Larz Anderson Park
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Larz Anderson Park is a wooded, landscaped, and waterscaped 64-acre (26 ha) parkland in Brookline, Massachusetts that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The southwest corner of the park is in Boston.[1][2] The park contains playing fields, picnic areas, gardens, waterways, an ice skating rink, and two sites of special interest:
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum, the oldest automobile collection in the United States[3]
- Putterham School, a one-room schoolhouse from colonial times[4]
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Larz Anderson Park Historic District | |
General view | |
Location | Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°18′43″N 71°8′10″W |
MPS | Brookline MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 85003245[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 17, 1985 |
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As Larz Anderson Park is about a half-mile away from Jamaica Pond it might also be considered a de facto extension of Boston's Emerald Necklace into the town of Brookline.