Charles River Reservation Parkways
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Charles River Reservation Parkways
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View along the Charles showing the Henderson Boathouse.
Soldiers Field Road to the left Greenough Blvd to the right. |
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| Location | Boston, Newton, Watertown, and Weston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′31.7″N 71°9′40.9″W / 42.358806°N 71.161361°WCoordinates: 42°21′31.7″N 71°9′40.9″W / 42.358806°N 71.161361°W |
| Area | 65 acres (26 ha) |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect |
Charles Eliot Olmsted Brothers |
| MPS | Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 05001530 |
| Added to NRHP | January 18, 2006 |
The Charles River Reservation Parkways are parkways that run along either side of the Charles River in eastern Massachusetts. The roads are contained within the Charles River Reservation and the Upper Charles River Reservation, and fall within a number of communities in the greater Boston metropolitan area. The Charles River parks extend from the Charles River Dam, where the Charles empties into Boston Harbor, to Riverdale Park in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Most of the roadways within the parks are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a unit, although Storrow Drive and Memorial Drive are listed as part of the Charles River Basin Historic District.
The other roadways, listed in 2006, extend from Harvard Square to Newton Upper Falls. The roads on the river banks were improved at the beginning of the 20th century to provide a continuous route through the park.
The eastern parkways are within the Charles River Reservation, extending from Harvard Square to the vicinity of Watertown Square in Watertown and Newton.
The western parkways are within the Upper Charles River Reservation. They comprise several discontiguous segments in Waltham, Weston, and Newton. The stretch of the Charles they abut are between Sawyer Road in Waltham and Route 9 near its interchange with I-95.
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