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Saint John's Seminary: A Campus Tour

A wooded Brighton hilltop that has formed Boston's priests since 1884

Self-guided walking tour in Boston · 1.1 mi · walking · ~53m · 4 stops

Saint John's Seminary: A Campus Tour — A wooded Brighton hilltop that has formed Boston's priests since 1884 · MassRoam self-guided tour
▶ Narrated — included with MassRoam+
About this walk

A hilltop seminary that once commanded acres of Brighton countryside — most of it now Boston College's — still trains the priests of the Archdiocese of Boston from its landmark hall.

Every campus tells one story to visitors and another to itself. This walk covers both. Four stops over 1.1 miles, about 53 minutes of walking. Every stop narrates itself when you get there, at whatever pace you feel like walking.

It is one of 50 tours in Boston, each taking a different line through the city. Nothing is booked and nothing expires, so you can start it on a whim and finish it whenever you like.

Saint John's Seminary in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston.
Saint John's Seminary in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. — John Stephen Dwyer, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

What you get

Stops
4
each narrated, GPS-triggered along the route
Distance
1.1 mi
walking
Time
53m
at your own pace
Access
MassRoam+
subscription, in the app

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