National Register of Historic Places

Adams-Nervine Asylum

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Listed
May 31, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82004456

About this property

The Adams-Nervine Asylum was incorporated in 1877 and opened in 1880 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. The estate provided an attractive, picturesque setting, as it was situated on Centre Street, in the neighborhood of Bussey Park and the Arnold Arboretum. Having previously been owned by J. Gardiner Weld, it was purchased by Seth Adams with his fortune acquired from his sugar refinery in South Boston. With his brother Isaac, Seth had formerly manufactured printing presses and machinery. On his death, his estate bequeathed $600,000 for the establishment of a curative institution for the benefit of indigent, debilitated and nervous people: inhabitants of the State who were not insane. The trustees purchased neighboring properties for the Asylum in 1879. The estate was vacated in 1976 and left to The Adams Trust.

Location

990-1020 Centre St.
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
42.30362, -71.12465

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Nearby Historic Sites

Arnold Arboretum
Civil War
0.3 mi
Roslindale Congregational Church
Industrial
0.6 mi
First Church of Jamaica Plain
Industrial
0.6 mi
Richards, Ellen H. Swallow, House
Industrial
0.7 mi
Loring-Greenough House
Industrial
0.7 mi

Nearby Battles

Siege of Boston – Roxbury Lines
1775Revolutionary War
2.3 mi
Siege of Boston — Dorchester Heights
1776Revolutionary War
4.6 mi

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When was Adams-Nervine Asylum listed on the National Register?

Adams-Nervine Asylum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 1982.

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Adams-Nervine Asylum is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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