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College of the Holy Cross: A Campus Tour

From the 1843 hilltop hall the college was founded inside to the arena at the bottom of the hill

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

College of the Holy Cross: A Campus Tour — From the 1843 hilltop hall the college was founded inside to the arena at the bottom of the hill · MassRoam self-guided tour
▶ Narrated — included with MassRoam+
About this walk

New England's first Catholic college, built in 1843 on a single Worcester hilltop that has shaped its Jesuit character ever since.

Every campus tells one story to visitors and another to itself. This walk covers both. 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.

It is one of 15 tours in Worcester, 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.

An aerial view of the Holy Cross campus on Mount Saint James, with Fenwick and O'Kane Halls under snow.
An aerial view of the Holy Cross campus on Mount Saint James, with Fenwick and O'Kane Halls under snow. — Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 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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