Park Ave., Abington, Massachusetts. County/parish: Plymouth.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 06, 2002. NRIS 02000127.
3 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 13 contributing structures. 3 contributing objects.
Island Grove Park is a municipal park of the town of Abington, Massachusetts, United States. It consists of a 17-acre (6.9 ha) parcel of land whose principal feature is a peninsula jutting into Island Grove Pond, a 35-acre (14 ha) body of water which was created by impounding the Shumatuscacant River in c. 1700. The area has a significant history, first as land inhabited by Native Americans, then as an industrial site, a cemetery (northwest corner), an amusement park, as well as a site of social reform activism before it became the wooded park it is now. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as the Island Grove Park National Register District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796600