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'''Borderland State Park''' is a history and nature preserve with public recreational features located in the [[New England town|towns]] of [[Easton, Massachusetts|Easton]] and [[Sharon, Massachusetts|Sharon]], [[Massachusetts]]. The [[state park]] encompasses {{convert|1843|acre}} surrounding the Ames Mansion, which was built in 1910. The area was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as '''Borderland Historic District''' in 1997. It is operated by the [[Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation]], with an appointed advisory council that participates in policy decision-making.<ref name=dcr/>
'''Borderland State Park''' is an American history and nature preserve with public recreational features located in the [[New England town|towns]] of [[Easton, Massachusetts|Easton]] and [[Sharon, Massachusetts|Sharon]], [[Massachusetts]]. The [[state park]] encompasses {{convert|1843|acre}} surrounding the Ames Mansion, which was built in 1910. The area was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as '''Borderland Historic District''' in 1997. It is operated by the [[Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation]], with an appointed advisory council that participates in policy decision-making.<ref name=dcr/>


==History==
==History==
In 1906, [[Oakes Ames (botanist)|Oakes Ames]], a [[Harvard University|Harvard]] [[botanist]] (son of Massachusetts governor [[Oliver Ames (governor)|Oliver Ames]] and grandson of U.S. Representative [[Oakes Ames]]), and his wife [[Blanche Ames Ames]] (daughter of Mississippi governor [[Adelbert Ames]], but not related to Oakes Ames), an artist and feminist, purchased land on the border of Sharon and Easton. There they built a mansion which still stands and created a nature preserve with woodland paths and roadways and man-made ponds. The family's home, a three-story, 20-room stone mansion constructed in 1910, was built largely at the direction of Blanche Ames.<ref name=life/><ref name=nps/> Her paintings still hang on the walls and much of the original furnishings are still intact. After remaining in the family for sixty-five years, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acquired the Borderland estate in 1971, two years after the death of Blanche Ames, and opened it as a state park.<ref name=dcr/>
In 1906, [[Oakes Ames (botanist)|Oakes Ames]], a [[Harvard University|Harvard]] [[botanist]] (son of Massachusetts governor [[Oliver Ames (governor)|Oliver Ames]] and grandson of U.S. Representative [[Oakes Ames]]), and his wife [[Blanche Ames Ames]] (daughter of Mississippi governor [[Adelbert Ames]], but not related to Oakes Ames), an artist and feminist, purchased land on the border of Sharon and Easton. There they built a mansion that includes [[Blanche Ames Ames|Blanche Ames]]' studio, which still stands and created a nature preserve with woodland paths and roadways and man-made ponds. The family's home, a three-story, 20-room stone mansion constructed in 1910, was built largely at the direction of Blanche Ames.<ref name=life/><ref name=nps/> Her paintings still hang on the walls and much of the original furnishings are still intact. After it remained in the family for 65 years, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acquired the Borderland estate in 1971, two years after the death of [[Blanche Ames Ames|Blanche Ames]], and opened it as a state park.<ref name=dcr/>


==Activities and amenities==
==Activities and amenities==
The park has more than {{convert|20|mi}} of wooded trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. Trails include a portion of the [[Bay Circuit Trail]] and the Quarry Loop to Moyles Quarry which supplied the facing stone for the [[Canton Viaduct]] in 1835.<ref name=map/> The park features mansion tours, a visitors center, pond fishing and canoeing, ice skating, sledding, and disc golf.<ref name=visit/>
The park has more than {{convert|20|mi}} of wooded trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. Trails include a portion of the [[Bay Circuit Trail]] and the Quarry Loop to Moyles Quarry which supplied the facing stone for the [[Canton Viaduct]] in 1835.<ref name=map/> The park features mansion tours, a visitors center, pond fishing and canoeing, ice skating, sledding, and [[disc golf]]. Mansion tours are typically held on Sundays during the months of April through May. The mansion is typically not open to the public other than during these tours, and for special events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.friendsofborderland.org/3--floor-ames-mansion-tours.html|title=Ames Mansion Tours|website=Friends of Borderland|language=en|access-date=2021-05-31}}</ref>


Borderland is the home course for [[Oliver Ames High School]] [[cross country running|cross country team]].<ref name=wicked/> It is also utilized by the [[Old Colony League]] for its annual cross country meet, hosts the [[Hockomock League]] Championship meet and various invitational meets on the {{convert|3.1|mi|km|adj=mid|-loop}} course, and was the site of the World Masters Flying Disc Championships in 1996.
Borderland is the home course for [[Oliver Ames High School]] [[cross country running|cross country team]].<ref name=wicked/> Until 2014, it was the site of the Hockomock League Cross Country championship race. It is also utilized by the [[Old Colony League]] for its annual cross country meet and various invitational meets on the {{convert|3.1|mi|km|adj=mid|-loop}} course, and was the site of the World Masters Flying Disc Championships in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 1996 World Masters Flying Disc Championships |url=https://www.nefahistory.com/1996-07-world-masters.html |website=The History of Flying Disc Sports in New England |language=en}}</ref>


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
The park has been used in a commercial, a documentary, and the film [[Mermaids (1990 film)|''Mermaids'']]. Scenes from the [[Martin Scorsese]] movie [[Shutter Island (film)|''Shutter Island'']] were shot at the stone lodge next to Leach Pond in 2008.<ref name=patriot/> Ames Mansion interiors were used as a filming location for ''[[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|Ghostbusters]]'' in 2016.<ref name=digest/> A fictionalized version of the park is featured in the novel ''Disappearance at Devil's Rock'' by [[Paul G. Tremblay|Paul Tremblay.]]
The park has been used in a commercial, a documentary, and the film [[Mermaids (1990 film)|''Mermaids'']]. Scenes from the [[Martin Scorsese]] movie [[Shutter Island (film)|''Shutter Island'']] were shot at the stone lodge next to Leach Pond in 2008.<ref name=patriot/> Ames Mansion interiors were used as a filming location for ''[[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|Ghostbusters]]'' in 2015.<ref name=enterprise/> A fictionalized version of the park is featured in the novels ''[[Disappearance at Devil's Rock]]'' and ''[[Survivor Song]]'' by [[Paul G. Tremblay|Paul Tremblay.]] Interiors, particularly the library, were featured in the 2019 [[Rian Johnson]] film [[Knives Out (film)|''Knives Out'']] as the home of mystery writer and murder victim Harlan Thrombey. [[Production designer]] David Crank stated, “The general rule was that both the inside and outside of the house needed to look like the sort of house that Harlan would describe in one of his mysteries. The moment we walked into the mansion we knew right away that it had the personality we needed.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/how-knives-out-turned-three-locations-into-a-single-mansion-of-murder/|title=How 'Knives Out' Turned Three Locations Into a Single Mansion of Murder|date=2019-11-28|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/features/knives-out-house-production-designer-interview-1203419982/|title=Finding the Perfect Murder-Mystery Home for Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out'|last=Tangcay|first=Jazz|date=2019-11-30|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Massachusetts}}
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts]]
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==References==
==References==
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<ref name=2012acreagelist>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/ld/acreage.pdf |title=2012 Acreage Listing |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=April 2012 |accessdate=April 10, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=2012acreagelist>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/ld/acreage.pdf |title=2012 Acreage Listing |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=April 2012 |access-date=April 10, 2017}}</ref>


<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-south/borderland-state-park.html |title=Borderland State Park |work=MassParks |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |accessdate=May 29, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603050837/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-south/borderland-state-park.html |archivedate=June 3, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/locations/borderland-state-park |title=Borderland State Park |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref>


<ref name=life>{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-south/life-at-borderland-park.html |title=Life at Borderland |work=Borderland State Park |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |accessdate=July 29, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825170828/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-south/life-at-borderland-park.html |archivedate=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=life>{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-south/life-at-borderland-park.html |title=Life at Borderland |work=Borderland State Park |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |access-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825170828/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-south/life-at-borderland-park.html |archive-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref>


<ref name=nps>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ma72.htm |title=Ames Mansion |work=Places Where Women Made History |publisher=National Park Service |date=March 30, 1998 |accessdate=July 29, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name=nps>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/ames.htm |title=Ames Mansion |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref>


<ref name=visit>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-south/borderland-park-plan-your-visit.html |title=Plan Your Visit |work=Borderland State Park |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |accessdate=July 29, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006082823/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-south/borderland-park-plan-your-visit.html |archivedate=October 6, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=map>{{cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/borderland-state-park-trail-map/download |title=Trail Map |work=Borderland State Park |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=2019 |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref>


<ref name=map>{{cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/12/od/borderland.pdf |title=Trail Map |work=Borderland State Park |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |date=2015 |accessdate=October 30, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=wicked>{{cite news |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20130919/News/309199568 |title=Oliver Ames cross-country team runs past Canton |first=Louis |last=Stewart |newspaper=Wicked Local |publisher=Gatehouse Media |date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>


<ref name=wicked>{{cite news |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20130919/News/309199568 |title=Oliver Ames cross-country team runs past Canton |first=Louis |last=Stewart |newspaper=Wicked Local |publisher=Gatehouse Media |date=September 19, 2013 |accessdate=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=patriot>{{cite news |url=http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20080501/NEWS/305019926/ |title=Hollywood, Scorsese sets sights on Borderland State Park |first=Vicki-Ann |last=Downing |newspaper=Patriot Ledger |location=Quincy, Mass. |date=May 1, 2008 |access-date=September 14, 2014}}</ref>


<ref name=patriot>{{cite news |url=http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20080501/NEWS/305019926/ |title=Hollywood, Scorsese sets sights on Borderland State Park |first=Vicki-Ann |last=Downing |newspaper=Patriot Ledger |location=Quincy, Mass. |date=May 1, 2008 |accessdate=September 14, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=enterprise>{{cite news |url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20150826/NEWS/308269993/ |title=Easton mansion a scary good fit for new Ghostbusters movie |journal=The Enterprise |first=Benjamin |last=Paulin |date=August 26, 2015 |access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref>

<ref name=digest>{{cite news |url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/go-inside-the-filming-locations-and-set-designs-of-ghostbusters |title=Go inside the filming locations and set designs of ''Ghostbusters'' |journal=Architectural Digest |first=Elizabeth |last=Stamp |date=July 12, 2016 |accessdate=November 20, 2016}}</ref>
}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.mass.gov/locations/borderland-state-park Borderland State Park] Department of Conservation and Recreation
*[https://www.mass.gov/locations/borderland-state-park Borderland State Park] Department of Conservation and Recreation
*[https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/12/od/borderland.pdf Borderland State Park Map] Department of Conservation and Recreation
*[https://www.mass.gov/doc/borderland-state-park-trail-map/download Borderland State Park Map] Department of Conservation and Recreation
*[http://www.friendsofborderland.org/ Friends of Borderland]
*[http://www.friendsofborderland.org/ Friends of Borderland]


{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
{{Protected areas of Massachusetts}}
{{Protected areas of Massachusetts}}

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[[Category:State parks of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:State parks of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Bay Circuit Trail]]
[[Category:Bay Circuit Trail]]
[[Category:Massachusetts natural resources]]
[[Category:Massachusetts natural resources]]
[[Category:Disc golf courses]]
[[Category:Sports in Bristol County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Sports in Norfolk County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Norfolk County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Norfolk County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Bristol County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Bristol County, Massachusetts]]

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Borderland State Park
Ames Mansion
Map showing the location of Borderland State Park
Map showing the location of Borderland State Park
Location in Massachusetts
Map showing the location of Borderland State Park
Map showing the location of Borderland State Park
Borderland State Park (the United States)
LocationEaston, Sharon, Bristol, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42°04′03″N 71°09′13″W / 42.06750°N 71.15361°W / 42.06750; -71.15361[1]
Area1,843 acres (7.46 km2)[2]
Elevation207 ft (63 m)[1]
Established1971
OperatorMassachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
WebsiteBorderland State Park
Borderland Historic District
Built1910
ArchitectAmes, Blanche Ames; Ames, Oakes
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Georgian, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.97000497
Added to NRHPJune 16, 1997

Borderland State Park is an American history and nature preserve with public recreational features located in the towns of Easton and Sharon, Massachusetts. The state park encompasses 1,843 acres (746 ha) surrounding the Ames Mansion, which was built in 1910. The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Borderland Historic District in 1997. It is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, with an appointed advisory council that participates in policy decision-making.[3]

History[edit]

In 1906, Oakes Ames, a Harvard botanist (son of Massachusetts governor Oliver Ames and grandson of U.S. Representative Oakes Ames), and his wife Blanche Ames Ames (daughter of Mississippi governor Adelbert Ames, but not related to Oakes Ames), an artist and feminist, purchased land on the border of Sharon and Easton. There they built a mansion that includes Blanche Ames' studio, which still stands and created a nature preserve with woodland paths and roadways and man-made ponds. The family's home, a three-story, 20-room stone mansion constructed in 1910, was built largely at the direction of Blanche Ames.[4][5] Her paintings still hang on the walls and much of the original furnishings are still intact. After it remained in the family for 65 years, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acquired the Borderland estate in 1971, two years after the death of Blanche Ames, and opened it as a state park.[3]

Activities and amenities[edit]

The park has more than 20 miles (32 km) of wooded trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. Trails include a portion of the Bay Circuit Trail and the Quarry Loop to Moyles Quarry which supplied the facing stone for the Canton Viaduct in 1835.[6] The park features mansion tours, a visitors center, pond fishing and canoeing, ice skating, sledding, and disc golf. Mansion tours are typically held on Sundays during the months of April through May. The mansion is typically not open to the public other than during these tours, and for special events.[7]

Borderland is the home course for Oliver Ames High School cross country team.[8] Until 2014, it was the site of the Hockomock League Cross Country championship race. It is also utilized by the Old Colony League for its annual cross country meet and various invitational meets on the 3.1-mile-loop (5.0 km) course, and was the site of the World Masters Flying Disc Championships in 1996.[9]

In popular culture[edit]

The park has been used in a commercial, a documentary, and the film Mermaids. Scenes from the Martin Scorsese movie Shutter Island were shot at the stone lodge next to Leach Pond in 2008.[10] Ames Mansion interiors were used as a filming location for Ghostbusters in 2015.[11] A fictionalized version of the park is featured in the novels Disappearance at Devil's Rock and Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay. Interiors, particularly the library, were featured in the 2019 Rian Johnson film Knives Out as the home of mystery writer and murder victim Harlan Thrombey. Production designer David Crank stated, “The general rule was that both the inside and outside of the house needed to look like the sort of house that Harlan would describe in one of his mysteries. The moment we walked into the mansion we knew right away that it had the personality we needed.”[12][13]

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Borderland State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "2012 Acreage Listing" (PDF). Department of Conservation and Recreation. April 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Borderland State Park". Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Life at Borderland". Borderland State Park. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  5. ^ "Ames Mansion". National Park Service. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  6. ^ "Trail Map". Borderland State Park. Department of Conservation and Recreation. 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "Ames Mansion Tours". Friends of Borderland. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  8. ^ Stewart, Louis (September 19, 2013). "Oliver Ames cross-country team runs past Canton". Wicked Local. Gatehouse Media. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  9. ^ "The 1996 World Masters Flying Disc Championships". The History of Flying Disc Sports in New England.
  10. ^ Downing, Vicki-Ann (May 1, 2008). "Hollywood, Scorsese sets sights on Borderland State Park". Patriot Ledger. Quincy, Mass. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  11. ^ Paulin, Benjamin (August 26, 2015). "Easton mansion a scary good fit for new Ghostbusters movie". The Enterprise. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  12. ^ "How 'Knives Out' Turned Three Locations Into a Single Mansion of Murder". TheWrap. November 28, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  13. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (November 30, 2019). "Finding the Perfect Murder-Mystery Home for Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out'". Variety. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

Further reading[edit]

  • Behrens, Roy R., "The Artistic and Scientific Collaboration of Blanche Ames Ames and Adelbert Ames II," Leonardo Journal 31.1 (1998): 47-54.

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