Linden Square is a small municipal park at Linden Place in
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline () is an affluent town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. An exclave of Norfolk County, Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton ...
, United States. Roughly rectangular in shape with one curved side, Linden Square was laid out in 1844 by
Alexander Wadsworth as part of the subdivision of the area by
Thomas Aspinwall Davis. Its original pathways consisted of a horseshoe-shaped path flanking its perimeter, and a straight path that bisected the park; it now has paths that form an X, a layout adopted by the late 19th century. The park consists of grassy areas dotted with trees, and surrounded by a wrought iron fence with openings for the paths.
The park was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1985.
See also
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Linden Park (Massachusetts)
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References
National Register of Historic Places in Brookline, Massachusetts
Parks in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts
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