Arlington Reservoir (Arlington, Massachusetts)
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The Arlington Reservoir is a large water tank located on Park Circle in Arlington, Massachusetts
. It is an exact copy of the rotunda from the Samothrace temple complex
. Constructed in the 1920s in a Classical Revival, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1985.
Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, six miles northwest of Boston. The population was 42,844 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. It is an exact copy of the rotunda from the Samothrace temple complex
Samothrace temple complex
The Samothrace Temple Complex, known as the Sanctuary of the Great Gods , Greek Hieron ton Megalon Theon , is one of the principal Pan-Hellenic religious sanctuaries, located on the island of Samothrace within the larger Thrace...
. Constructed in the 1920s in a Classical Revival, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1985.