diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Marker/Box.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Marker/Box.js
index 412c875cbd..8501439560 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Marker/Box.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Marker/Box.js
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype =
         this.setBorder(borderColor, borderWidth);
     },
 
+    /**
+     * 
+     */    
+    destroy: function() {
+
+        this.bounds = null;
+        this.div = null;
+
+        OpenLayers.Marker.prototype.destroy.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+
     /** Allow the user to change the box's color and border width
      * 
      * @param {String} color Default is "red"
diff --git a/tests/Marker/test_Box.html b/tests/Marker/test_Box.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..066cf4197e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Marker/test_Box.html
@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+  <script src="../../lib/OpenLayers.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript"><!--
+    var box; 
+    
+    function test_01_Box_constructor (t) {
+        t.plan( 7 );
+
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype._setBorder = 
+            OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder;
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder = function (x,y) {
+            g_Color = x;
+            g_Width = y;
+        };
+
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(1,2,3,4);
+        var borderColor = "blue";
+        var borderWidth = 55;
+
+
+        g_Color = g_Width = null;
+        box = new OpenLayers.Marker.Box(bounds, borderColor, borderWidth);
+
+        t.ok( box instanceof OpenLayers.Marker.Box, "new OpenLayers.Marker.Box returns Box object" );
+        t.ok( box.bounds.equals(bounds), "bounds object correctly set");
+        t.ok( box.div != null, "div created");
+        t.eq( box.div.style.overflow, "hidden", "div style overflow hidden");
+        t.ok( box.events != null, "events object created");
+        t.eq( g_Color, borderColor, "setBorder called with correct border color");        
+        t.eq( g_Width, borderWidth, "setBorder called with correct border width");        
+        
+
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder = 
+            OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype._setBorder;
+    }
+
+
+    function test_02_Box_setBorder(t) {
+        t.plan( 2 );
+
+        var box = {
+            div: {
+                style: {}
+            }
+        };
+
+      //defaults
+        var args = [];
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder.apply(box, args);
+        t.eq(box.div.style.border, "2px solid red", "style correctly set with no good values (defaults work)");
+
+      //good vals
+        var borderColor = "blue";
+        var borderWidth = 55;
+
+        args = [borderColor, borderWidth];
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder.apply(box, args);
+        t.eq(box.div.style.border, borderWidth + "px solid " + borderColor, "style correctly set with both good values");
+
+    }
+    function test_03_Box_draw(t) {
+        t.plan( 5 );
+
+        OpenLayers.Util._modifyDOMElement = 
+            OpenLayers.Util.modifyDOMElement;
+        OpenLayers.Util.modifyDOMElement = 
+            function (element, id, px, sz) {
+                g_Element = element;
+                g_Id = id;
+                g_Px = px;
+                g_Sz = sz;
+            };
+
+        var box = {
+            div: {}
+        };
+
+        
+        var px = {};
+        var sz = {};
+        var args = [px, sz];
+
+        g_Element = g_Id = g_Px = g_Sz = null;
+        var retVal = OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.draw.apply(box, args);
+
+        t.eq(g_Element, box.div, "modifyDOMElement passes box's div for element");
+        t.eq(g_Id, null, "modifyDOMElement passes null for id");
+        t.eq(g_Px, px, "modifyDOMElement passes new px value for px");
+        t.eq(g_Sz, sz, "modifyDOMElement passes new sz value for sz");
+        t.ok(retVal == box.div, "draw returns box's div");
+
+        OpenLayers.Util.modifyDOMElement = 
+            OpenLayers.Util._modifyDOMElement;
+
+    }
+
+    function test_04_Box_onScreen(t) {
+        t.plan( 2 );
+
+        var map = new OpenLayers.Map("map");
+
+        var url = "http://octo.metacarta.com/cgi-bin/mapserv";
+        layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(name, url);
+
+        map.addLayer(layer);
+        
+        mlayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Boxes('Test Layer');
+        map.addLayer(mlayer);
+               
+        map.zoomToExtent(new OpenLayers.Bounds(-50,-50,50,50));
+
+        //onscreen box
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(-1,-1,1,1);
+        var box = new OpenLayers.Marker.Box(bounds);
+        mlayer.addMarker(box);
+        
+        t.ok( box.onScreen(), "box knows it's onscreen" );
+
+        //offscreen box
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(100,100,150,150);
+        var box2 = new OpenLayers.Marker.Box(bounds);
+        mlayer.addMarker(box2);
+
+        t.ok( !box2.onScreen(), "box knows it's offscreen" );
+        map.destroy();
+    }
+
+    function test_05_Box_display(t) {
+        t.plan( 2 );
+
+        var box = {
+            div: {
+                style: {}
+            }
+        };
+
+      //display(true)
+        var args = [true];
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.display.apply(box, args);
+        t.eq(box.div.style.display, "", "style.display correctly set to '' when display(true)");
+
+      //display(false)
+        var args = [false];
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.display.apply(box, args);
+        t.eq(box.div.style.display, "none", "style.display correctly set to 'none' when display(false)");
+    }
+
+    function test_99_Box_destroy(t) {
+        t.plan(3);
+        
+        OpenLayers.Marker.prototype._destroy = 
+            OpenLayers.Marker.prototype.destroy;
+        OpenLayers.Marker.prototype.destroy = function() {
+            g_Destroy = true;
+        }
+                
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(1,2,3,4);
+        var borderColor = "blue";
+        var borderWidth = 55;
+
+        g_Destroy = null;
+        box = new OpenLayers.Marker.Box(bounds, borderColor, borderWidth);
+        box.destroy();
+
+        t.eq(box.bounds, null, "bounds nullified");
+        t.eq(box.div, null, "div nullified");
+        t.ok(g_Destroy == true, "OpenLayers.Marker.destroy() called");
+
+
+        OpenLayers.Marker.prototype.destroy = 
+            OpenLayers.Marker.prototype._destroy;
+    }
+    
+  // -->
+  </script>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div id="map" style="width:500px;height:550px"></div>
+</body>
+</html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <script src="../../lib/OpenLayers.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript"><!--
+    var box; 
+    
+    function test_01_Box_constructor (t) {
+        t.plan( 7 );
+
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype._setBorder = 
+            OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder;
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder = function (x,y) {
+            g_Color = x;
+            g_Width = y;
+        };
+
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(1,2,3,4);
+        var borderColor = "blue";
+        var borderWidth = 55;
+
+
+        g_Color = g_Width = null;
+        box = new OpenLayers.Marker.Box(bounds, borderColor, borderWidth);
+
+        t.ok( box instanceof OpenLayers.Marker.Box, "new OpenLayers.Marker.Box returns Box object" );
+        t.ok( box.bounds.equals(bounds), "bounds object correctly set");
+        t.ok( box.div != null, "div created");
+        t.eq( box.div.style.overflow, "hidden", "div style overflow hidden");
+        t.ok( box.events != null, "events object created");
+        t.eq( g_Color, borderColor, "setBorder called with correct border color");        
+        t.eq( g_Width, borderWidth, "setBorder called with correct border width");        
+        
+
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder = 
+            OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype._setBorder;
+    }
+
+
+    function test_02_Box_setBorder(t) {
+        t.plan( 2 );
+
+        var box = {
+            div: {
+                style: {}
+            }
+        };
+
+      //defaults
+        var args = [];
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder.apply(box, args);
+        t.eq(box.div.style.border, "2px solid red", "style correctly set with no good values (defaults work)");
+
+      //good vals
+        var borderColor = "blue";
+        var borderWidth = 55;
+
+        args = [borderColor, borderWidth];
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.setBorder.apply(box, args);
+        t.eq(box.div.style.border, borderWidth + "px solid " + borderColor, "style correctly set with both good values");
+
+    }
+    function test_03_Box_draw(t) {
+        t.plan( 5 );
+
+        OpenLayers.Util._modifyDOMElement = 
+            OpenLayers.Util.modifyDOMElement;
+        OpenLayers.Util.modifyDOMElement = 
+            function (element, id, px, sz) {
+                g_Element = element;
+                g_Id = id;
+                g_Px = px;
+                g_Sz = sz;
+            };
+
+        var box = {
+            div: {}
+        };
+
+        
+        var px = {};
+        var sz = {};
+        var args = [px, sz];
+
+        g_Element = g_Id = g_Px = g_Sz = null;
+        var retVal = OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.draw.apply(box, args);
+
+        t.eq(g_Element, box.div, "modifyDOMElement passes box's div for element");
+        t.eq(g_Id, null, "modifyDOMElement passes null for id");
+        t.eq(g_Px, px, "modifyDOMElement passes new px value for px");
+        t.eq(g_Sz, sz, "modifyDOMElement passes new sz value for sz");
+        t.ok(retVal == box.div, "draw returns box's div");
+
+        OpenLayers.Util.modifyDOMElement = 
+            OpenLayers.Util._modifyDOMElement;
+
+    }
+
+    function test_04_Box_onScreen(t) {
+        t.plan( 2 );
+
+        var map = new OpenLayers.Map("map");
+
+        var url = "http://octo.metacarta.com/cgi-bin/mapserv";
+        layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(name, url);
+
+        map.addLayer(layer);
+        
+        mlayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Boxes('Test Layer');
+        map.addLayer(mlayer);
+               
+        map.zoomToExtent(new OpenLayers.Bounds(-50,-50,50,50));
+
+        //onscreen box
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(-1,-1,1,1);
+        var box = new OpenLayers.Marker.Box(bounds);
+        mlayer.addMarker(box);
+        
+        t.ok( box.onScreen(), "box knows it's onscreen" );
+
+        //offscreen box
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(100,100,150,150);
+        var box2 = new OpenLayers.Marker.Box(bounds);
+        mlayer.addMarker(box2);
+
+        t.ok( !box2.onScreen(), "box knows it's offscreen" );
+        map.destroy();
+    }
+
+    function test_05_Box_display(t) {
+        t.plan( 2 );
+
+        var box = {
+            div: {
+                style: {}
+            }
+        };
+
+      //display(true)
+        var args = [true];
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.display.apply(box, args);
+        t.eq(box.div.style.display, "", "style.display correctly set to '' when display(true)");
+
+      //display(false)
+        var args = [false];
+        OpenLayers.Marker.Box.prototype.display.apply(box, args);
+        t.eq(box.div.style.display, "none", "style.display correctly set to 'none' when display(false)");
+    }
+
+    function test_99_Box_destroy(t) {
+        t.plan(3);
+        
+        OpenLayers.Marker.prototype._destroy = 
+            OpenLayers.Marker.prototype.destroy;
+        OpenLayers.Marker.prototype.destroy = function() {
+            g_Destroy = true;
+        }
+                
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(1,2,3,4);
+        var borderColor = "blue";
+        var borderWidth = 55;
+
+        g_Destroy = null;
+        box = new OpenLayers.Marker.Box(bounds, borderColor, borderWidth);
+        box.destroy();
+
+        t.eq(box.bounds, null, "bounds nullified");
+        t.eq(box.div, null, "div nullified");
+        t.ok(g_Destroy == true, "OpenLayers.Marker.destroy() called");
+
+
+        OpenLayers.Marker.prototype.destroy = 
+            OpenLayers.Marker.prototype._destroy;
+    }
+    
+  // -->
+  </script>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div id="map" style="width:500px;height:550px"></div>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/tests/list-tests.html b/tests/list-tests.html
index 3f8bb3fc58..5ef330d379 100644
--- a/tests/list-tests.html
+++ b/tests/list-tests.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <li>Format/test_WKT.html</li>
     <li>test_Icon.html</li>
     <li>test_Marker.html</li>
+    <li>Marker/test_Box.html</li>
     <li>test_Popup.html</li>
     <li>test_Feature.html</li>
     <li>Feature/test_Vector.html</li>
