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Walnut Park

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166309_sv.jpg

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1.52 MB

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JPEG

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62bd0dc7def6a158801b1d530e485eda

Creator(s)
landscape architect: Alexander Wadsworth (American, 1806-1898), developer: William Jackson (American, 19th century)
Time period
creation date: landscape planning, 1844-1847, creation date: development, 1862-1874
Location
Site: Newton (Massachusetts, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Walnut Park (Briggs Place) and Waban Park; first suburban subdivision in Newton and the first of Newton’s oval residential parks.
general view, house partially obscured by foliage, 1988
Work type
Housing development
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Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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