Owner of the Gate Houses: Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Owner of the Property: Boston Parks Department
Architect: Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann

The Back Bay Fens Gate Houses are located on the banks of the Muddy River in the Back Bay Fens, which is part of Frederick Law Olmstead’s Emerald Necklace Park System. The original gate house was designed by H.H. Richardson in1882. In 1905 a companion was designed with similar architectural features by Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. The renovation project was undertaken to prevent upstream flooding in the Stony Brook system. Measures were taken to ensure that  renovations were in keeping with the buildings’ historical and architectural significance.

Courtesy of Boston Water & Sewer Commission