Revere Beach Boulevard, Eliot Circle to Northern Circle, Revere, Massachusetts. County/parish: Suffolk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 27, 2003. NRIS 03000642.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site. 10 contributing structures.
Revere Beach is a public beach in Revere, Massachusetts, measuring over three miles (4.8 km) long and located about five miles (8 km) north of downtown Boston. In 1875, a rail link was constructed to the beach, leading to its increasing popularity as a summer recreation area. In 1896, the land was claimed for public use and redeveloped to accommodate large crowds while maintaining the natural scenery, thereby becoming the first public beach in the United States. It is still easily accessible from Boston by the MBTA subway's Blue Line, and can accommodate as many as one million visitors in a weekend during its annual sand sculpture competition. The Revere Beach Reservation and Revere Beach Reservation Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793881