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Stately Wayne Manor?
By adamg on Wed, 12/10/2014 - 11:24am
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this photo. See it larger.
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Is this
the Adams Nervine?
Wrong
That building most definitely was never part of Adams Nervine.
Yup--I was wrong. Crankeycoffee's got it right below.
African-American Art Museum, formerly the Gertrude Godwin School.
Wow yup.
Wow yup.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M._Gertrude_Godvin_School_-_04030...
Five and a half years ago I
Five and a half years ago I looked at a condo in there. In fact, the top right unit in this building. Actually a pretty cool place, and that tower has two smaller rooms with nice views out to the Arboretum. However, the condo fee was close to $1,000 a month, which would explain why it stayed on the market for another two years.
The unit
had an really good offer its first week on the market. The owner wanted to make a quick 50K profit (in the financial downturn) and turned it down. The fees are high, but not too high considering the many expenses included in the fee (and a private gate to the Arboretum). It's a place one has to love for the setting, history, and location. The unit does have a great view, and I've heard you can see the fireworks downtown from the turret as well.
JP?
JP by the pond?
condos @ the Arboretum
on Centre Street?
That's the former Adams
That's the former Adams Nervine asylum reference by an above commenter. Definitely looks like it could be one of the buildings on the compound. From when I don't know.
http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/detail/NLMNLM~1~1~101403628~137501:A...
I don't know where that
I don't know where that building is/was, but I know it is not Adams Nervine.
Adams Irvine
Condos on Centre St, formerly known as Adams Nervine Asylum. Super cool property, still.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams-Nervine_Asylum
It is a great property
but that building isn't part of it.
True, and an interesting place.
It was designed as a short term treatment center for people--mostly women as it turned out, who were under some kind of "nerve strain" but were not clinically insane. Henry and William James' sister Alice spent some time there.
African American Art Museum?
in Roxbury, 300 Walnut Street.
http://www.ncaaa.org/
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=300+Walnut+Avenue,+Boston,+MA&hl=en&ll=42...
Abbotsford, Roxbury.
Abbotsford, Roxbury.
yes!
I didn't realize it was named Abbotsford! Cool!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsford_%28Boston,_Massachusetts%29
It looks abandoned
As an active museum, why do its doors and windows appear to be boarded up?
THE OUTSKIRTS OF GOTHAM CITY?
THE OUTSKIRTS OF GOTHAM CITY?!
The Answer!
Thanks for playing, folks! This is 300 Walnut Avenue, the current home of the National Center for Afro-American Art and the former home of the Gertrude Godvin School. (See another view of the building here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/5547542886). We don't have an exact date for this photo, but we think circa 1880-1900.
Fun Fact
The architect, Alden Frink, lived for a number of years (quite certain up until his death in 1908) on nearby Mayfair Street. He also designed a few less stately homes in the Back Bay.