Coolidge reservation
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Coolidge reservation
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 Hiking trail in the protected area |
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| location | Massachusetts , United States | |
| surface | 25.9 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 55553265 | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 35 ' N , 70 ° 44' W | |
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| Setup date | 1992 | |
| administration | The Trustees of Reservations | |
Coolidge Reservation (formerly Millet's Neck ) is a 64 acres (25.9 ha ) nature reserve near the city of Manchester-by-the-Sea in the state of Massachusetts in the United States and is administered by The Trustees of Reservations .
history
Originally known as Millet's Neck , the area was renamed in 1871 after it was acquired by Thomas Jefferson Coolidge for $ 12,000 (approximately $ 260,000 today). In 1873 he built the first country house on the property, which he used as a summer residence.
In 1902 Charles McKim designed the second building in Georgian architecture , which could be completed in 1904. Although it was mainly made of bricks, it became known as the "Marble Palace" because its foundation and many decorations were made of this material. The visitors to this house included the then President of the United States Woodrow Wilson (1918) and the Norwegian Crown Prince Olav V (1938). Thomas Jefferson Coolidge III. demolished the building in the 1950s and did not replace it with another new building, so that today there is only an open area at this point.
The Coolidge family donated the first parts of today's reserve to the Trustees of Reservations in 1990 and 1991, who designated the reserve in 1992 based on this. In the same year the Essex County Greenbelt Association donated Bungalow Hill as an additional part of the reserve. The last section so far followed in 1999.
Protected area
The sanctuary is located on a peninsula known as Coolidge Point and offers a wide variety of landscapes with rocky outcrops , forest areas, wetlands and a sandy beach on an area of only 26 hectares, which is home to a variety of different animals and plants. The Bungalow Hill is the highest point of the protected area. In the forests - as practically everywhere in New England - oaks and pines , wildflowers and ferns dominate and offer shelter for various birds as well as fishing marten , fox and coyotes .
A hiking trail runs along Clarke Pond . This former salt marsh was cut off from the tides at high tide about a hundred years ago and is now a drinking water pond. With high tides and storms, salt water occasionally gets into the pond and washes crabs and small fish out of the sea. The watering hole is home to ducks , geese , herons, and a species of plover-like species known in North America as the shorebird . Around the pond there are several hectares of wetlands, in which cattails , sour grasses and silt grasses as well as tooth lilies , arisaema and buttercups thrive.
In total, 1 mi (1.6 km ) of hiking trails are available to visitors.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Property History. (No longer available online.) The Trustees of Reservations , archived from the original on July 5, 2011 ; accessed on December 2, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ About Coolidge Reservation. (No longer available online.) The Trustees of Reservations , archived from the original on July 5, 2011 ; accessed on December 2, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
