This state-of-the-art facility serves as a "home away from home" for patients traveling more than 40 miles to their outpatient treatments. There is no charge to stay at Hope Lodge, for either the patient or his or her caregivers. The AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center in Boston allows patients to focus on their recovery by providing: - 40 private patient suites, each with a sitting room, bathroom, and bedroom with two beds - Common areas including a library, courtyards, and a meal preparation and dining area - transportation to treatment - the on-site resources of an American Cancer Society Quality of Life Center In comfortable surroundings abutting Boston's famed Emerald Necklace network of parks, patients and caregivers can discuss their experiences, share stories, eat meals together, and draw strength from one another. For many, treatment at medical centers in Boston offers the greatest hope of beating their cancer. However, we know that the cost of traveling far from home and then facing the expense of hotels, meals, and transportation, can make that option prohibitive for many
The Hotel Kempsford is a historic apartment house at 72 Walnut Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. The four story brick building was designed by Brookline architect Obed Smith and built in 1875 for Eben Wright, a real estate developer who also built the nearby Hotel Adelaide. This building is a high-quality local example of Victorian Gothic architecture in brick. The apartment units inside are also in a distinctive two-story plan, one of the earliest examples of the type.The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.