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Plan of Public Garden Showing proposed arrangement of Lots thereon

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1850

Location Note

Vertical file 3, plot plan 4a

GUSN

GUSN-251215

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Description

Plot plan showing proposal to turn the Public Garden into housing lots.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public gardens
streets
community parks
commons
site plans
architectural drawings (visual works)
plans (orthographic projections)

Physical Description

1 plot plan

Collection Code

AR001

Collection Name

General architectural and cartographic collection

Reference Code

AR001.PLOT.079

Image Dimensions

31 x 43.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Lincoln, Ezra, 1819-1863 (Engineer)
J.H. Bufford & Co. (Lithographer)

Material Type

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

Subjects

Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Charles Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 3, plot plan 4a

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