Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Gardner Museum

Fenway

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 18, 2021

1. Gardner Museum Marker

Inscription.

To attempt to tell the story of the wonderfully-gathered and splendidly-lodged Gardner Collection would be to displace a little the line that separates private from public property.... It is in presence of the results magnificently attained, the energy triumphant over everything, that one feels the fine old disinterested tradition of Boston least broken.

Henry James, The American Scene, 1907

Erected by Boston 200. (Marker Number FW04.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.

Location. 42° 20.333′ N, 71° 5.93′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area. Marker is at the intersection of Fenway and Palace Road, on the right when traveling east on Fenway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boston MA 02115, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Roxbury (approx. half a mile away); Ted Williams (approx. half a mile away); Van Ness Street Player Banners (approx. half a mile away); Carl Yastrzemski (approx. half a mile away); Fenway Park (approx. half a mile away); Teammates (approx.

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half a mile away); Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (approx. half a mile away); New Fenway Park (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.

Also see . . . The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Submitted on July 11, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.)

Gardner Museum and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 18, 2021

2. Gardner Museum and Marker

The marker is at the museum's previous entryway on Fenway. The main entry is now on Evans Way.

Gardner Museum main entrance on Evans Way image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 18, 2021

3. Gardner Museum main entrance on Evans Way

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 110 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 11, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.