In May of 1969, Judith Millon, Chairman of School Volunteers at the Abraham Lincoln School at 152 Arlington Street, wrote to then Garden Club of the Back Bay President Laura Dwight asking for help with four window boxes, 4 feet long and 14 inches deep, to be set up in four very large north facing windows at the school. The building, constructed circa 1910, is red brick and is located at the corner of Arlington Street and the Massachusetts Turnpike. Today the building houses the Josiah Quincy Upper School. In 1969, it served 700 students from kindergarten through 8th grade.
In Mrs. Millon’s request, she said the deep ledged windows cry out for window boxes full of chrysanthemums, pine boughs, tulips – whatever the season and north light will allow. If anyone has any information about those window boxes – were they built, were they planted? – please email info@bostonflora.com.
