H. H. Hunnewell - Wikipedia
WebH. H. Hunnewell. Horatio Hollis Hunnewell (July 27, 1810 – May 20, 1902) was an American railroad financier, philanthropist, amateur botanist, and one of the most prominent horticulturists in America in the nineteenth century. Hunnewell was a partner in the private banking firm of Welles & Co. Paris, France controlled by his in-laws, which ...
Hunnewell Estates Historic District - Wikipedia
WebThe Hunnewell Estates Historic District is an historic district between the Charles River and Lake Waban in Wellesley and Natick, Massachusetts, about 17 miles west of Boston. It consists of the large group of 18th to 21st century agricultural and estate properties with farmland, gardens, residences, and landscapes of the Hunnewell and Welles ...
H.H. Hunnewell, The Man Who Brought Rhododendrons to New …
WebH.H. Hunnewell. Hunnewell was born July 27, 1810, in Watertown, Mass. At 25 he became a partner in the Paris investment firm of Welles & Co. Fifteen years later he returned to the United States and started H.H. Hunnewell & Sons in Boston. The firm financed and directed several railroads, including the Illinois Central Gulf, the Kansas City ...
Wellesley & The Hunnewell Family - The Swellesley Report
WebThe Hunnewell Estates is located near Wellesley College along the edges of Lake Waban and on Pond Road, and the college has an arboretum named in honor of H.H. Hunnewell. The loop around Lake Waban is the most beautiful walk in town and included close-up views of the Hunnewells’ topiary garden.
H. H. Hunnewell estate - Wikipedia
WebThe Hunnewell pine, Pinus x hunnewellii, is a hybrid between Eastern white pine and Japanese white pine first raised at the Hunnewell estate in 1952. The H. H. Hunnewell estate is not to be confused with the H. H. Hunnewell Arboretum in the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens at nearby Wellesley College, located across Lake Waban. [4]
Directions to the Hunnewell Visitor Center - Arnold Arboretum
WebThe destination of these directions is the Arboretum’s Arborway gate and Hunnewell Building, which houses the Visitor Center as well as administrative offices, located at 125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130. By subway Take the MBTA Orange Line to its southern end – Forest Hills. Turn left as you pass through the turnstiles. Exit through the door […]
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WebHoratio Hunnewell was a partner in the private banking firm of Welles & Co. Paris, France controlled by his in-laws which specialized in trade finance between the two countries. Practicing horticulture for nearly six decades on his estate in Wellesley, Massachusetts, he was perhaps the first person to cultivate and popularize rhododendrons in ...
Hunnewell Estates Historic District | SAH ARCHIPEDIA
WebHunnewell Estates Historic District. Washington St. and Pond Rd., Wellesley and Natick. The estates that Horatio Hollis Hunnewell created for himself and his children represent one of the most significant compounds of nineteenth-century architecture and landscape gardening in the Boston area. In 1836 Hunnewell married Isabella Welles, for whose ...
Remembering Willard Hunnewell 1921-2022 - Arnold Arboretum
WebNov 21, 2022 · Willard Peele Hunnewell was born June 1, 1921 to Walter Hunnewell and his wife Minna Lyman Hunnewell, and was the great-grandson of Arnold Arboretum benefactor and nineteenth-century horticultural pioneer H. H. Hunnewell. He graduated from Harvard University in 1943, served as a navigator for the U.S. Navy in the Atlantic …
Francis Oakes "Butch" Hunnewell - Harvard Class of 1960
WebFeb 3, 2010 · Francis Hunnewell, 71; entrepreneur traveled world By Bryan Marquard: Globe Staff / February 3, 2010 Though he was descended from a family whose expansive estates gave name to Wellesley and its college, Francis Oakes Hunnewell cut a unique path in the world of business that took him continents away from the Boston boardrooms …
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