Bounded by Main, Wigglesworth, Meridan, and Ellis Sts., Malden, Massachusetts. County/parish: Middlesex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 09, 2001. NRIS 01000086.
1 contributing site. 7 contributing objects.
Bell Rock Memorial Park is a public park between Main, Wigglesworth, Meridan, and Ellis Streets in Malden, Massachusetts. The west side of the rock is the site of the two earliest Congregational meeting houses in Malden (First Meeting House 1649-1658 and Second Meeting House 1660-1730). The park also has an American Civil War memorial statue "The Flag Defenders" by Bela Pratt and a World War II memorial. The park was laid out in 1910 by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796134