The World's Largest Public Domain Media Search Engine
Fenway Court, 280 The Fenway, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Similar

Fenway Court, 280 The Fenway, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

description

Summary

Significance: It is significant for its association with the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner and as an example of an American residence designed to house a museum collection. Isabella Stewart Gardner contributed greatly to the cultural and civic life of Boston during her lifetime. Born in New York City in 1840, Isabella Stewart married John L. Gardner of Boston shortly before her twentieth birthday. With her husband she supported neighborhood beautification, cultural institutions, artists and musicians, and local hospitals and social service groups. Following her husband's death in 1898, Mrs. Gardner built her house and museum in the Boston Fens, which had been converted to parkland by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1880s. This previously undeveloped portion of the city became the site of many of the city's major cultural institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts and several colleges and universities...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1433
Survey number: HABS MA-1334
Building/structure dates: after. 1899- before. 1903 Initial Construction

date_range

Date

1903 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Sears, William T., architect
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, owner
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, sponsor
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., contractor
Harper, Ann, project manager
Penich, Tim, delineator
Morris, Jamie Clapper, delineator
Schroeder, Elizabeth, delineator
Sullivan, Dan, delineator
Blake, Travis, delineator
Hannen, Emily, delineator
place

Location

create

Source

Library of Congress
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

Explore more

galleries and museums
galleries and museums