TheStony Brook Gatehouse is a formergatehouse inThe Fens in Boston, located next toThe Fenway east of Forsyth Way. It formerly controlled flow from theStony Brook into theMuddy River. The structure was designed around 1881 byHenry Hobson Richardson, who also designed several bridges in the park.[1] The building features a slate roof with distinctive wooden beams and walls of smooth stones of varying cuts. The red mortar used between the stone is similar to that of many of Richardson's other works. A near-identical companion building, designed by Richardson's successorsShepley, Rutan and Coolidge, was constructed in 1905 when the Stony Brook culvert was enlarged.[1][2]
In 2010, the building was refurbished for use as the Emerald Necklace Conservancy's Shattuck Visitor Center.[3][4]
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