National Register of Historic Places

Sargent's Pond

Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Listed
October 16, 1985
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85003314

About this property

Sargent's Pond is a man-made 3-acre (1.2 ha) pond on Sargent Road in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. The pond was created by Charles Sprague Sargent (best known as the first director of the Arnold Arboretum) in the late 1870s as a centerpiece of his family's extensive Holm Lea estate. Sargent's estate has since been subdivided, but the roads giving access to it run along the estate's original alignments. Sargent landscaped the estate using similar principles to those he applied at the Arboretum, with vistas and a variety of trees and shrubs. The pond was created by damming a brook. It still has naturalistic plantings around it, although some Sargent's rhododendrons (a significant draw on occasions when he opened the estate to the public) have died. The pond (along with its immediately surrounding grounds) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Location

Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
42.32047, -71.12726

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Nearby Battles

Siege of Boston – Roxbury Lines
1775Revolutionary War
1.6 mi
Siege of Boston – Cambridge Lines
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3.8 mi

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When was Sargent's Pond listed on the National Register?

Sargent's Pond was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Sargent's Pond?

Sargent's Pond is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Sargent's Pond is recorded as the industrial era.

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