Pulic hearing, Boston landmarks commission: Boston common, Boston public garden, Adams nervine asylum
Published: 1977
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Boston Common and Public Garden; 990-1020 Center Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston (Mass.); Historic preservation; Building Reuse; Proposed; Landmarks; Jamaica Plain; Downtown; Historic buildings; Condominiums; Open spaces; Issues; Adams-Nervine Asylum (Boston, Mass.)
Description: ...transcript of a public hearing held May 5, 1977, to present the findings of a study concerning designation of the Boston Common and Public Garden in downtown Boston and the Adams Nervine Asylum at 990-1020 Center Street in Jamaica Plain as landmarks and to hear testimony from interested parties and to gather information to help the Commission reach a decision; most of the testimony concerns issues relating to the asylum and its property including building reuse (condominiums), it's sale to the Arnold Arboretum or other interested parties, demolition of the building, etc.; includes a copy of the will of Seth Adams, the Asylum's founder, a copy of the act incorporating the Asylum, a "Memorandum of Agreement of Affiliation Between the Faulkner Hospital and the Adams House" and other documents relating to the Asylum; this item was in the BRA collection...