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Arnold Arboretum - Bonsai House

AddressBoston (Jamaica Plain), MA, United States of America, 02130
Site Number138
Alternate Names Arnold Arboretum - Dwarf Tree House
Building Root Number 00021
Architect (Original)
Land Acquired 1927
Constructed 1962
Building Acquired 1962
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 Bonsai House, hexagonal, a redwood lath house built to display the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection during the growing season was built in 1962. The Bonsai House was broken into over Columbus Day weekend in 1986 resulting in the theft of some of the original collection. As a result of the theft, the house was renovated with Douglas fir planks replacing some of the deteriorating redwood planks, new doors to allow better viewing of the collection, and a security system.
Additional Information
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.
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.
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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