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Horticultural Hall (1865-1901) of Boston, Massachusetts, was the headquarters of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in the later 19th century. It stood at no.100-102 Tremont Street, at the corner of Bromfield Street, opposite the Granary Burying Ground. Architects Gridley J.F. Bryant and Arthur Gilman designed the building. Sculptor Martin Milmore created horticulturally-themed statuary for the building's exterior: "three ancient Roman goddesses ... Ceres, goddess of agriculture; Flora, goddess of flowers; and Pomona, goddess of fruit trees." In the 1880s: "the ground floor () occupied by stores; the second story by the Library Room of the society and a hall for the weekly exhibitions; and the upper story by a large and elegant hall used ... at the annual and other important exhibitions. Both of these halls () often used for concerts and the better class of entertainments. The society's library, comprising over 4,000 volumes, () the most valuable collection of horticultural works in the United States. The halls () adorned with portraits and busts of the presidents, founders, and benefactors of the society." By 1899 the society's rooms in the building seemed old-fashioned, small, inconvenient, and expensive to maintain. After internal debate the society sold Horticultural Hall in 1900 and leased space there for some months thereafter. In 1901 the society transferred to its new building in the Back Bay,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.masshort.org/History )〕 and the building on Tremont Street "was demolished" the same year. At the time, Milmore's architectural statues were removed to the home of society president Albert C. Burrage (later the Glen Urquhart School) in Beverly, Massachusetts. In the mid-1990s the society restored Milmore's statues (only torsos survived) and installed them in their new headquarters in Wellesley, Massachusetts.〔"Ceres weighs seven tons; Flora and Pomona, four tons apiece. Their pedestals extend five feet into the ground." (Boston Globe, August 23, 2002)〕〔Bill Evans, the sculptor hired to restore the Millmore statues, carved new faces for two of the figures as portraits of 1990s donors Diane DiCarlo and Jeanne Leszczynski. (Boston Globe, August 23, 2002 )〕 ==Images== Image:1867 HarpersWeekly 13April.png|''Harper's Weekly,'' 1867; cover story about Horticultural Hall Image:1887 HorticulturalHall Boston.png|Seating chart of auditorium, 1887 Image:1891 TremontSt Boston.png|Tremont Street in 1891, with Horticultural Hall (left), Studio Building (center), Park Street Church (right) Image:1896 BromfieldSt Boston map byStadly BPL 12479 detail.png|Detail of 1896 map of Boston, showing Horticultural Hall, opposite Granary Burial Ground Image:1897 Chinese village HorticulturalHall BostonGlobe Dec29.png|Advertisement, Chinese village, 1897 Image:2007 Millmore ElmBank Wellesley MA USA.jpg|Statuary by Milmore, restored in 1990s (photo 2007) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horticultural Hall, Boston (1865)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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