{"nrhp_refnum":"85003297","name":"Linden Park","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Linden Pl. and Linden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.34380813700005,"lon":-71.11859890299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Linden Park is a small triangular public park of less than one acre in Brookline, Massachusetts, laid out in 1843-1844 as part of the Linden Place subdivision planned by Thomas Aspinwall Davis on a plan by Alexander Wadsworth.","why_significant":"The park is a designed open space that complemented the 1843 Linden Place planned subdivision, created by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, once Mayor of Boston. Deed restrictions gave lot owners shared rights to the open space. In 1899 the proprietors gave it to the town on condition that it remain a public park. The form states it meets Criteria A, B and C.","narrative":"Linden Park is a flat, triangular public green of under an acre in the center of Brookline, surrounded by three-deckers, single-family houses and a church complex. It began in 1843-1844 as part of Linden Place, a controlled residential subdivision laid out by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, a former Mayor of Boston, on land that had been part of a family cherry and apple orchard. Alexander Wadsworth drew the plan, and lots were sold at auction with deed restrictions limiting building near the open spaces and giving owners a common right to the park. Of the three open spaces in the original scheme, only Linden Place and Linden Park remain. In 1899 the lot owners gave the land to the town on condition that it be kept forever as a public park. Original plantings have given way to lawn, walkways, benches and a playground, but the park keeps the open character that distinguished the development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alexander Wadsworth (plan); Thomas Aspinwall Davis (developer)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; now grassy areas, walkways, benches and a children's playground with sandbox, partly enclosed by a wrought-iron fence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.198585-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7925/63792508/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003297.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003297/0482867e23-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003297/0482867e23-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"LEvalyn","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linden_Park,_Norfolk_County.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LEvalyn</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:Linden_Park,_Norfolk_County.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792508","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Park_(Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6552338"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/linden-park-85003297/"}