Saturday, March 8, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Ladies of the House – Otis House Tour


Otis House, owned by Historic New England and located at 141 Cambridge Street in Beacon Hill, is rich with stories of remarkable women, from a wealthy politician’s wife and mother in the late eighteenth century, to an entrepreneur and holistic physician in the 1830s, to four sisters who ran a Victorian boarding house.  On this tour, taking place Saturday, March 8 from 11 – 12:30, discover these stories and relevant social history of women’s lives in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.  A Mercy Otis Warren doll is pictured below.

$15 fee. Registration is required. Sign up by calling 617-994-5920, or email programinfo@HistoricNewEngland.org.

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