The Comfort Station is a historic public sanitary facility on Canton Avenue in Milton, Massachusetts, within the Blue Hills Reservation managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Built in 1904 in the Swiss Chalet style, it is one of a suite of buildings designed by the architectural firm Stickney and Austin for the Massachusetts Parks Commission. The station underwent a major renovation in 2008 that added handicapped-accessible facilities, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 1980. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountMassachusetts, United States 3 Completed Year Classification
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1. Comfort Station (Milton, Massachusetts) (Wikipedia)
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The Comfort Station is a historic public sanitary facility on Canton Avenue in Milton, Massachusetts, within the Blue Hills Reservation managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Built in 1904 in the Swiss Chalet style, it is one of a suite of buildings designed by the architectural firm Stickney and Austin for the Massachusetts Parks Commission. The station underwent a major renovation in 2008 that added handicapped-accessible facilities, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 1980.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1904)
The Comfort Station is a historic "sanitary" on Canton Avenue in Milton, Massachusetts. It is located in the Blue Hills Reservation, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Built in 1904, it is one of a suite of buildings designed by Stickney & Austin for the Massachusetts Parks Commission, a predecessor organization to the DCR, as the reservation was being
In Style: Swiss chalet style, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Swiss Chalet
View the Source2. Comfort Station (Milton, Massachusetts) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Comfort station)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Comfort station)
Wikidata item Q5151687, instance of (P31): comfort station
3. Comfort Station (Milton, Massachusetts) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 413865): Massachusetts, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 413865): Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata item Q5151687, property P131/P17 (location): Massachusetts, United States
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