In 1828, the Boston Mill Corporation completed its work filling in Boston's mill pond to make way for new housing. It built a new neighborhood on top of an old one. The city created a desirable residential district where formely there sat an unsanitary water reservoir that powered early Boston's industrial works. Since the founding of the town in 1630, BOstonians lived and worked around the mill pond. IN the process, they created a community space with inhabitants and instiutions, creating a unique cultural identity.But the mill pond community and its identity ceased to exist when workers dumped the final load of landfill into the mill pond. This tour will explore the people and institutions that sprung up around the mill pond and gave it its character, and how the social and environmental history of this divirse are fits into Boston's larger historical narrative.
This tour begins in the basement of Faneuil Hall in the Find Your Park Space. Arrive to Faneuil Hall and head downstairs to meet the ranger on the red benches.
*If you have a group larger than five people, please reach out at boaf_mail@nps.gov or 617-429-6760.
