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Dean College: A Campus Tour

A pre-Civil War academy turned college, woven directly into downtown Franklin

Self-guided walking tour in Franklin · 0.5 mi · walking · ~50m · 5 stops

Dean College: A Campus Tour — A pre-Civil War academy turned college, woven directly into downtown Franklin · MassRoam self-guided tour
▶ Narrated — included with MassRoam+
About this walk

A college grown from an 1865 academy in the town that founded America's first public library, its Victorian campus a National Register historic district.

A campus is an argument in brick about what education is for. Franklin has a long-running one. Five stops over 0.5 miles, about 50 minutes of walking. Every stop narrates itself when you get there, at whatever pace you feel like walking.

Nothing is booked and nothing expires, so you can start it on a whim and finish it whenever you like.

A building on the Dean College campus in Franklin.
A building on the Dean College campus in Franklin. — Swampyank, CC BY-SA 4.0

What you get

Stops
5
each narrated, GPS-triggered along the route
Distance
0.5 mi
walking
Time
50m
at your own pace
Access
MassRoam+
subscription, in the app

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