Tour Details

The in-person tour is never the same -- it follows the tour guide as he meanders through the neighborhood, and it goes as far as he can in 45 minutes. Stories along the way tell the tale of Asylum Hill's past, present, and future, and in-person it hopes to engage the participants and to gather their impressions of where the neighborhood's been and where it's going. These days, the tour typically starts where the guide lives and then heads out from there; the virtual tour now follows suit.


279 Farmington Avenue

285 Farmington Avenue

88 Hawthorn Street

Childhood home of Katharine Hepburn

Harriet Beecher Stowe House

Immanuel Congregational Church

Inside 88 Hawthorn Street

Jones-Plimpton House

Katharine Day House

Mark Twain House

Niles Street Community Garden

Nook Farm

The Former Comet Diner

The Woodland
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