Unmarked location: Long Wharf

In Fallout 4, players can visit a row of ruined shops east of the Custom House Tower, not far from Christopher Columbus Park and the Paul Revere House. At the end of the pier they'll find a super mutant camp and a warehouse. 

An arrow indicates the unmarked location of the Long Wharf, east of the Custom House Tower according to the Pipboy in Fallout 4. Screen capture by Jewelsmith

The location is based on the Long Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts, which also has a warehouse and an eight-pointed compass rose in the pavement. 

The Long Wharf east of the Custom House and Christopher Columbus Park IRL.
Satellite image from Google maps

Constructed between 1710 and 1721, the wharf once stretched a half-mile into Boston Harbor, in order to accommodate the many ships bringing cargo to the city. 

Today, the shortened wharf is a dock for passenger ferries and sightseeing boats, and a home to shops, restaurants and a hotel. 

An unmarked location in Fallout 4 that resembles the IRL Long Wharf.
Screen capture by Jewelsmith

The Long Wharf in Boston, with brick warehouse and compass rose pavement.
Image from Google maps

Detail of the eight-poitned "compass rose" as seen in Fallout 4.   
Screen capture by Jewelsmith

Fallout 4 players can find some junk items and a special ice cold variety of Gwinnett beer on the tables here. 

The larger building, labeled simply "warehouse" in the game, consists of one large room with a single super mutant enemy, meat bags and a few containers to loot. 

Interior of the warehouse at the end of the wharf in Fallout 4. Screen capture by Jewelsmith

Interior of the warehouse at the end of the wharf in Fallout 4, when looking at the entrance. Note that the window size, shape and arrangement looks different on the inside than it does on the outside. Screen capture by Jewelsmith

This warehouse appears to be based on the Gardiner building, built in 1763 and rebuilt in 1812. 

Portrait of John Hancock
by John Singleton Copley 
(public domain)

For a time, John Hancock used the building as a counting house. That's the IRL Hancock btw, not the ghoul mayor of Goodneighbor. 

Long Wharf was once filled with this kind of building, but the Gardiner building is now the only one left. It is currently a seafood restaurant. 

The famous portrait painter John Singleton Copley, born in 1738, spent his childhood on the wharf, where his mother had a tobacco shop. 

Copley grew up to paint portraits of Paul Revere, John Hancock, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and many other notable people of his time. 

Boston's IRL Copley station bears his name and appears in Fallout 4 as a possible means for players to enter the Boston Public Library. 

I'll be writing more about Fallout 4 locations and their real-world inspirations, in the months to come. Check back for updates or follow me on YouTube, Twitter and Patreon for more information.

~ Jewelsmith (aka JLHilton)