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Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Als Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site ist das ehemalige Wohnhaus von Frederick Law Olmsted, das er Fairsted nannte und zugleich für sein Unternehmen als Firmensitz nutzte, im National Register of Historic Places eingetragen. Es befindet sich in Brookline im Bundesstaat Massachusetts der Vereinigten Staaten und besitzt seit dem 12. Oktober 1979 den Status einer National Historic Site. Olmsted gilt als Begründer der amerikanischen Landschaftsarchitektur und besitzt daher eine hohe Bedeutung für die garten- und landschaftsbauliche Entwicklungsgeschichte der Vereinigten Staaten. Historische Bedeutung Olmsted erwarb 1883 das bereits 1810 im Federal Style errichtete und bis dahin als Joshua Clark House bekannte Gebäude, um in der Nachbarschaft seines Kooperationspartners Henry Hobson Richardson wohnen und arbeiten zu können. Mit dem Wachstum seines Unternehmens wurde das Haus signifikant umgebaut und erweitert, um Platz für Archive und neue Büroräume zu schaffen. Zeitweise mussten dennoch aktuell nicht benötigte Zeichnungen an einen anderen, rund 1 km entfernt gelegenen Ort ausgelagert werden. 1911 wurde die letzte Erweiterungsmaßnahme abgeschlossen. Das Haus war bis 1936 im Besitz der Familie, als Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. nach Elkton in Maryland zog und Fairsted vermietete; die Olmsted Brothers unterhielten dort aber weiterhin ihre Büros. 1979 erwarb der National Park Service das Gebäude samt Grundstück und restaurierte beide so, dass sie wieder das Aussehen der 1930er Jahre erhielten. Das Haus ist heute als Museum der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich und enthält geschätzte 1 Million Originalzeichnungen zu den Arbeiten des Unternehmens, zu denen unter anderem die Grundstücke des Washingtoner Kapitols und des Weißen Hauses sowie der Great-Smoky-Mountains-Nationalpark, der Acadia-Nationalpark, der New Yorker Central Park und die Parkanlagen ganzer Städte wie Boston und Montreal zählen. Siehe auch Liste der National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts Literatur George F. Chadwick: The park and the town – public landscape in the 19th and 20th centuries. F. A. Praeger, New York 1966, OCLC 424754. Albert Fein: Frederick Law Olmsted and the American environmental tradition. George Braziller, New York 1972, ISBN 978-0-8076-0650-6. Patricia Heintzelman: National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form. (PDF) United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 10. Oktober 1975, abgerufen am 29. Januar 2017 (englisch). Frederick Law Olmsted, Albert Fein: Landscape into cityscape – Frederick Law Olmsted’s plans for a greater New York City. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York 1981, ISBN 978-0-442-22539-1. Laura Wood Roper: A biography of Frederick Law Olmsted. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1973, ISBN 978-0-8018-1508-9. Weblinks Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. In: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior; abgerufen im 1. Januar 1 (englisch). Offizielle Website Einzelnachweise
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation's foremost parkmaker of the 19th century. In 1883, Olmsted moved his home to suburban Boston and established "Fairsted", the world's first full-scale professional office for the practice of landscape design. Over the course of the next century, his sons and successors expanded and perpetuated Olmsted's design ideals, philosophy, and influence. The site is located at 99 Warren Street, in the Green Hill section of Brookline. Olmsted bought the Clark homestead, an 1810 Federal farmhouse, in 1883, to be near his frequent collaborator, H. H. Richardson, whose home and office were nearby. Olmsted and his son John Charles renovated the house, landscaped the property, and relocated the barn closer to the house, and in 1903 added the office wing to the northwest of the main house. Members of the Olmsted family occupied the main house until 1936, when Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. moved to Elkton, Maryland, renting the house to tenants. The offices of the Olmsted Brothers firm continued to be in the wing during this time, although business also declined. Members of the firm reoccupied the house in the 1960s, making substantial alterations to the original landscaping of the property. The property was acquired by the National Park Service in 1980. The grounds have been restored to a c. 1930 appearance, restoring much of Olmsted's landscaping. Park resources include the restored "Fairsted" historic landscape, and the design office (which remains virtually unchanged from the days when the Olmsted firm's activity was at its height.) Housed within the office complex are nearly 1,000,000 original design records detailing work on many of America's most treasured landscapes, including the grounds of the U. S. Capitol and White House; Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia National Parks; Yosemite Valley; New York's Central Park; and whole park systems in cities such as Buffalo, Seattle, Boston, Louisville and Montreal. The Olmsteds also played an influential role in the creation of the National Park Service, which now owns and maintains the Olmsted site. Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is open to the public. The Park Service offers guided tours of the grounds and office wing. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts References External links National Park Service: Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site The Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO)
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Le Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site est une aire protégée américaine à Brookline, dans le comté de Norfolk, dans le Massachusetts. Créé le 12 octobre 1979, ce site historique national protège une ancienne propriété de Frederick Law Olmsted déjà classée National Historic Landmark le 23 mai 1963 et inscrite au Registre national des lieux historiques depuis le 15 octobre 1966. Liens externes Ressources relatives à la géographie : Geographic Names Information System National Parks Conservation Association NPSpecies Planning, Environment and Public Comment Ressources relatives à l'architecture : Harpers Ferry Center National Park Foundation NPS Stats Registre national des lieux historiques Ressource relative aux beaux-arts : Google Arts & Culture (en) Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site sur Natural Atlas (en) Site officiel Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail du Massachusetts
French Cable Station

The French Cable Station is a historic telegraph station on the southeast corner of Cove Road and MA 28 in Orleans, Massachusetts. It was built in 1891 by the French Cable Company, which was installing numerous cables in Cape Cod throughout the late 19th century. By 1898 the station was the terminus of a 3,200-mile-long (5,100 km) trans-Atlantic telegraph cable called "Le Direct." When France surrendered to Nazi Germany in 1940, it was taken over by the federal government for security reasons, but wasn't returned to the company until 1952. The company resumed operations until 1959. After being purchased by ten prominent Orleans citizens in 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places the same year. The building now serves as the French Cable Station Museum, featuring displays of Atlantic undersea telegraphic cables, instruments, maps, and memorabilia. See also French Cable Hut National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts References External links Official website Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-67, "French Cable Station, Cove Road & MA Route 28, Orleans, Barnstable County, MA", 5 photos, 1 photo caption page "The French Cable Station Museum at Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts". History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications. Atlantic Cable.
French Congregational Church

The French Congregational Church, known since 1919 as the First Spiritualist Church, is a historic High Victorian Gothic church on Union Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. The pressed brick church was built in 1887, under the sponsorship of Daniel B. Wesson, to provide a place of worship for French Huguenots employed by Smith & Wesson. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In 2016, the building was moved to Union Street from its original site on Bliss Street, in order to make way for the MGM Springfield casino. Description and history The French Congregational Church is located in downtown Springfield, on the north side of Union Street between Main Street and East Columbus Avenue. It is single-story structure, built of red brick with brownstone trim. Its main facade has a three-level square tower on the right, capped by a pyramidal roof, and a single-story polygonal projection on the left, capped by a steep roof. In between these features is a large projecting gable, with a steep roof and trios of Gothic-arched windows on the ground floor and in the attic level. Entrances are located in the flanking sections, sheltered by gabled porticos. The church was built in 1887 to a design by Samuel Provost, and is a distinctive local example of the High Victorian Gothic style. Its construction was underwritten by Daniel Wesson, in support of a group of French Huguenot Protestants who worked at his firm, Smith & Wesson. With declining membership, the church was sold in 1909 and used for a time to house a variety of Congregationalist congregations. In 1911 it was acquired by the local Spiritualist congregation, who sold it in 2013. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Springfield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts References
Fresh Pond (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

Fresh Pond is a pond in the Manomet section of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Geography The pond covers 62-acre (250,000 m2). The average depth is 12 feet (3.7 m) and the maximum depth is 30 feet (9.1 m). The southern shore of the pond is located in the Churchill Landing neighborhood, south of Manomet's business district and Manomet Bluffs, west of Fisherman's Landing, north of Cedar Bushes and Shallow Pond, and east of Beaver Dam Pond. Route 3A runs along the southeastern shore of the pond to its most southeastern point where it shoots away at a sharp curve known as the Brown Bear Curve, named after a defunct motel along the shore at that curve. A public beach, boat ramp, and a Native American burial site are located on the western shore of the pond on Bartlett Road, which has two intersections with Route 3A. The closer intersection is south of the Brown Bear Curve, while the other intersection is one mile (1.6 km) north, north of Manomet's business district. Hydrology The pond is hydrologically associated with a cranberry bog operation located to the west of the pond. An unnamed brook (locally called "Hell's River" by some) heads west through the cranberry bog and ultimately leading to Beaver Dam Brook is the outflow of the pond. External links "MassWildlife - Pond Maps" (PDF). (58.1 KiB) Town of Plymouth Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches
Fresh Pond Hotel

The Fresh Pond Hotel is an historic former hotel at 234 Lakeview Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. History The three-story wood-frame hotel was built in 1796 by Jacob Wyeth. Jacob was a graduate of Harvard, Class of 1792, and on 20 Sept 1796 he bought 8 acres (32,000 m2) from his father, bordering on Fresh Pond, and erected the "Fresh Pond Hotel", which was a popular resort. He managed the hotel until he accumulated a large estate and retired from active business, and leased the hotel to his nephew, Jonas Wyeth, who also retired with a satisfactory fortune, about 1840. Jacob Wyeth resided on the estate until 14 Jan 1857, when he died at nearly 93 years of age. The building, originally in the Federal style, was updated to the Greek Revival style in 1838, and converted into a convent in 1886. In 1892 the hotel was moved from its original location at Fresh Pond to 234 Lakeview Avenue. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts References External links Media related to Fresh Pond Hotel at Wikimedia Commons Photo of the Fresh Pond Hotel, 2007 Retrieved 2010-02-03
Friends Academy (Massachusetts)

Friends Academy is an independent day school in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts founded in 1810. Its academic programs run from preschool to eighth grade. History Friends Academy was founded in 1810 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) from New Bedford, Dartmouth, and the surrounding area. It incorporated in 1812. The campus was first located on County Street in New Bedford. It later moved to a building on Morgan Street. The school moved to its current Dartmouth campus in 1949. Formerly the site of the Tucker farm and later the Herring family estate, the property was donated to the school by the heirs of the Herrings. Friends Academy's early childhood education program is housed in the Tucker farmhouse, built circa 1813. The school also occupies the former Herring mansion (grades K-5) and the Stites building (grades 6–8). End of Quaker affiliation The school's board of trustees was originally required to maintain a Quaker majority. This practice remains common at other Friends Schools (e.g. Moses Brown School). Board members tended to be wealthy and influential members of the Society of Friends, and were expected to give a set percentage of their income to the school. At some point, a wealthy trustee balked this requirement and became a Unitarian. Hoping to make peace (or perhaps to retain the continued support of the rich trustee) the board voted to allow non-Quakers as members. With no restrictions on Quaker majority, the school soon dropped its religious affiliation and ceased to be a Friends school. However, the school still has some faint links to the Quaker community: each year the graduating class holds a pre-commencement ceremony at Apponegansett Meeting House that is similar to a Quaker meeting for worship. Academics Friends Academy has programs for: Early childhood—Ages 3–5 (Half- and full-day programs) Lower school—Grades K–5 Middle school—Grades 6–8 Athletic and extracurricular activities The school offers lacrosse, soccer, basketball, girls' field hockey, track, and cross country for students in Grades 5–8. Campus facilities Friends Academy is set on a 65-acre (26 ha) wooded campus in North Dartmouth. The Paskamanset River runs along the campus's western boundary, providing a place for hands-on science and environmental lessons. The campus is also home to a high and low ropes course, a solar field, a meditation grove, a mile of trails, two athletic fields, and two playgrounds. The early childhood program is housed in a newly renovated 18th-century farmhouse, lending the program the informal name "The Farmhouse." Children in this program have their own playground, which includes slides, swings, a sand play area, a stage, and large, mature trees. References Further reading Massachusetts Board of Education; George A. Walton (1877), "Report on Academies: Friends' Academy, New Bedford", Annual Report...1875-76, Boston – via Internet Archive: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) External links The official webpage: www.friendsacademy1810.org
Acton Congregational Church

The Acton Congregational Church is a mid-19th century, white clapboard, church building and active congregation in Acton, Massachusetts that become the center of national attention in 2018 when a case decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that churches cannot receive public funds to support religious activities. In 2016 the Acton Town Meeting approved a Community Preservation Act bundle of grants with a total of $51,237; $49,500 for the purpose of develop a master plan to restore and preserve the Church's building and two adjacent mid-19th century houses that it rents out, the remainder of the funds to be used to restore the Church's stained glass windows. The Washington, D.C. based Americans United for Separation of Church and State brought suit alleging that the grant violates the Anti-Aid Amendment of the Massachusetts Constitution. References
Fuller-Dauphin Estate

Fuller-Dauphin Estate, is a historic house and former estate known as "The Maples" located at 145 School Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. It was built in 1872 for local Judge William Eddy Fuller and designed by local architect E.C. Chandler. It is a 2+1⁄2-story central hall plan Italianate style house with spacious proportions and disciplined ornament. The house later passed to Fuller's daughter who married Henry Dauphin. It remained in the Dauphin family until 1978. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. At the time, the property was one of the last large undivided estates in the city. However, the rear of the site has since been split off with an apartment complex added. The main house has been converted into offices. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts References
Furnace Pond (Pembroke, Massachusetts)

Furnace Pond is a 107-acre (0.43 km2) pond in Pembroke, Massachusetts. The pond is located southeast of Oldham Pond which is connected to Furnace Pond by an inlet, and east of Great Sandy Bottom Pond. The maximum depth is nine feet. The pond is a Class A Public Water Source for the Brockton Water Commission. Water from this pond is diverted into Silver Lake through Tubbs Meadow Brook, the pond's outflow, whenever there is a water shortage there. The Furnace Pond Neighborhood Association maintains a semi-public beach along the pond. External links South Shore Coastal Watersheds - Lake Assessments Environmental Protection Agency MassWildlife – Pond Map and Info Pembroke Watershed Association Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
Auerbach Center

The Auerbach Center is the practice facility for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Boston Celtics, located in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, in collaboration with Lucinda Loya Interiors, the 160,000-square-foot building is part of a larger mixed-use development being constructed by New Balance at Boston Landing that includes the headquarters of New Balance and that will also include shops, a hotel and the practice facility of the Boston Bruins directly next door. Named for the Celtics former president, general manager, and head coach Arnold "Red" Auerbach, the basketball practice facility is spread across the top two floors of The Auerbach Center and will include two parquet floor basketball courts. There is seating for 195 people overlooking the courts. The facility includes locker rooms, a players’ lounge, media space, strength and conditioning facilities, physical therapy areas with hydrotherapy pools, a sports science laboratory for Celtics' performance data collection, nutrition facilities, and a medical examination room containing GE Medical Imaging equipment. A 40-foot glass wall at The Auerbach Center facing the adjacent Massachusetts Turnpike allows visibility of the Celtics’ basketball practice facility. Public transit to the facility is via the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston Landing station, a station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system's Framingham/Worcester Line. Groundbreaking took place in December 2014, with the completed facility hosting its grand opening on September 8, 2016. The Auerbach Center itself opened to the public on June 19, 2018. The Celtics' fellow tenants at the TD Garden when both are in their respective wintertime league seasons, the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, have their own practice facility at Warrior Ice Arena, just east of the Auerbach Center, at 80 Guest Street. References
Gallops Island

Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between Georges Island and Long Island, and is just over 6 miles (9.7 km) from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 23 acres (93,000 m2), plus an intertidal zone of a further 28 acres (110,000 m2), and is composed of one large drumlin, reaching an elevation of 79 feet (24 m) above sea level. The island has a rocky beach and offers long vistas from the top of its grassy bluffs. Name The island is named after John Gallop, one of Boston Harbor's first pilots, who purchased the island in the mid-1600s and lived there. History Since the residency of John Gallop ended, the island has been occupied by a restaurant and inn and a quarantine station. During the Civil War the island was occupied by a military camp housing 3,000 Union soldiers. From the 1870s to early 1900s, the island was used for smallpox victims. An estimated 234 were buried on the island, mainly immigrants. During World War I, Gallops Island was used as an infirmary for thousands of American soldiers who contracted "Spanish influenza" and pneumonia. Many died every day, to be replaced by new arrivals. During World War II it was occupied by a radio school and a school for bakers and cooks. The island contains a collection of ornamental trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants that date back to its earlier uses, with additional trees being planted by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Photographs from the 1940s show that a tree lined street extended the length of the island. Although the buildings have been demolished, the pathways and foundations still exist and are lined with privet hedges and surrounded by fruit, shade and coniferous trees, including lilacs, mock-orange, snowberry, and forsythia. Also present are self-sown sumac, poplar, poison ivy, and bayberry. By the 2000s, the vegetation had been badly damaged by the island's population of rabbits. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation closed Gallops Island 2000 due to the presence of hazardous asbestos-containing building debris from former military uses. As of August 2010, it was predicting a re-opening no earlier than 2015, presuming asbestos remediation funding could be obtained. In 2018, winter storms unearthed some of the smallpox victim graves. DCR planned to offer remains to any identifiable relatives, relocate veterans, and re-inter the remainder in Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park. References