Stony Brook Gatehouse

The Stony Brook Gatehouse is a former gatehouse in The Fens in Boston. It formerly controlled flow from the Stony Brook into the Muddy River. The structure was designed around 1881 by Henry Hobson Richardson, who also designed several bridges in the park.[1] The building features a slate roof with distinctive wooden beams and walls of smooth stones of varying cuts. The red mortar used between the stone is similar to that of many of Richardson's other works. A near-identical companion building, designed by Richardson's successors Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, was constructed in 1905 when the Stony Brook culvert was enlarged.[1][2]

Stony Brook Gatehouse

In 2010, the building was refurbished for use as the Emerald Necklace Visitor and Volunteer Center.[3]

References
  1. Ochsner, Jeffery Karl (1982). H.H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works. MIT Press. pp. 224–25. ISBN 0262150239.
  2. "Report of the Boston Landmarks Commission on the potential designation of BACK BAY FENS as a Landmark under Chapter 772 of the Acts of 1975, as amended" (PDF). Boston Landmarks Commission. 1983. p. 2.
  3. Peter Schworm (September 22, 2010). "Adding a welcome sign". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

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