[MassHistPres] Exhibit: Vinal / Wheelwright two of Boston's official City Architects

[Dennis De Witt]

Exhibit opening and gallery talk — two of Boston’s official City Architects
• Arthur H. Vinal — City architect 1884-1888
• Edmund March Wheelwright — City architect 1891-1895
Wednesday, May 25th, 7:00pm, the Waterworks Museum
2450 Beacon St., Boston — opposite the Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Easy access from B, C, D lines of the Green Line — Five minute walk from Cleveland Circle 

Accompanying the exhibit is a slide show of work each created in his private practice.  

About 60 of Vinal’s projects are still standing, including
— the Chestnut Hill Pumping Station (now Waterworks Museum)
— the Boston Fire Station/Police Station (now part of the B.A.C) at Boylston and Hareford Streets
— Numerous residential projects, including entire block fronts of row buildings in the Charlesgate, Fenway, and Bay State Road areas

About 75 of Wheelwright’s commissions survive, including 
— the Pine Street Inn, 
— The Massachusetts Historical Society
— The Longfellow Bridge
— Horticulture Hall
— Jordan Hall
— the Larz Anderson Carriage House (now automobile museum)
— the Harvard Lampoon Castle.


Dennis J De Witt, Vice-Chairman
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Below: E.M. Wheelwright’s Pleasure Bay “Casino” pier head house (burned 1944) 



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