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Island Grove Park

Coordinates: 42°6′46″N 70°51′40″W / 42.11278°N 70.86111°W / 42.11278; -70.86111
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Island Grove Park National Register District
Entrance to Island Grove Park
Island Grove Park is located in Massachusetts
Island Grove Park
Island Grove Park is located in the United States
Island Grove Park
LocationAbington, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°6′46″N 70°51′40″W / 42.11278°N 70.86111°W / 42.11278; -70.86111
Area53 acres (21 ha)
ArchitectOlmsted Brothers; Pratt, Bela
Architectural styleBeaux Arts, Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP reference No.02000127 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 6, 2002

Island Grove Park is a municipal park of the town of Abington, Massachusetts, United States. It consists of a 17-acre (6.9 ha) parcel of land whose principal feature is a peninsula jutting into Island Grove Pond, a 35-acre (14 ha) body of water which was created by impounding the Shumatuscacant River in c. 1700. The area has a significant history, first as an industrial site, then as an amusement park, before it became the wooded park it is now.[2] The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as the Island Grove Park National Register District.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Island Grove Park National Register District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 12, 2014.