West Roxbury Parkway
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West Roxbury Parkway is a historic parkway running from Washington Street
in Boston, Massachusetts, where it continues south as Enneking Parkway, to Horace James Circle in Brookline
, where it continues north as Hammond Pond Parkway
. The parkway serves as a connector between Stony Brook Reservation
and Hammond Pond Reservation
(via Hammond Pond Parkway). West Roxbury Parkway was built in 1919 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
At the northern end of the Stony Brook Reservation, the parkway runs through Bellevue Hill Park. The boundary roads of Bellevue Hill Park (Bellevue Hill Road, East Border Road, and West Border Road), which flank the parkway, are also listed as contributing properties to the West Roxbury Parkway.
Washington Street (Boston)
Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts that extends southwestward to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line. The majority of it was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in the early nineteenth century...
in Boston, Massachusetts, where it continues south as Enneking Parkway, to Horace James Circle in Brookline
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:...
, where it continues north as Hammond Pond Parkway
Hammond Pond Parkway
Hammond Pond Parkway is a historic parkway in Brookline and Newton, Massachusetts. It was built in 1928 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The parkway is a northern continuation of West Roxbury Parkway at the Horace James Circle to the Hammond Pond Reservation.-References:...
. The parkway serves as a connector between Stony Brook Reservation
Stony Brook Reservation
Stony Brook Reservation is a woodland park in Boston and Dedham, Massachusetts, a unit of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston, part of the state park system of Massachusetts. Located in the southwest of Boston, it extends from the West Roxbury neighborhood into the Hyde Park...
and Hammond Pond Reservation
Hammond Pond Reservation
Hammond Pond Reservation is a protected woodland park in Newton, Massachusetts. It features Hammond Pond fishing, hiking trails and formations of sandstone conglomerate and Roxbury puddingstone which are popular for rock climbing....
(via Hammond Pond Parkway). West Roxbury Parkway was built in 1919 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
At the northern end of the Stony Brook Reservation, the parkway runs through Bellevue Hill Park. The boundary roads of Bellevue Hill Park (Bellevue Hill Road, East Border Road, and West Border Road), which flank the parkway, are also listed as contributing properties to the West Roxbury Parkway.