Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
| Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site |
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| Location | Massachusetts, |
| Nearest city | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | |
| Area | 7 acres (0.03 km²) |
| Established | October 12, 1979 |
| Total visitation | 2,775 (in 2005) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Brookline,
Massachusetts, a suburb of
Park resources include the recently restored “Fairsted” historic landscape and a century-old design office which remains
virtually unchanged from the days when the Olmsted firm’s activity was at its height. Housed within the office complex are nearly
1,000,000 original design records detailing work on many of America’s most treasured landscapes including the U. S. Capitol and White House Grounds; Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia National Parks;
Yosemite Valley; New York's Central Park; and
whole park systems in cities such as Buffalo, Seattle,
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is currently closed to visitors due to major construction on the grounds. The site is expected to reopen to the public in the Fall of 2007.
External links
- National Park Service: Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
- The Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO)
- Google maps aerial image
| Protected Areas of Massachusetts | |
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| National Park Service |
National Historical Parks: Adams • Boston • Lowell • Minute Man • New Bedford Whaling • National Historic Sites: Boston African American • Frederick Law Olmsted • John Fitzgerald Kennedy • Longfellow • Salem Maritime • Saugus Iron Works • Springfield Armory • Other: Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area • Cape Cod National Seashore |
| State Parks |
Alewife Brook • Ames Nowell • Ashland • Bash Bish Falls • Blackstone River and Canal Heritage • Borderland • Boston Harbor Islands • Bradley Palmer • C. M. Gardner • Callahan • Castle Island State Park • Chicopee Memorial • City Square • Clarksburg • Cochituate • Connecicut River Greenway • Demarest Lloyd • Dighton Rock • Dunn • Ellisville Harbor • Fall River Heritage • Gardner Heritage • Great Brook Farm • Halibut Point • Hampton Ponds • Holyoke Heritage • Hopkinton • Lake Lorraine • Lake Wyola • Lawrence Heritage • Lowell Heritage • Lynn Heritage • Massasoit • Maudslay • Moore • Mount Holyoke Range • Natural Bridge • Nickerson • Pearl Hill • Pilgrim • Quinsigamond • Robinson • Roxbury Heritage • Rutland • Skinner • South Cape Beach • Wahconah Falls • Webb Memorial • Wells • Western Gateway Heritage • Whitehall • Wompatuck |
| State Parks: Reservations |
Beaver Brook • Belle Isle Marsh • Blue Hills • Breakheart • Charles River • Chestnut Hill • Cutler • Dorchester Shores • Elm Bank • Fort Phoenix • Hammond Pond • Hemlock Gorge • Horseneck Beach • Jug End • Lynn Shore • Middlesex Fells • Mount Everett • Mount Greylock • Mount Sugarloaf • Mount Tom • Myles Standish • Mystic River • Nahant Beach • Nantasket Beach • Nasketucket Bay • Neponset River • Pope John Paul II • Purgatory Chasm • Quincy Quarries • Quincy Shore • Revere Beach • Rumney Marsh • Salisbury Beach • Sandy Point • Scusset Beach • Stony Brook • Upper Charles River • Wachusett Mountain • Walden Pond • Weymouth • Wilson Mountain |
| State Parks: Other |
Appalachian Trail • Ashuwillticook Rail Trail • Cape Cod Rail Trail • Fort Revere • Lake Dennison Recreation Area • Lower Neponset River Trail • Nashua River Rail Trail • Norwottuck Rail Trail • Quabbin Reservoir • Southwest Corridor Park • Squantum Point Park • Streeter Point Recreation Area • Sudbury Reservoir • Wachusett Reservoir • Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Reseach Reserve • Ware River Watershed Area |
| State Forests |
Beartown • Brimfield • Chester-Blandford • DAR • Douglas • Erving • F. Gilbert Hills • Federated Women's Club • Freetown-Fall River • Georgetown Rowley • Granville • Harold Parker • Kenneth Dubuque Memorial • Leominster • Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro • Manuel F. Correllus • Mohawk Trail • Monroe • Mount Grace • Mount Washington • Myles Standish • October Mountain • Otter River • Pittsfield • Sandisfield • Savoy Mountain • Shawme-Crowell • Spencer • Tolland • Upton • Wendell • Willard Brook • Willowdale • Windsor |
| Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation | |
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