Neighborhood Atlas
Boston’s northernmost neighborhood, from early settlement and Revolution-era events to the Navy Yard and Bunker Hill landscape.
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Original Historical Boston map print by Ed McCarthy.
Interactive map room
Use the zoom controls, mouse wheel, or trackpad to inspect the map. Once zoomed, drag the image to move around the page.
High-resolution detail
This enlarged section shows the fine detail, image work, annotations, and hand-drawn character of the finished map.
Open high-resolution detail ↗The story on the map
Charlestown’s story begins before Boston itself and becomes inseparable from the opening of the American Revolution. The map highlights the Charlestown Navy Yard, the Bunker Hill Monument on Breed’s Hill, and a collection of less familiar places and facts woven through the neighborhood.