Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center

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Coordinates: 40°43′53″N 74°42′26″W / 40.73139°N 74.70722°W / 40.73139; -74.70722
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Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center
Daffodils, bushes and trees in bloom by the Upper Water pool in 2018
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center is located in New Jersey
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center is located in the United States
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center
Location170 Longview Road
Chester Township, New Jersey
Coordinates40°43′53″N 74°42′26″W / 40.73139°N 74.70722°W / 40.73139; -74.70722
Operated byMorris County Park Commission
Merchiston Farm
Dogwoods in bloom in front of the Hutcheson House, home to Martha Brookes Hutcheson
Area100.9 acres (40.8 ha)
Built1912 (1912)
ArchitectMartha 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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  • Hutcheson House and garden, sundial
    Hutcheson House and garden, sundial
  • Reflecting Pool
    Reflecting Pool
  • Flowering trees
    Flowering trees
  • Vista from the Hutcheson House
    Vista from the Hutcheson House
  • Entrance sign
    Entrance sign
  • Merchiston Farm historical information
    Merchiston Farm historical information
  • The namesake Bamboo Brook
    The namesake Bamboo Brook

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  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

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