{"nrhp_refnum":"03000381","name":"Fellsmere Park Parkways, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W. border Rd, Boundary rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Malden","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.42780400000004,"lon":-71.08463753376235,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Conservation","Engineering","Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of two very short border parkways, West Border Road and Boundary Road, flanking Fellsmere Park in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The Metropolitan Parks Commission built and redesigned them starting in 1913-1914 as part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston.","why_significant":"The parkways are significant for their role within the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston and reflect the design principles of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot and later Arthur Shurcliff. They meet Criteria A and C at the state level in areas including landscape architecture, engineering, transportation, conservation and recreation. They are a Border Parkways subtype and retain a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Two short roads in Malden, Massachusetts, West Border Road and Boundary Road, run along the hillsides above Fellsmere Park and its pond. The Metropolitan Parks Commission built West Border Road after awarding a contract in 1914 and redesigned the existing Boundary Road as a border parkway the same year. Each is about 20 feet wide, has no median, and is less than a mile long. Granite retaining walls, stone stairs down to the park and filtered views of the pond are notable features. The roads follow the design principles of the Olmsted firm for the Greater Boston metropolitan park system. In 1935-36, landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff redesigned the surrounding park with Works Progress Administration labor. The parkways are recognized for their role in community planning, landscape architecture, engineering, transportation and recreation. Later changes have been limited mostly to repaving, so the roads keep their early twentieth-century character and setting.","period_of_significance":"1913-1936","architect_builder":"Charles Eliot, Olmsted Brothers, Arthur Shurcliff","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Both parkways retain a high level of integrity; changes since the period of significance are limited to minor maintenance such as repaving. The adjoining park remains a popular recreation area.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.491772-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7919/63791987/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/03000381.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000381/332d433168-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000381/332d433168-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaldenMA_FellsmereParkWestBorderRoad.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaldenMA_FellsmereParkWestBorderRoad.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791987","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellsmere_Park_Parkways","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5442559"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/fellsmere-park-parkways-metropolitan-park-system-of-greater-boston-03000381/"}