Westland Gate was designed by Guy Lowell, architect of the Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, and was built in 1902 and erected in 1905.
[2] It appears that the 1980 restoration involved either sandblasting or honing to address inconsistencies in the stone, as well as application of a protective treatment (to resist graffiti) using Browne Fund money.
On May 4, 2008, a spokesperson for the Boston Parks Department stated that the "fountains are on a list of projects to be repaired".
A new restoration effort spearheaded by the Fenway Civic Association (FCA) began in 2012, securing funding for conservation assessments, performed in October 2013.
For fiscal year 2017 the city of Boston approved $820,000 for Johnson Memorial Gates monument conservation, accessibility upgrades, and landscape rehabilitation.