{"id":78988,"date":"2018-02-08T00:31:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T05:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=78988"},"modified":"2021-12-29T20:11:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T01:11:34","slug":"wandering-the-streets-of-beacon-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=78988","title":{"rendered":"Wandering the streets of Beacon Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the time of settlement (1630), Boston was known as “tri-mount” for the three hills that made up the area. The middle of these three hills would eventually become Beacon Hill… then known as pastureland. Eventually “tri-mount” would become Tremount, which is a well-known thoroughfare in the city.<\/p>\n

Beacon Hill is literally named after a tar bucket beacon that sat at the top of the hill. When needed, the beacon was lit to alert locals of pending danger, disaster, or plague.<\/p>\n

For most of the 16th and 17th centuries, the area remained open pasture. This changed after the Revolutionary War and with the creation of the Mount Vernon Proprietors<\/em> who were commissioned to develop the land around the newly built Massachusetts State House.<\/p>\n

Many of the original Mount Vernon Proprietors built their own properties on the south slope of the hill (Acorn, Pinckney, Chestnut, Revere, Louisburg Square) thus making the area a sophisticated, desirable residential neighbourhood. Even today Beacon Hill contains the most expensive homes in Boston… many of which are owned by celebrities, public figures, congressmen, and high ranking state officials.<\/p>\n