Horticultural Hall (Boston, Mass.

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Name (Latin)
Horticultural Hall (Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Avenue)
See Also From tracing topical name
Multipurpose buildings Massachusetts
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q5906740
Library of congress: sh2017005140
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: Boston Auto Show, Mechanics Building, March 9-16, Horticultural Hall. Automobile Section, [1911](poster with image of Horticultural Hall, located on Massachusetts Avenue)
  • Wikipedia, accessed December 8, 2017(Horticultural Hall (Boston)[not to be confused with Horticultural Hall (Boston, Mass. : School Street) or Horticultural Hall (Boston, Mass. : Tremont Street)]. Horticultural Hall, at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, was built in 1901. The building was the third "Horticultural Hall" built for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. It was designed in the English Renaissance Revival style in 1901 by architects Wheelwright and Haven on land purchased by the Society. It sits across the street from Symphony Hall. Since 1992, it has been owned by the Christian Science Church. It is the current home to The William Morris Hunt Memorial Library of the Museum of Fine Arts as well as to offices of Boston Magazine and Small Army, and to a performance space of the New England Conservatory of Music)
  • MFA.org, accessed March 16, 2018(Libraries and Archives: The William Morris Hunt Memorial Library, Horticultural Hall, 2nd Floor, 300 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115)