- The Hood Milk Bottle is a 40-foot-tall landmark that originally housed an ice-cream stand. Built in 1934 by Arthur Gagner, it was used to sell homemade ice cream in Taunton, Massachusetts. Abandoned in 1967, it was later refurbished by Hood and donated to the Boston Children’s Museum, where it has stood as a meeting place since 19771234.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Towering 40ft over Fort Point Channel, the giant Hood Milk Bottle would hold 50,000 gallons of milk if it could hold a drop (that’s 800,000 glasses of milk, if anybody’s counting). This unlikely landmark was built in 1934 to house an ice-cream stand, which it did for 30-odd years.www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/boston/seaport-district-…And Boston’s iconic Hood Milk Bottle is in the running. The bottle, built in 1934 by Arthur Gagner, was used to sell his homemade ice cream on Route 44 in Taunton. Decades later it was abandoned and in need of repair. Then Hood purchased the bottle, renovated it, and donated it to the Boston Children’s Museum.www.boston.com/travel/travel/2014/06/10/bostons-…The Milk Bottle stood as a landmark on Route 44 in Taunton until it was abandoned in 1967. It was left in disrepair for years until Hood purchased the deteriorating structure, rescuing it from oblivion. Hood had the Bottle refurbished and donated it to Boston Children’s Museum.www.bostoncentral.com/activities/boston-hood-mil…The landmark has been a meeting place outside the museum since it was moved there in 1977. According to the museum, the 40-foot tall milk bottle was built in 1934 by Arthur Gagner to sell his homemade ice cream in Taunton. It was a landmark on Route 44 until it was abandoned in 1967. Hood had it fixed up and then donated it to the museum.www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/hood-milk-bottle-b…
Boston’s Hood Bottle | Up Close - New England Today
Jan 3, 2022 · There stands a 40-foot-tall milk bottle sporting the logo of Massachusetts’s own H.P. Hood, as it has ever since it was acquired by the museum 45 years ago and became a signature Boston landmark.
Hood Milk Bottle - Atlas Obscura
Oct 19, 2009 · Standing 40 feet tall, this giant milk bottle sits next to the Boston Children’s Museum, just across the Fort Point Channel. In 1930, Arthur Gagner built the milk bottle next …
Help the Hood Milk Bottle Become the 'Quirkiest' …
Jun 9, 2014 · Located in the Fort Point area, directly outside the Boston Children’s Museum on Congress Street, the Hood Milk Bottle was gifted to the museum by the milk company in the late 1970s.
HOOD MILK BOTTLE - Updated January 2025 - Yelp
Jul 2, 2023 · This forty foot tall milk bottle sits in front of the Boston Children's Museum where it has lived for the last thirty years. Big and white and full of milk, or at least, full of ice cream and hot dogs at the snack bar with a few tables …
Hood Milk Bottle // 1934 – Buildings of New England
Apr 11, 2021 · Boston’s iconic Hood Milk Bottle has been an iconic fixture in the city’s built environment for decades, but do you know about the history behind it?
What it's like to work inside the Hood Milk Bottle
Aug 16, 2024 · The 40-foot Hood Milk Bottle is one of Boston's most iconic — and unique — structures. Here's how it got to the Seaport in the first place and what it's like to work inside.
Hood Milk Bottle - South Coast Improvement Company
This giant Hood Milk Bottle which sits next to the Boston Children’s Museum stands 40 feet high and 20 feet wide and is home to Glenn’s Kreme and Kone. The Bottle has sported the logo of Massachusetts’s own H.P. Hood, as it has …
Hood Milk Bottle (Local Guide) - Boston Central
Standing 40 feet tall and weighing in at 15,000 lbs., the Milk Bottle was one of America’s first fast-food drive-in restaurants and an authentic example of the “Coney Island” style of architecture.
Milk Bottle outside Boston Children's Museum opens …
Apr 24, 2024 · One of Boston's most unique concession stands, the iconic Hood Milk Bottle outside the Boston Children's Museum, is now open for the season, the museum announced Wednesday.
