Skinny House (Spite House) Boston, MA

The skinny house is the thinnest house in Boston. It is a personal residence, so you can only see the outside of the house. Very cool cemetery across the street to check out while you are here. Definitely research the backstreet of this house, because both versions are very interesting. A must see in Boston.

Boston's Skinny House at 44 Hull Street is a narrow, four-story home measuring just 10 feet wide. Once believed to be a "spite house" built to block a brother's view, historical records suggest it was part of a larger structure divided in the 1880s. Nice quick photo stop along the Boston's Freedom Trail.

A unique piece of architecture that is a cool site to visit if you have time and are exploring Boston. If you are walking the Freedom Trail it is worth a short detour to have a look at.

Interesting landmark/tourist attraction in Boston's North End that I did not know existed until today. It is a short walk from the North End and is across from Copp's Hill Burying Ground, which also connects to the Freedom Trail, so you have probably passed by this house before if you have done the tour. The street that the house is located on is just as skinny. I believe someone actually lives inside this house now, so you cannot go inside.

You cannot experience it because it’s private property now. However, you can see through the walk way between the buildings. Personally, it was not “skinny” enough, I had “skinnier” experience before! It was interesting though!

This has got to be the skinniest house I've ever seen🤣😂

Came across the this land mark, while on the freedom trail tour. It's supposedly the narrowest house in the city. Our tour guide told us there was two stories on how this house came to be. The first is, two brothers inherited land from their deceased father. While one brother was away serving in the military, the other built a large home, leaving the soldier only a shred of property that he felt certain was too tiny to build on. When the soldier returned, he found his inheritance depleted and built the narrow house to spite his brother by blocking the sunlight and ruining his view. The second story is, the unnamed builder erected it to shut off air and light from the home of a hostile neighbor (also nameless) with whom he had a dispute. ... Believed to have been built after 1874. Whichever story you want to believe, we can all agree that this house was made out of spite. Last thing worth mentioning, for a house that you can not use the front door to bring in furniture. Because it's to narrow, you have to bring it through the side window. You can purchase the house to live in for a little over a million dollars. Wow...

I totally get the vibes as I wanted a spite goat at one point. Missed it the first time I walked by though 😂