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Fisher Hill

planner: Frederick Law Olmsted (American, 1822-1903), developer: Goddard Land Company (American, active late 19th century)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/157774
Date: creation date: Olmstead plan, 1884, other date: construction of lots begun, late 1880s

Description:

 
Estate subdivision of 165 acres laid out to accommodate topography and discourage through traffic.;
 
general view, Newbury College building, 1987
 

Type of Work:

Housing development, Neighborhood

Subject:

Suburbs, Neighborhoods, Architecture, Modern --19th century, Housing developments, Architecture, Domestic --United States, National Register of Historic Places, Brookline (Mass.), Residential districts, Subdivisions, Mansions, College campuses, Colonial revival (Architecture), Newbury College, Boston Suburbs - Chapter 2 - 1865-1910
 
Rights: (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Julie Johnson
 
Rights Statement: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Item is Part of:

141092

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  • Boston Suburbs Project
    The Boston Suburbs Project represents a visual documentation of 38 Boston area neighborhoods that exemplify suburban development in America.

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