Bunker Hill Lodge on Bunker Hill in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston

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OPERATING HOURS

The Bunker Hill Lodge is typically open on Wednesdays through Sundays. Hours vary depending on the season, so before making travel plans, be sure to get the current schedule on the National Park Service’s official Operating Hours and Seasons web page for Boston National Historical Park.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Bunker Hill Lodge is located at the base of the Bunker Hill Monument on Breeds Hill (the actual name of what is mistakenly called Bunker Hill today). There is an information desk inside where you can get a Boston National Historical Park brochure, and there are usually park Rangers on duty. Rangers conduct short lectures and host other events at Bunker Hill during the touris season. See the National Park Service’s Calendar web page for days and times (type “Bunker Hill” into the Keyword Search area). For a schedule of other activities at Bunker Hill, see the National Park Service’s official Things to Do web page for Boston National Historical Park (scroll down the page to get to the Guided Tours section).

For those wanting to climb the Bunker Hill Monument, the Lodge serves as the entrance. A free ticket is needed, and while it would make sense to hand these out at the Lodge, you actually have to get one at the Bunker Hill Museum located on the other side of High Street. Look for the Colonel Prescott statue at the base of the monument—he is facing High Street. Also, there are no restrooms at the Lodge, but there are at the museum.

INSIDE THE BUNKER HILL LODGE

The Bunker Hill Lodge was built to house a statue of Doctor Joseph Warren, a popular Massachusetts political leader who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The statue was finished in the 1850s and housed in a temporary structure. It wasn’t until 1901 that the Bunker Hill Monument Association, the group that raised funds for the monument, built the lodge so the statue could be moved to a permanent location.

Joseph Warren statue inside the Bunker Hill Lodge on Bunker Hill, Boston National Historical Park

The first monument on Breed’s Hill, an 18-foot wooden pillar, was erected in 1794 by the King Solomon’s Lodge of Freemasons of Charlestown to honor Warren, who was a member of the club. A model of the monument is on display inside the Lodge.

Model of the monument dedicated to Joseph Warren on display inside the Bunker Hill Lodge on Bunker Hill, Boston National Historical Park

Inscription on the Warren monument model on display inside the Bunker Hill Lodge on Bunker Hill, Boston National Historical Park

Other than the statue and model of the original Warren Monument, there are a few portraits of some of the officers who fought in the battle and a memorial plaque to Colonel Richard Gridley, the engineer who oversaw the construction of the earthen fort built on top of Breed’s Hills by the Patriot militiamen on the night of June 16, 1775. He was later appointed the first Chief Engineer of the Continental Army by George Washington.

Plaque dedicated to Colonel Richard Gridley on display inside the Bunker Hill Lodge on Bunker Hill, Boston National Historical Park

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