Charles River Reservation Parkways
| Charles River Reservation Parkways | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
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 The view along the Charles River shows the Henderson Boathouse . To the left is the Soldiers Field Road , right of Greenough Boulevard. |
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| location | Boston , Newton , Watertown and Weston , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '31.7 " N , 71 ° 9' 40.9" W | ||
| surface | 65 acres (26.3 ha ) | ||
| Built | 1895 | ||
| architect | Charles Eliot , Olmsted Brothers | ||
| NRHP number | [1] 05001530 | ||
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| The NRHP added | January 18, 2006 | ||
| Declared as HD | January 18, 2006 | ||
The Charles River Reservation Parkways are a group of parkways along the banks of the Charles River in the eastern part of the state of Massachusetts of the United States . The roads are part of the Charles River Reservation and Upper Charles River Reservation Conservation Areas and run through the territory of several cities and towns in the Greater Boston metropolitan area . The road system is administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston .
The parkways stretch from Charles River Dam , where the Charles River flows into Boston Harbor , to Riverdale Park in the West Roxbury district of Boston . Most of the streets were listed as a whole on the National Register of Historic Places , however Storrow Drive and Memorial Drive are already part of the Charles River Basin Historic District and have therefore been excluded from double listing.
On the other hand, the streets stretch from Harvard Square to Newton Upper Falls . The streets along the river banks were expanded at the beginning of the 20th century to allow a continuous path through the park.
Eastern section
The eastern section of the parkways is on the Charles River Reservation and extends from Harvard Square to near Watertown Square in Watertown and Newton . In detail, these are the following streets:
- Western Avenue / Arsenal Street, a short distance between Soldiers Field Road and Greenough Boulevard
- Charles River Road on the north bank in Watertown
- Greenough Boulevard on the north bank from the end of Memorial Drive in Cambridge to Arsenal Street in Watertown
- Leo Birmingham Parkway, a short distance from the waterfront, which joins Soldiers Field Road at either end
- Nonantum Road on the south bank from the end of Soldiers Field Road into Newton
- North Beacon Street, a short distance between Greenough Boulevard and Charles River Road
- Soldiers Field Road from the end of Storrow Drive through Allston and Brighton to the North Beacon Street Bridge where it meets Nonantum Road
Western section
The western section is in the Upper Charles River Reservation and includes several, non-contiguous segments in Waltham , Weston and Newton. The stretch of river is between Sawyer Road in Waltham and Massachusetts Route 9 near the intersection with I-95 . The individual streets are:
- Charles River Road between Sawyer Road and South Street in Waltham
- Norumbega Road between South Street and Massachusetts Route 30 in Waltham
- Quinobequin Road between Massachusetts Route 16 and Route 9 in Newton
- Recreation Road between I-95 and Park Streets in Weston
See also
- List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County
- List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in northern Boston
Individual evidence
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved March 13, 2009.