Zoo in Financial District, Boston
| Boston Aquarial Gardens | |
|---|---|
 Boston Aquarial Gardens, Bromfield Street, 1859 | |
| Date opened | 1859 (1859) |
| Date closed | 1860 (1860) |
| Location | Bromfield Street, Financial District, Boston |
The Boston Aquarial Gardens (1859-1860) was a public aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts, established by James Ambrose Cutting and Henry D Butler. The "conservatories filled with rare marine animals imported and collected exclusively for this establishment; ... a perfect and striking illustration of life beneath the waters." The business was located on Bromfield Street in the Financial District.
In 1860 it moved to a new facility nearby, on Central Court, off Washington Street, and re-opened as the Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens.
References
- Boston Post, April 12, 1859
- Winsor. The memorial history of Boston: including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880, Volume 4. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1886
Further reading
- "Mrs. Partington Visits the Fishes". New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette; Date: 08-17-1859
- Catalogue of fishes, mollusca, zoophytes, &c., &c., at Aquarial Gardens, no.21 Bromfield Street, Boston; Cutting & Butler, proprietors. In: Willem Theodorus Gevers Deynoot. Aanteekeningen op eene reis door de Vereenigde Staten van Noord Amerika en Canada, in 1859. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1860. Google books
- Aquarial Gardens. Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts); Date: 07-20-1860
External links
- New England Aquarium. The Boston Aquarial Gardens (1859 - 1860).
Image gallery
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Advertisement, 1859
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"Catalogue of fishes, mollusca, zoophytes, &c. ... Cutting & Butler, proprietors," 1859
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Detail of map of Boston, showing Bromfield Street, early 1860s
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Advertisement for "the learned seals," 1860
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