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Bartram's Garden is a 50-acre public garden and National Historic Landmark in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, situated on the banks of the Tidal Schuylkill River. [2] Founded in 1728 by botanist John Bartram (1699–1777), it is the oldest botanical garden to survive in North America. [ 3 ]
Watson Park Historic District, also known as Watson Road Historic District and Watson McCord Neighborhood, is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The district encompasses 402 contributing buildings and 4 contributing sites in a predominantly residential section of Indianapolis.
Name Image Affiliation Municipality Coordinates Brincka Cross Gardens: Michigan City: Christy Woods: Ball State University: Muncie: Crown Hill Cemetery
For the 18th and most of the 19th centuries Kingessing was a rural township with farms, orchards and market gardens. A major botanic and horticultural garden, Bartram's Garden was located in Kingessing Township, and was frequently called the "Kingsess Garden." By the middle of the 19th century, Kingessing was a major center for the nursery and ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
John Bartram (June 3, 1699 – September 22, 1777) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and explorer, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of his career. . Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus said he was the "greatest natural botanist in the w
It includes the "Oakhurst" mansion and historic gardens, the Lucius and Sarah Ball residence, and the surviving limestone columns of "Minnetrista" in the Colonnade Garden. The Ball family, founders of the Ball Corporation, purchased most of the land along the north bank of White River between Wheeling and Granville Pikes in 1893. The name ...
New Augusta Historic District is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana.It encompasses 114 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in a railroad oriented village in Indianapolis.