Back Bay Walking Tour, Katharine Gibbs School, Gibbs College
When:
Saturday, Apr 20, 2024 11:00a -
12:30p
Repeats monthly
Saturday, Apr 20, 2024 11:00a -
12:30p
Repeats monthly
Where:
Outside Boston Public Library at the Statue of Art
Dartmouth Street, Copley Square
Boston, MA 02116
Admission:
FREE
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Entrepreneur Katharine Gibbs built her world-famous school before women’s suffrage and made Gibbs the most famous school of its kind in the world from 1911 to 2011. Katharine Gibbs made sure that all of the campuses were in beautiful buildings in elegant parts of their cities.
Join a tour of the excellent sites of Gibbs in Back Bay from 1917 to 2011. Whether you are a graduate, a history buff, or someone who has heard about Gibbs for years and wants to know more, here is a great treat!
Write to [email protected] to say you will be present or call (781) 540-1847. We will meet at the right-hand statue outside the Boston Public Library, Dartmouth Street, Copley Square. Before the tour, you will receive an illustrated list of the places we will visit.
Free tour led by Rose A. Doherty, author of Katharine Gibbs: Beyond White Gloves, the first book about Gibbs history. Limited to 12 people.
