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Arnold Arboretum - Maintenance Building

Address125, Arborway, Boston (Jamaica Plain), MA, United States of America, 02130
Site Number137
Alternate Names Maintenance Building 137
Building Root Number 00015
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1968
Building Acquired 1968
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its function. The Arnold Arboretum is named in honor of James Arnold, a merchant from New Bedford, Massachusetts, who died in 1868 leaving a bequest to be devoted to the advancement of agriculture or horticulture.Historical NotesThe Maintenance Building, located at 125 Arborway, consists of four garage bays for storage of horticulture maintenance vehicles. The building is also used to house tools, supplies and equipment. It was designed by Robert Shaw Sturgis in 1968.
Additional Information
Through the Arnold Arboretum. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 1934. ProQuest, http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/docview/46484739?accountid=11311.
Sargent, Charles S. A Museum of Trees : The Arnold Arboretum. , 1915. ProQuest, http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/docview/46800667?accountid=11311.
Sargent, Charles S. The First Fifty Years of the Arnold Arboretum / C.S. Sargent. s.n, 1922. ProQuest, http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/docview/48526993?accountid=11311.
Schultz, Christine, and Kindra Clineff. “A Garden of Wisdom & Wonder.” Yankee, vol. 61, no. 4, Apr. 1997, p. 44. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9708205057&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
Allen, Daniel. “The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.” Yankee, vol. 69, no. 4, May 2005, pp. 14–15. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=16791230&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
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