Copley Square

DISTANCE FROM HOTEL: 6.8 MILES

Copley Square, named for painter John Singleton Copley, is a public square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street. The Square has a number and variety of important architectural works that have been built there, many of them official landmarks: Old South Church (1873), Trinity Church (1877), Boston Public Library (1895), Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel (1912), John Hancock Tower (1976) and Bostix Kiosk (1992). The Square is also just a few blocks away from Newbury Street shopping district, Commonwealth Avenue, Charles River, Boston Common and Prudential Center.