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Fort Hill

File / Documentation
Name

165954_sv.jpg

Size

1.19 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

c49d3338b19a7854266395b2b7bce472

Creator(s)
landscape architect: park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (American, 1822-1903)
Time period
creation date: first parcel of land subdivided, 1830s, creation date: hilltop fort designed as a park, 1895
Location
Site: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Fashionable development featuring fine views, good air, proximity to city. Situated near the only land route to and from Boston.
general view, wall, with stone adjoining brick and decorative opening, 1987
Work type
Neighborhood, Housing development
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Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Merrill Smith
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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