Category: Historic CH
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Upcoming talk on the history of Chestnut Hill
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Upcoming talk at the Waterworks museum on July 8, 7:00pm
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June 10th speaker at the Waterwork Museum
Coming up at the Waterworks Museum on June 10th: click here to veiw the flyer in PDF format
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Free Talk at the Waterworks Museum on May 27
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Tour Historic Chestnut Hill Gardens on Saturday, June 6
In honor of its 100th anniversary, the Chestnut Hill Garden Club will be holding a garden tour on Saturday June 6th, 2015. Nine gardens in a small, walkable area within the Chestnut Hill Historic District, will be open for viewing and gardening inspiration. Advance tickets are $35 person and can be purchased online. On the…
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Upcoming events at the Waterworks Museum
The Waterworks Museum hase many events coming up in May, including: Chestnut Hill Reservoir Landscape Walk and Talk with Marion Pressley. Take a historical tour of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir with Marion Pressley, landscape architect and principal of Pressley Associates. Pressley has expertise in cultural landscape and the preservation and restoration of public parks, institutions and private…
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Event: Landscape Legacy of Chestnut Hill on July 16
The Massachusetts DCR and the Waterworks museum are hosting a scenic stroll entitled “the Landscape Legacy of Chestnut Hill” on Wednesday, July 16th from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Learn more about the design history of the Chestnut Hill Reservior, and learn more about current preservation efforts. For more information, visit the Waterworks museum website or download…
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Special Invitation: New film about Chestnut Hill Waterworks
September 11, 2013 7:00 pm. YOU ARE INVITED. The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum will screen “Big Buildings, Big Machines, Big Stories,” a new 12-minute film that celebrates the architects and engineers who built Boston’s first public water system and the grassroots group who preserved its legacy. Tour the Museum and meet the filmmakers, NewTV colleagues Ellie Goldberg and Laura McCarthy Johnson. Light refreshments will…
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Historic Newton Walk in Chestnut Hill
Sunday, August 25th 2:00pm HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Four Centuries on Chestnut Hill Originally settled by the Hammond family in 1655, the Newton portion of Chestnut Hill has flourished over four centuries. With the introduction of railways nearby in the 1850s, what had been a remote and undeveloped area grew rapidly, due in part to the formation…
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Waterworks Museum to hold Family Day, Sept. 15
The Waterworks museum in Chestnut Hill will hold “family day” on Saturday September 15, featuring scavenger hunts, Museum tours, story time, Waterworks Jeopardy, and hands-on projects. The event will run from 11am to 3pm. For more information visit the Waterworks Museum website.