Fort Hill

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165928_sv.jpg

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1.36 MB

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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.

aerial view, aerial view of neighborhood, with Cochituate Standpipe, 1987

Work type

Neighborhood, Housing development

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