Wolcott Square Green - Boston, MA
Posted by: NorStar
N 42° 14.265 W 071° 07.939
19T E 324061 N 4678375
This small green space with a couple monuments and bushes is at Wolcott Square in the commercial center of the Boston neighborhood of Readville.
Waymark Code: WMGBCW
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2013
Views: 2
In Boston's Readville neighborhood is Wolcott Square, which is the commercial center of the neighborhood. At the center is a triangular green. I have found no sign giving it a name, so I have tentatively called it Wolcott Square.
The green is ringed by a fence, so it is not meant to be entered. There are two monuments, one in the center of the green and one at one corner. The one in the center is a war memorial put there by the American Legion. It is surrounded by bushes - probably cedars and rhodedendrons - and a spruce tree behind it. The other is a police memorial put there by the Knights of Columbus.
I'm not sure when this green was created. Readville is a neighborhood of Boston. Before it was part of Boston, it was part of Hyde Park, and before that, it was part of Dedham. I'm not sure when this commercial district was built.
Name: Wolcott Square Green
Street Location: Hyde Park Avenue-Neponset Avenue and Prescott Street
Local Municipality: Boston [Readville Neighborhood]
State/Province, etc.: Massachusetts
Country: United States of America
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: None known - but there are two memorials on the green.
Picnic Facilities: None.
Recreational Facilities: None.
Monuments/Statues: War Memorial by American Legion and Police Memorial by Knights of Columbus
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): None.
Fountains: None.
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: None.
Special Events: Christmas Tree Lighting, late November
Date Established: Not listed
Traditional Geocaches: Not listed
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