Event Overview
Thursday, June 6, 2024; 12:00 p.m. ET
The Chilton Club
152 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
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Honoring President Emeritus and Chief Stewardship Officer D. Brenton Simons, OBE
This special luncheon will honor Brenton Simons for his many accomplishments as our longtime President and CEO as he shares recollections and anecdotes from more than thirty years as a leader in the fields of history and genealogy.

D. Brenton Simons, OBE is President Emeritus and Chief Stewardship Officer American Ancestors. The recipient of the John Adams Medal (Sons of the Revolution) and the Bradford Award (Pilgrim Hall Museum) for excellence in nonprofit leadership, he is President of the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, which will convene in Boston in September 2024 and is the President of The American Patrons of St. George's and The Descendants of the Knights of the Garter.
Platinum Benefactor
Brady Brim-DeForest
Thomas Bailey Hagen
Silver Benefactors
Bruce and Patricia Bartlett
Cheryl L. Edwards
Peter and Brantley Knowles
Helen E.R. Sayles
Herbert D. Simons
Jonathan Buck Treat and Leslie Aitken
Tawny Welch
Bronze Benefactors
David H. Burnham
Lea Sinclair Filson
Stefani and Ray Operacz
Parking and Directions
Directions and Parking
From the West (via the Massachusetts Turnpike)
Take the Mass Pike toward Boston (I-90 E). Get off at the Prudential/Copley Square Exit (Exit 133 inside tunnel). Follow sign for Copley Square (stay in left lane). Take left at first set of lights outside of tunnel. You are now on Dartmouth Street. Follow through three sets of lights. The Chilton Club is on the right at the blue awning with number 287 on it.
From the West (via Route 9)
Take Route 9 East to Brookline Village. When through the Village, take a left at the lights onto Brookline Avenue. Follow Brookline Avenue about 2 miles to the end at Kenmore Square, use the right two lanes to turn slightly on to Boylston Street. After .6 miles, turn right to stay on Boylston Street. Continue straight on Boylston Street and at the 6th traffic light, turn left on to Dartmouth Street. Continue straight through 1 set of lights and the Chilton Club is on the right at the blue awning with the number 287 on it.
From the South (via Southeast Expressway -- Route 3 & I-95)
Take I-93 North and follow the Expressway into Boston. Take Exit 18 - Mass Ave/Frontage Road exit (runs parallel to expressway). Use the left two lanes to turn left on to East Berkeley Street. At the tenth set of lights, turn left onto St. James Avenue. At the second set of lights, turn right onto Dartmouth Street. Follow through three sets of lights. The Chilton Club is on the right at the blue awning with number 287 on it.
From the North (via I-93)
Take I - 93 South to Exit 26 (Storrow Drive). Follow Storrow Drive West and take the Copley Square exit. Turn right onto Beacon Street, left onto Clarendon Street, right onto Newbury Street, and then the first right onto Dartmouth Street. The Chilton Club is on the right at the blue awning with number 287 on it.
From the North (via Route 1)
Take Route 1 South, crossing the Tobin Bridge. Take the Storrow Drive exit. Follow Storrow Drive West and take the Copley Square exit. Turn right onto Beacon Street, left onto Clarendon Street, right onto Newbury Street, and then the first right onto Dartmouth Street. The Chilton Club is on the right at the blue awning with number 287 on it.
From Rhode Island (via I-95)
Take I-95 North to I-93 North (to Boston – Exit 12), follow signs for State Route 3 N/Boston, and follow directions “From the South” above.
Parking Lots available at the"Ps". You must zoom in on the map to view the "Ps".
For more information, please visit https://www.chiltonclub.org/directions-parking
Contact
Questions? Please contact Special Events Manager Kelly Neagle at kelly.neagle@nehgs.org or 617-226-1215.