Year round the convivial staff of the Nichols House Museum, a historic gem located at 55 Mt. Vernon Street, welcomes visitors with tales of Rose Nichols, her family and their contemporaries who lived there during the late 19th and early…
Author: Suzanne Besser
Circle for Charity Celebrates 60th Anniversary
To commemorate its 60th anniversary, the Beacon Hill Circle for Charity awarded $60,000 in grants to charitable agencies serving needy women and children in Greater Boston. It is the most that the organization has given away in a single year…
Nichols Sisters and Their Domestic Staff Honored During Women’s History Month
Since it became a museum in the 1960s, the Nichols House has highlighted women’s history, decorative arts, and everyday life through stories of the Nichols family and their contemporaries in late 19th and early 20th century Boston. It is only…
Creating a Beacon Hill Time Capsule
A ceremonial closing of a time capsule filled with memorabilia of life on Beacon Hill during the Covid 19 pandemic will take place on December 6, at 2 pm in the library of the Beacon House, 19 Myrtle Street. Residents…
BHV Appoints Executive Director
Paul C. Duffy, a resident of South Boston’s Seaport District, now sits at the helm of the Beacon Hill Village (BHV), an organization he calls ‘trailblazing.’ BHV’s mission is to provide information and services, sponsor activities and foster a strong…
Beacon Hill Village Appoints New Board Members
Three Beacon Hill Village members have been appointed to leadership roles in the 20-year-old organization that helps enable older adults in central Boston neighborhoods to live independently in their own homes. Joining the leadership team are Karen Cord Taylor of…
Presentation on Gray Wolves at Beacon Hill Village Series
Kevin Kenny of Wolf Hollow will talk about the positive impact of gray wolves at Beacon Hill Village’s Conversations series to be held Monday, June 6 at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom. Kenny is operations manager for Wolf Hollothe state and…
BHV Presents ‘Conversations With Tito SantosSilva’
On Monday, May 2, the Beacon Hill Village (BHV) will present “Conversation with Tito SantosSilva” at 5:30 p.m. via ZOOM. Francisco “Tito” SantosSilva knows all about urban violence. As a young man growing up in Brockton, his educational and professional…
Founders Circle Reception for BHCA Planned at the Nichols House Museum
This year’s reception for members of the Beacon Hill Civic Association’s Founders Circle will take place May 4, at the Nichols House Museum, 55 Mt. Vernon Street. It is the former home of Marion Nichols, who co-founded the neighborhood association…
Coffee Talk at Beacon Hill Village April 4
Bill Wilson of Birds & Beans will talk about the environmental impact of coffee farms at Beacon Hill Village’s Conversations series on Monday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom. “Half of the people in the US have a cup…