on Bulfinch and Otis, and this National Historic Landmark, can be found here.

Tickets for North End Historical Society Members are $7.50, which will cover the cost of preparing for and staffing this event for us.  Tickets for nonmembers are $15.

Buy tickets online here.

Or call 617-680-3829 or reply to this email to reserve a spot and then mail your check.

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