Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center

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Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center
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Daffodils, bushes and trees in bloom by the Upper Water pool in 2018
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Location170 Longview Road
Chester Township, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°43′53″N74°42′26″W / 40.73139°N 74.70722°W / 40.73139; -74.70722
Operated by Morris County Park Commission
Merchiston Farm
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Dogwoods in bloom in front of the Hutcheson House, home to Martha Brookes Hutcheson
Area100.9 acres (40.8 ha)
Built1912 (1912)
Architect Martha Brookes Hutcheson
William Lawrence Bottomley
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 89001946 [1]
NJRHP No.2104 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1989
Designated NJRHPSeptember 5, 1989

Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center is a botanical garden and public park in Chester Township, New Jersey. The house and garden, listed using its historic name, Merchiston Farm, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1989 for its significance as the home of the American landscape architect Martha Brookes Hutcheson and her landscaping of the property. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. February 12, 2018. p. 3.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Merchiston Farm". National Park Service . Retrieved May 11, 2018. With accompanying pictures