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SATURDAY, DECEMBER It, 1910. 



Important Sale on Garden Street. 



An important sale of real estate has 

 been made by the president and fel- 

 lows of Harvard College in Cambridge. 

 A lot of land, containing about 12,000 

 square feet and situated on the corner 

 of Garden and Madison streets, has 

 been conveyed to Allan W. Cox, of the 

 firm of Putnam & Cox, architects. 

 This land is in the same block with 

 the Harvard Observatory grounds and 

 is situated in the best residential- sec- 

 tion of Camlbridlge. 



In connection with this sale the col- 

 lege has sold to Mr. Cox the handsome 

 old mansion known as the Asa Gray 

 house, now situated on the grounds of 

 the Botanical Gardens o,f Harvard Col- 

 -lege, for many years the residence of 

 Asa Gray, the famous botanist. 



The college proposes to make some 

 addition eo the present Herbarium, 

 which involved the removing of this 

 handsome old house. Mr. Cox is to re- 

 move the house and place it upon the 

 I land purchased, making improvements 

 'and an addition, and occupy it as his 

 residence. The house is one of the best 

 examples of Colonial architecture in 

 Cambridge. 



The brokers were Benjamin P. Ellis, 

 16 State streelt, Boston, and Robert J. 

 Mel-ledge, Harvard square. 



