{"nrhp_refnum":"03001471","name":"Winthrop Parkway, Metropolitan Parkway System of Greater Boston","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Winthrop Parkway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Revere","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.391470208000044,"lon":-70.98146436699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Conservation","Engineering","Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Winthrop Parkway is an ocean parkway of about three-quarters of a mile along the north shore of Massachusetts Bay in Revere, Massachusetts, built 1909-1919 for the Metropolitan Parks Commission. It forms part of Boston's Metropolitan Parkway System and includes two segments and the tide gates.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the oldest parkways designed for the Metropolitan Parks Commission by Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot and its successor firm, Olmsted Brothers. It reflects the principles of public ownership, control and access that Charles Eliot set out for ocean parkways, and it linked the Revere Beach and Winthrop reservations. It is significant at the state level under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Winthrop Parkway runs about three-quarters of a mile along the shore of Massachusetts Bay in Revere, Massachusetts. It is one of eight ocean parkways in Boston's Metropolitan Park System. The first segment passes through the Beachmont residential neighborhood from Eliot Circle to Leverett Avenue, with two small parks and tree-lined sidewalks. The second segment follows the water, separated from the beach by a sidewalk and seawall, with views toward Nahant, Short Beach and Massachusetts Bay. Tide gates near Leverett Avenue are also included. Planning began in 1895, and the first section was built in 1909 on land contributed by a railroad. The shoreline extension was authorized in 1915 and finished by 1919. Designed under the Olmsted firms for the Metropolitan Parks Commission, it connected the Revere Beach and Winthrop reservations and reflects Charles Eliot's ideas of public ownership and access to the shore. It was widened in 1946, and its significance period runs to 1956.","period_of_significance":"1895-1956","architect_builder":"Charles Eliot, Olmsted Brothers","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still a public road (State Route 145) with adjacent DCR-owned pocket parks; current functions listed as outdoor recreation, park and road related.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.754291-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/7927/63792759/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/03001471.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001471/f7578cf2f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001471/f7578cf2f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winthrop_Parkway_Revere_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winthrop_Parkway_Revere_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792759","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Parkway","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193009"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/winthrop-parkway-metropolitan-parkway-system-of-greater-boston-03001471/"}