{"nrhp_refnum":"04000931","name":"Prospect Park","other_names":["Pulaski Park","Kerry Park"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Maple St., Arbor Way, Connecticut R","address_restricted":false,"city":"Holyoke","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.21151654550005,"lon":-72.60462395467945,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Prospect Park is a five-acre public park in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on a bluff about 40 feet above the Connecticut River. Its present design dates mainly from construction of a concrete parapet wall and lookouts between 1905 and 1910, on land first set aside as a park in 1884.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the park is an intact example of an urban park developed between 1884 and 1910 for a fast-growing industrial city. It is tied to the Irish immigrant mill workers who built Holyoke and to the Olmsted Brothers' preliminary planning, and it reflects the Municipal Park Movement's aim of giving mill workers greenery and river views close to home.","narrative":"Prospect Park is a five-acre public park on a bluff above the Connecticut River in Holyoke, Massachusetts. A concrete parapet wall about 1,451 feet long, with four balustraded lookouts and a wide promenade, runs along the river edge, and symmetrical paths lead to a central memorial garden honoring Casimir Pulaski. The land was once a shanty settlement called the Patch, home to Irish laborers who built the Holyoke dam and canals, and it became a park in 1884. The wall and path layout were built between 1905 and 1910 under City Engineer John Tighe in consultation with the Olmsted Brothers. The park was listed for its role as an intact example of an urban park serving a crowded mill city, offering river views and passive recreation to workers. Urban renewal in the 1960s changed the surrounding neighborhood, and the park today needs repairs and vegetation clearing to restore its views.","period_of_significance":"1884-1954","architect_builder":"John Tighe, Holyoke City Engineer 1892-1911 in consultation with Olmsted Brothers","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"In fair condition, with deferred maintenance, a deteriorating parapet wall, one lookout closed as unsafe, and views blocked by overgrown vegetation. It is still used as a park.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.033082-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7953/63795341/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/04000931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000931/89198894e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000931/89198894e3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulaski_Park,_Holyoke_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:Pulaski_Park,_Holyoke_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795341","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_Park_(Holyoke,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7250794"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/prospect-park-04000931/"}