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Cottage Farm

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Creator(s)
developer: Amos Adams Lawrence (American, 1814-1886), developer: William Lawrence (American, active mid-19th century)
Time period
creation date: 1850s
Location
Site: Brookline (Massachusetts, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Exclusive residential park, favoring A. J. Downing ideals, built on 200 acres of Longwood area; detailed design and occupancy restrictions.
general view, intersection of Carlton Street and Beacon Street, with Green Line streetcar right of way, 1987
Work type
Housing development, Neighborhood
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Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Julie Johnson
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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