Winthrop Shore Drive

Winthrop Shore Dr., Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Location Winthrop Shore Dr., Winthrop, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′14″N 70°58′5″W / 42.37056°N 70.96806°W / 42.37056; -70.96806Coordinates: 42°22′14″N 70°58′5″W / 42.37056°N 70.96806°W / 42.37056; -70.96806
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built 1899
Architect Charles Eliot (landscape architect)
Olmsted Brothers
MPS Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS
NRHP Reference # 03001469[1]
Added to NRHP January 21, 2004

Winthrop Shore Drive is a historic parkway in Winthrop, Massachusetts. The mile-long parkway runs through the Winthrop Beach Reservation, and is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The parkway is one of a series of ocean parkways (and the second one built) that make up a network of parkways connecting major open spaces in the Greater Boston area. Both the parkway and reservation were designed in the mid-1890s by Charles Eliot for the Metropolitan Parks Commission, a predecessor to the DCR. Land was acquired for the parkway in 1899, and construction was largely completed in 1900.[2]

The parkway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Winthrop Shore Drive". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-29.


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