Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center

Coordinates: 40°43′53″N 74°42′26″W / 40.73139°N 74.70722°W / 40.73139; -74.70722

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Botanical garden and public park in Chester Township, New Jersey

Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center

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Location

170 Longview Road
Chester Township, New Jersey

Coordinates

40°43′53″N 74°42′26″W / 40.73139°N 74.70722°W / 40.73139; -74.70722

Operated by

Morris County Park CommissionMerchiston FarmU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesNew Jersey Register of Historic Places

Dogwoods in bloom in front of the Hutcheson House, home to Martha Brookes Hutcheson

Area

100.9 acres (40.8 ha)

Built

1912 (1912)

Architect

Martha Brookes Hutcheson
William Lawrence Bottomley

Architectural style

Colonial Revival

NRHP reference No.

89001946

NJRHP No.

2104

Significant dates Added to NRHP

November 13, 1989

Designated NJRHP

September 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.