Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Located 6 miles west of Boston, Chestnut Hill is a leafy suburb notable for its stately old houses, scenic landscape and the historic campus of Boston College. Chestnut Hill is not a political or municipal entity. Its borders are roughly defined by the 02467 ZIP Code and encompass parts of Boston, Brookline and Newton, Massachusetts. Nor is Chestnut Hill a clear topographical designation as it refers to a series of hills that overlook the 135 acre (546,000 m²) Chestnut Hill Reservoir. In 1986, the National Register of Historic Places designated parts of Chestnut Hill as a historic district for the significance of its landscape and architecture. Examples of Colonial, Italianate, Shingle, Tudor, and Victorian architectural styles are evident in country estates and mansions and on the Boston College campus, itself an early example of Collegiate Gothic architecture. While most of Chestnut Hill remained farmland well into the early twentieth century, the area around the reservoir was developed in 1870 by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of Central Park in New York.

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Boston - Suburb - Boston College - Municipal - ZIP Code - Brookline - Newton, Massachusetts - Topographical - Chestnut Hill Reservoir - National Register of Historic Places - Colonial - Italianate - Shingle - Tudor - Victorian architectural - Collegiate Gothic - 1870 - Frederick Law Olmsted - Central Park - New York

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