The Green Hill Park Shelter is a historic picnic shelter in
Green Hill Park, the largest city park of
Worcester, Massachusetts
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. It was designed by architect
George H. Clemence, and built in 1910-11. The building is the most architecturally sophisticated park pavilion in the city,
and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980.
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Description
Green Hill Park is located in eastern Worcester, occupying about of uplands separating the Blackstone River
The Blackstone River in the United States is a river that flows through Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It is long with a drainage area of 475 mi2 (1229 km2). It drains into the tidal river, Pawtucket River at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Pawtuck ...
valley from Lake Quinsigamond. Near the center of the park is Green Hill Pond, a artificial body of water. The shelter is located near the southeastern end of the lake, between it and Green Hill Parkway, the park's main circulating road. The shelter is an open structure, consisting of sixteen fieldstone piers supporting a hip roof with curved eaves and ridge. The roof has a metal support structure, but it is otherwise framed in wood. At its south end is an enclosed area designed for use as a concession stand. The roof's flared edges and projecting louvered dormers give it an Oriental feel.[
The park was originally a country estate, given to the city by Andrew Green in 1906. None of the estate's original buildings have survived. The shelter is one of several buildings that were designed by local architects as part of its conversion to a public facility. It was designed by George H. Clemence, and completed in 1911.][
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See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Worcester, Massachusetts
References
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures completed in 1910
Buildings and structures in Worcester, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts
Picnic shelters