Charles River Basin Historic District


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

The Charles River Reservation comprises a 20 mile stretch of the Charles River from downtown Boston to Riverdale Park in West Roxbury. The Reservation is a Massachusetts State Park and is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. A portion of the Park between the Charles River Dam and the Eliot Bridge has been designated the Charles River Basin Historic District. All of the parkways, bridges, and canals bounding the park have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Charles River Reservation Parkways. For more information about the Charles River Reservation including directions, recreational opportunities, and special events visit the Department of Conservation and Recreation website. - NPS


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1858/06/06 Charles W Eliot Harvard Crew Rowing in their underclothes, BC, captain of the Harvard crew team, and instructor Charles Eliot choose red handkerchiefs for Harvard crew so fans could identify them. Crimson eventually became the official Harvard color.
1858/06/06 Col Benjamin W Crowninshield Harvard Crew Rowing in their underclothes, BC, captain of the Harvard crew team, and instructor Charles Eliot choose red handkerchiefs for Harvard crew so fans could identify them. Crimson eventually became the official Harvard color.
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Physiographic feature River Environment

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Particulars for Charles River Basin Historic District:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Area of Significance Conservation
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Architectural Style Moderne
Locale Type Natural Environ
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Historic Use Park
Historic Use Pedestrian Related
Owner Private
Historic Use Road-related
Sport Rowing
Area of Significance Social History
Owner State
Historic Use Street furniture, object
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 78000436
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Local, State
Architect: Multiple
Architectural Style: Classical revival, Colonial revival, Moderne
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development, Landscape architecture, Conservation, Transportation, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1893, 1910
Historic Function: Transportation, Landscape
Historic Sub-Function: Road-related, Pedestrian related, Street furniture, object, Park
Current Function: Transportation, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park Road-related Street furniture, object Pedestrian related

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