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Back Bay park and vicinity, 1880

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1880-05-01

Location Note

Vertical file 3: plot plan 3

GUSN

GUSN-251066

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Description

A group of four plot plans. Plans include: a map of the present state of the improvements and the amount assessed by the park commissioners; two plans on proposed improvement of lots in Back Bay lands; and a schedule for April 1880.

Details

Descriptive Terms

community parks
land subdivision
civic improvement
assessing
proposals
schedules (time plans)
lots (land)
site plans
architectural drawings (visual works)
plans (orthographic projections)

Physical Description

1 set of 4 plot plans

Collection Code

AR001

Collection Name

General architectural and cartographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1927-06-23

Reference Code

AR001.PLOT.062a

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

33 x 24 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Walter K. Watkins, 1927

Places

Charles River (Oxford county, Maine) [river]
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Fuller-Whitney Surveys Corp. (Surveyor)
Braman, T. W. (Engineer)

Material Type

site plans
architectural drawings (visual works)
plans (orthographic projections)

Restrictions

Folded edges

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 3: plot plan 3

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