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Brandegee Estate

The Brandegee Estate is a historic estate at 280 Newton Street in Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts. Developed at the turn of the 20th century, it is one of the largest essentially intact estate properties in either community. It was developed by Mary (Pratt) Sprague, a direct descendant of Joseph Weld, one of Boston's first settlers, and is noted for its large Renaissance Revival mansion (designed by Little, Browne & Moore), and landscaping by Charles A. Platt. The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Its name derives from Mary Sprague's second husband, Edward Brandegee. Description and history The Brandegee Estate is located astride the town line between Brookline and the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and consists of a long strip of land whose western end is on Newton Street in Brookline, and whose eastern end is on Allandale Street in Boston. Separating most of the estate from Allandale Street to the south is Allandale Farm, the last working farm in Boston. The developed features are the main house and formal garden, near the center of the estate, and a cluster of service buildings at the eastern end, where the stables and estate office are located. The stables were until recently used by the City of Boston for its mounted police force. The property was owned for many years by the Faulkner family, and was known as Faulkner Farm. It was acquired by William Fletcher Weld II, cousin to Mary Pratt Sprague. In 1890 Sprague had built a 2+1⁄2-story wood frame summer house. In 1897 she retained Little, Browne & Moore to oversee a major expansion of the house, transforming it into a brick Renaissance Revival mansion. The house is surrounded by a formal garden designed by Charles A. Platt, many of whose elements still survive despite adaptive reuse of the property. The 3+1⁄2-story mansion built in 1897, enclosing an 1890 house that had been built on the site by Mary Pratt Sprague (later Mrs. Edward Brandegee). The mansion has elaborate interior decorations, including a dining room paneled in mahogany, a second dining room in oak, and a ballroom with elaborate candelabras and chandeliers, with tapestries by Gobelins. The house stands on a slight rise, looking over a landscaped formal garden, which included a pool and an open summer house. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts References
Phare de Brant Point

Le phare de Brant Pointe (en anglais : Brant Point Light) est un phare actif situé au centre nord de l'île de Nantucket dans le Comté de Nantucket (État du Massachusetts). Il est inscrit au Registre national des lieux historiques depuis le 28 septembre 1987 . Histoire la première tour en bois fut érigée en 1746 et a brûlé en 1758. Elle fut remplacée par une autre tour en bois de 1759 à 1774 et fut détruite par une tempête. Une troisième tour la remplaça et fut incendiée en 1783. Une simple lanterne hissée entre deux espars prit le relais mais, à cause de sa faible puissance, fut remplacée par une autre qui fut de nouveau détruit par la tempête en 1788. Une sixième tour fut érigée en 1789, avec une maison de gardien. Condamnée en 1825, la tour fut remplacée par un feu posé sur le bâtiment de gardien jusqu'en 1853. En 1856, une tour en brique munie d'une lentille de Fresnel fut construite sur le site qui devint le phare avant, désactivé en 1879. Le 1er 1901, une nouvelle tour a été mise en service, accompagnée d'une cloche de brouillard. Cette tour, maintenant équipée d'une corne de brume, est toujours utilisée. Le phare est relié au rivage par une passerelle. Description Le phare est une tour cylindrique en bois, avec une galerie circulaire et une lanterne de 8 m de haut. La tour est peinte en blanc et la lanterne est noire. Son feu à occultations émet, à une hauteur focale de 8 m, un long éclat rouge de 3 secondes par période de 4 secondes. Sa portée est de 10 milles nautiques (environ 19 km). Il est aussi équipé d'une corne de brume radiocommandée émettant un blast par période de 10 secondes. Caractéristiques du feu maritime Fréquence : 4 secondes (R) Lumière : 3 secondes Obscurité : 1 seconde Identifiant : ARLHS : USA-1095 ; USCG : 1-15205 - Amirauté : J0414 . Voir aussi Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Brant Point Light » (voir la liste des auteurs). Lien connexe Liste des phares du Massachusetts Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Registre national des lieux historiques (en) Massachusetts Lighthouses (en) Lighthouses of the United States : Northern Massachusetts (en) Lighthouses of the United States : Southeastern Massachusetts (en) Massachusetts - ARLHS World List of Lights (WLOL) (en) Massachusetts - Online list of lights (en) Brant Point Light - Lightphotos.net (en) Buzzards Bay Entrance Light - Lighthouse Explorer Portail des phares Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de l’océan Atlantique Portail du Massachusetts
Brant Point Light

Brant Point Light – latarnia morska na wyspie Nantucket, w stanie Massachusetts w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Jest drugą najstarszą latarnią w Ameryce po Boston Light w Bostonie. Zbudowana została w 1746 roku i jest użytkowana do dziś. Brant Point Light jest też rekordzistką pod względem liczby przebudowań i remontów. Ostatni odbył się w roku 2000. Każdego roku latarnię podziwiają tysiące turystów, jest ona główną atrakcją turystyczną na Nantucket. Czerwona lampa migająca co 4 sekundy na Brant Point Light znajduje się prawie 8 metrów nad poziomem morza, co sprawia, że jest jednym z najniższych świateł Nowej Anglii. Linki zewnętrzne Galeria zdjęć Brant Point Light. lighthouse.cc. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2006-11-15)].
Brattle Hall

Brattle Hall is a historic building along Brattle Street near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was constructed in 1889 for the Cambridge Social Union – established in 1871 – when that organization moved into the adjacent William Brattle House that year. Brattle Hall was built to house the organization's library, and to provide a space for larger meetings and social functions. Brattle Hall was designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, originally in the Dutch Colonial Revival style, but it acquired more of a Colonial Revival feel with the 1907 addition of brick ends, designed by Charles Cogswell. The building continues to serve as a social center today. It houses the Brattle Theatre, a repertory movie house operated by a local non-profit since 1953, a restaurant in its basement, and a coffee shop on its first level. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and included in an expansion of the Harvard Square Historic District in 1988. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts References External links Media related to Brattle Hall at Wikimedia Commons
Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church

Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church is an historic former Methodist church building located at 264 Griffin Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The wooden Gothic Revival church building was constructed in 1897 through the generosity of John Summerfield Brayton and his sister Mary Brayton Young. It was designed by local architect Charles H. Farnham. The church was unique in that it was built by and named for the Braytons, a prominent local family, yet it was a "mill-workers'" church, located in the southern section of the city near several mills. The church, a handsome vernacular example of Late Victorian Gothic style. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building is now owned by Citizens for Citizens, a non-profit social agency. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Fall River, Massachusetts References
Brewster Gardens

Brewster Gardens is a small 2.9 acres (0.012 km2) park located in the center of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The park name honors Mayflower settler Elder William Brewster. The park runs along both sides of Town Brook from the nature trail at the headwaters of the brook, past Jenney Grist Mill, underneath the Market Street and Main Street Extension (Route 3A) bridges to Water Street, across the street from the mouth of the brook, south of Plymouth Rock. Created in the early 1920s, the park covers the original garden plot that was granted to Elder William Brewster in 1620. Located in the park are a bronze statue, The Pilgrim Maiden by Henry Hudson Kitson (1922) and a stainless steel sculpture honoring Plymouth's immigrant settlers from 1700 to 2000. The stairway leading from the garden to the main street is currently undergoing improvement. References
Bridge Island Meadows

Bridge Island Meadows ist ein 80 Acres (32,4 ha) umfassendes, schwer zugängliches Naturschutzgebiet bei Millis im Bundesstaat Massachusetts der Vereinigten Staaten. Es liegt in einer Flussaue des Charles River und wird von der Organisation The Trustees of Reservations verwaltet. Schutzgebiet Das Areal wurde den Trustees im Jahr 1974 von Dr. und Mrs. John D. Constable geschenkt. Es befindet sich am südöstlichen Ufer des South End Pond und ist ausschließlich mittels Kanu oder Kajak über den Bogastow Brook zugänglich. Da dieser nur unregelmäßig Wasser führt, muss der geeignete Zeitpunkt abgepasst werden. Der Fluss ist dicht mit Vegetation bewachsen und daher auch mit einem Boot nur schwer zu befahren. Ist der Bogastow Brook überwunden, gelangt man nach kurzem Fußmarsch zu einem 130 ft (39,6 m) hohen, mit Bäumen bewachsenen Hügel, von dem aus eine gute Aussicht auf die Umgebung möglich ist. Da es jedoch keine Wege gibt, müssen sich Wanderer durch die dichte Vegetation kämpfen. Die Anlandung per Kanu oder Kajak ist aufgrund des dichten Bewuchses bereits eine große Herausforderung. Siehe auch Liste der Schutzgebiete der Trustees of Reservations Weblinks Bridge Island Meadows bei TripAdvisor Einzelnachweise
Bridge Island Meadows

Bridge Island Meadows is an 80-acre (320,000 m2) nature reserve owned by The Trustees of Reservations on the floodplains of the upper Charles River in Millis, Massachusetts. The property was a 1974 gift from Dr. and Mrs. John D. Constable to the Trustees of Reservations. The property is surrounded by wetlands, and is only accessible by boat. Description This wooded upland rises to the east above the floodplains of the Charles River where the intermittent waters of Bogastow Brook enter South End Pond. Lower terrain around this point is wetland, making access to Bridge Island Meadows extremely difficult. Because it is surrounded by wetlands and is accessible only by boat, Bridge Island Meadows is a "private favorite of intrepid paddlers." The town of Millis offers three canoe launch points into the Charles River near this 80-acre (320,000 m2) greenspace. One can approach the property by paddling a kayak or other small, maneuverable boat up the Charles River and turning west near the Medfield State Hospital up a small stream that leads to South End Pond. The passage to South End Pond through Bogastow Brook is even more challenging as it is a small, intermittent tributary that is thick with vegetation. Boat landing is made very difficult by the grasses and other plants that grow tall and thick but, according to the Trustees of Reservations, a "successful journey is rewarded by bushwhacking to a 130-foot tree-covered knoll at the south end of the Reservation offering glimpses of the surrounding floodplain." This isolated place is also of interest to birdwatchers. The reservation is "open" all year, sunrise to sundown. Upper Charles River Valley The Trustees of Reservations protection on Bridge Island Meadows in its untamed state is a part of a collaborative effort between municipalities, non-profit organizations, and individuals committed to the "protection of the natural beauty and environmental value of the Upper Charles River Valley" From its source in Hopkinton, Massachusetts until it flows into Boston Harbor, the eighty-five mile long waterway is "one of the most beautiful and accessible of America's urban rivers." References External links The Trustees of Reservations: Bridge Island Meadows
Bridge Road Cemetery

Als Bridge Road Cemetery wird ein historischer Friedhof in Eastham im Bundesstaat Massachusetts der Vereinigten Staaten bezeichnet. Er wurde von 1754 bis 1933 für Beerdigungen genutzt und 1999 in das National Register of Historic Places eingetragen. Beschreibung Der Friedhof liegt an der namensgebenden Bridge Road in Eastham, die sich als älteste Stadt am Lower Cape Cod vom Atlantischen Ozean im Osten bis zur Cape Cod Bay im Westen erstreckt und von Wellfleet im Norden bzw. Orleans im Süden begrenzt wird. Der Friedhof besitzt einen nahezu rechteckigen Grundriss und umfasst eine Fläche von 1,4 Acres (0,6 ha). Er ist lediglich zur Straße hin durch einen Zaun begrenzt, während die anderen Seiten offen gestaltet sind und der Grundstücksverlauf lediglich durch einige Bäume erkennbar wird. Auf den Nachbargrundstücken stehen Wohnhäuser, die in der lokalen Wachstumsphase nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg errichtet wurden. Der älteste Grabstein auf dem 1720 errichteten Friedhof stammt aus dem Jahr 1754, was vermutlich daran liegt, dass bis 1770 noch der ältere Cove Burying Ground für Beerdigungen genutzt wurde. Der Bridge Road Cemetery wurde analog dazu bis 1886 genutzt, obwohl bereits 1830 ein dritter Friedhof angelegt worden war. Er markiert als eines der letzten beiden noch erhaltenen Bauwerke das Stadtzentrum des 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. Auf dem Friedhof sind viele Personen bis heute bekannter Familien begraben, die in der Stadt- und Regionalgeschichte eine Bedeutung erlangt haben. Die meisten Grabsteine bestehen aus Schiefer, der während der Kolonialzeit für Grabsteine in Neuengland nahezu ausschließlich verwendet wurde. Die übrigen wurden aus Sandstein, Kalkstein und Marmor hergestellt. In ihrer Gesamtheit bieten die Grabsteine des Friedhofs einen guten Überblick über die Kunst- und Stilrichtungen von der Mitte des 18. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Der jüngste Grabstein stammt aus dem Jahr 1933, obwohl der Friedhof eigentlich nur bis 1886 für Beerdigungen genutzt worden war. Er markiert das Grab von Emily Carter Alexander, geboren am 22. Mai 1855 in Arisaig, Schottland, gestorben am 22. August 1933 am Nauset Light. Siehe auch Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places im Barnstable County Literatur Jenkins, Candace; Friedberg, Betsy.: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. (PDF) National Park Service, März 1999, abgerufen am 29. Januar 2016 (englisch, erreichbar über den Button „NR“). Weblinks Bridge Road Cemetery. In: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior; abgerufen im 1. Januar 1 (englisch). Einzelnachweise
Bridge Road Cemetery

The Bridge Road Cemetery is an historic cemetery on Bridge Road in Eastham, Massachusetts. It is a roughly 1.4-acre (0.57 ha) rectangular parcel on the west side of Bridge Road. The cemetery was established in 1720, and marks the location of the town's second meeting house. It was the second cemetery established in the town, after the Cove Burying Ground. The cemetery was in use from 1720 until the late 1880s; its earliest dated grave is marked 1754. Most of the burials took place between 1770 (when burials ended at Cove Burying Ground) and about 1830, when a new cemetery was laid out further north. There is a single 20th-century burial, dated 1933. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts References External links Media related to Bridge Road Cemetery (Eastham, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons Bridge Road Cemetery at Find a Grave U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bridge Road Cemetery
Bridge of Flowers (bridge)

The Bridge of Flowers is in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, connecting the towns of Shelburne and Buckland. The seasonal footbridge – once a trolley bridge – has a garden of flowers covering it. As a trolley bridge Built for $20,000 in 1908 by the Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway, so that freight could be picked up and dropped off directly from the railroads and brought to Colrain. This concrete bridge was necessary because the nearby Iron Bridge had a twenty-ton weight limit. The Iron Bridge – a truss bridge built in 1890 – is still open to vehicles. The two bridges' ends in Buckland are adjacent. As automobile usage began to increase, freight began to be transported more by trucks, and the street railway (trolley) company went bankrupt in 1927. The history of the railway is preserved in the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum. As a garden In 1929, with the bridge covered in weeds, local housewife Antoinette Burnham came up with the idea of transforming the bridge into a garden. Since it was not needed as a footbridge and could not be demolished because it carried a water main between the two towns, the community agreed to her idea. The Shelburne Woman's Club sponsored the project in 1928. In 1929, eighty loads of loam and several loads of fertilizer were brought to the bridge. Several women's clubs around town raised $1,000 in 1929. In 1975, a photographic study was conducted of Shelburne Falls. One of the concerns of the town was the deterioration of the bridge structure. In 1981, funds were raised, and a study was commissioned which determined that $580,000 in repairs should be made to the bridge. Various organizations raised money, and repairs began on May 2, 1983. During the restoration, every plant that was removed was cared for in private. The restoration replaced the 8 inches (20 cm) water line, which carries up to half a million gallons of water a day. The bridge contains two and a half feet of soil at the top of the arches and nine feet deep at the piers. On August 28, 2011, rain runoff from Hurricane Irene (at that point a tropical storm) flooded the Deerfield River and engulfed the Bridge of Flowers. The bridge was closed for repairs in 2024, and reopened in 2025. References External links Media related to Bridge of Flowers at Wikimedia Commons Official website
Briggs Reservoir (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

Briggs Reservoir is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) reservoir in Plymouth, Massachusetts located in Billington Sea village south of that pond. The reservoir suffers from shoreline erosion and the water quality is impaired due to non-native aquatic plants in the reservoir. There is another Briggs Reservoir located within Plymouth's boundaries in the Manomet section of town. External links Environmental Protection Agency South Shore Coastal Watersheds - Lake Assessments
Briggs Tavern

The Briggs Tavern is a historic building at 2 Anawan Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Built about 1780 and now used as a private residence, it is the town's only surviving 18th-century commercial building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Description and history The former Briggs Tavern building stands in a rural area of northern Rehoboth, at the southwest corner of Anawan and Tremont Streets. These roads are both historically old transportation routes, with Anawan and the western heading of Tremont designated Massachusetts Route 118. The tavern is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side gable roof, two interior chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. The main facade is five bays wide, with sash windows in most bays, and a center entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a rectangular transom with half-round tracery and a corniced entablature above. A two-story ell extends to the left, with a single-story hip-roof addition in front of it. The tavern was built about 1780, in what was known at the time as Stevens Corner. Its interior retains a number of important period features, including paneled fireplace surrounds, chair rails and wainscoting, and splayed window lintels; the latter is a particularly rare feature in early Rehoboth architecture. The ell was added to the left side in the 19th century. The tavern was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts References
Brigham Cemetery

Brigham Cemetery is a historic cemetery off West Main Street near Crescent Street in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The small cemetery's first burial was in 1793, and is significant as the city's burial ground for early victims of smallpox. Its burials also include veterans of the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Its last burial was in 1934. Description and history Brigham Cemetery is located west of downtown Marlborough and south of West Main Street, behind a row of houses. It is accessed via a narrow lane between two of the houses marked by an iron gate with granite posts. A placard on the gate identifies the cemetery. It is bounded on the south and east by two Catholic cemeteries. The cemetery is a little over 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size, with graves arrayed in rough rows facing west. The parcel is sloped, with the area at the northwest corner terraced. There are no formal plantings or circulation paths. There are 71 burial plots, including individual and family sites, with a more than 200 documented burials. The cemetery was established in 1793; its first burials were of William and Lydia Brigham, victims of smallpox, who were refused burial in the town's other cemeteries. It remained in the Brigham family until 1808, when it was given to the local Unitarian Society. It was taken over by the town in 1855, and was used for burials until 1934. It is the city's fourth municipal cemetery, and one of its smallest. There are 19 documented burials of Revolutionary War veterans and seven from the Civil War. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Marlborough, Massachusetts References External links Media related to Brigham Cemetery (Marlborough, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons