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990 Centre Street [Sold]
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990 Centre Street [Sold]

Address990-1020, Centre Street, Boston (Jamaica Plain), MA, United States of America, 02130
Site Number1309
Alternate Names Adams - Nervine Asylum, Adams Arboretum Condominiums
Building Root Number N/A
PIRC Site Number 1309
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1875
Building Acquired 1926
Sold 1953
StatusInactive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its address.Historical NotesThere are multiple buildings on this site. The main building on this parcel was constructed for J. Gardner Weld in 1875. He died shortly after the house was completed and the parcel was purchased in order to establish an asylum for people suffering from depression, with funds provided by the estate of Seth Adams, known as the Adams-Nervine Asylum which opened in 1880.

Additonal buildings were contructed on the parcel in the late nineteenth century and today they are listed on the National Register of Historic places.
Additional Information
"The Adams Nervine Asylum, Dorchester, Mass." American Architect and Building News 26 June 1879: 29. Web.
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places June 1, 1982. National Register Information System ID: 82004456