From The Beacon Hill Times
December 24, 2002
by: Jenny Attiyeh

Despite the influx of new members, the Somerset has managed to remain unruffled, its traditions largely intact. “It just so happens that most of the people who express an interest are Wasps,” [Somerset Club President Samuel ‘Spike’] Thorne says. “We don’t have a large number of blacks or Jewish people. We have 3 or 4 African American members, and they are delightful people, but the vast majority of them are not terribly interested in the Somerset Club.”

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Hill House, Inc., founded in 1966, is an independent, non-profit community center that serves all Boston downtown neighborhoods, mainly centering on the community of Beacon Hill. The Hill House has multitude of acitivies to offer including a wide variety of intramural sports for children of all ages. However, the Hill House also serves the adult community through a variety of fun continuing education classes that you can sign up for. This is a fantastic resource for urban family and community building and is an asset to any new family to the area. A lesser known fact is the Hill House now occupies the spot where the MTV cast of the Real World Boston lived. This used to be an old firehouse. Hill House also has summer day camps, soccer camps, and baseball camps, for children ages four to 12. Registration for Hill House programs and Summer Camp is available online.

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Formed in 1853 with the gift of 56 books from its owners' personal collections, the Congregational Library now holds 225,000 items documenting the history of one of the nation's oldest and most influential religious traditions. The Congregational Library on historic Beacon Street in Beacon Hill served as the exterior shot for TV's Ally McBeal and Boston Legal.