Port Norfolk Walking Tour

Discover Port Norfolk, one of Boston’s southernmost neighborhoods, located just across the Neponset River from Milton and Quincy. Once a hub of manufacturing in the late 1800s, the area supplied nails, lumber, and other materials for the city’s building boom. It was also home to the George P. Lawley shipyard, where subchasers were built during WWI and yachts were crafted during Boston’s late-19th-century yachting craze. Many historic buildings remain, and we’ll explore their past and present uses. The walk follows the Neponset Trail, ending at Joseph Finnegan Park and the mouth of the Neponset River.