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]
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| Location | Winthrop Shore Dr., Winthrop, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′14″N 70°58′5″W / 42.37056°N 70.96806°W |
| 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 No. | 03001469[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 2004 |
The parkway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Winthrop Shore Drive". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
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