Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania was chosen recently as one of five inductees into the Chestnut Hill Historical Society (CHHS) Architectural Hall of Fame. Properties chosen for this honor represent groundbreaking approaches to planning and design. Designees were selected by more than 1,400 votes from the general public.

The Arboretum is a cultural landscape comprises beautiful historic and new buildings set within an internationally important arboretum. The Arboretum’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Fernery, the only remaining freestanding Victorian fernery in North America, was submitted for the award. The fernery was originally built in 1899 and restored in 1994. Contributors include Chandler; Cope and Stewardson; Eyre; Cret; McGoodwin; Olmsted Brothers; and Andropogon.