Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in , a suburb of . Frederick Law Olmsted is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation's foremost parkmaker of the 19th century.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: United States National Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “F L Olmsted National Historic Site”, “Fairsted”, “Frederick Law Olmsted House”, “Frederick Law Olmsted House National Historic Site”, “Frederick Law Olmsted NHS”, “FRLA”, and “Olmstead National Historic Site”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Hill Historic District and Brookline Town Green Historic District.

Park
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The encompasses historical cross-section of residential housing in , dating from the 18th century into the mid-20th century.

Park
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The encompasses the historic colonial heart of the town of . Centered on a stretch of Walnut Street between Warren and Chestnut Streets, this area is where the town's first colonial meeting house and cemetery were laid out, and was its center of civic life until the early 19th century.

Park
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is a historic park on Boylston Street in . Its principal feature is Brookline Reservoir, formerly an element of the public water supply for neighboring .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brookline and Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill.

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is a primarily residential, although fairly high density, suburb of . It has several interesting neighborhoods to visit, and two National Historic Sites.

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Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill are two distinct neighborhoods within the City of . They are grouped together here due to their shared border and transit options.

Neighborhood
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is an area of , . It is located at the southern tip of Boston's Brighton neighborhood, and more specifically the Aberdeen section of Brighton, near the town of and village of , at the intersection of Beacon Street and Chestnut Hill Avenue.

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Latitude
42.32409° or 42° 19′ 27″ north
Longitude
-71.13218° or 71° 7′ 56″ west
Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)
Open location code
87JC8VF9+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29742541
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4946364
Wiki­data ID
Q5498250
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Town Green and First Parish in Brookline.

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