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Boston Common

Boston Common
Boston common 1848.jpg
View of the water celebration on Boston Common on October 25, 1848
Boston Common is located in Boston
Boston Common
Boston Common is located in Massachusetts
Boston Common
Boston Common is located in the US
Boston Common
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Area 50 acres (200,000 m2)
Built 1634
Architect Multiple, including Augustus St. Gaudens
NRHP Reference # 72000144 (original)
87000760 (new)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 12, 1972 (original, in NRHP also including Boston Public Garden)
February 27, 1987 (new, in NHL of Boston Common alone)
Designated NHLD February 27, 1987

Boston Common (also known as the Common) is a central public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as the "Boston Commons". Dating from 1634, it is the oldest city park in the United States. The Boston Common consists of 50 acres (20 ha) of land bounded by Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street, Charles Street, and Boylston Street. The Common is part of the Emerald Necklace of parks and parkways that extend from the Common south to Franklin Park in Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester. A visitors' center for all of Boston is located on the Tremont Street side of the park.

The Central Burying Ground is located on the Boylston Street side of Boston Common and contains the burial sites of the artist Gilbert Stuart and the composer William Billings. Also buried there are Samuel Sprague and his son, Charles Sprague, one of America's earliest poets. Samuel Sprague was a participant in the Boston Tea Party and fought in the Revolutionary War. The Common was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1977.


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