Buttonwood Park Historic District
Buttonwood Park Historic District | |
Formal Garden in Buttonwood Park | |
| Location | Bounded by Kempton St., Rockdale Ave., Hawthorne St., and Brownell Ave., New Bedford, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°37′55″N 70°57′7″W / 41.63194°N 70.95194°W |
| Area | 113 acres (46 ha) |
| Architect | Charles Eliot |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000915 |
| Added to NRHP | August 24, 2000 |
Buttonwood Park Historic District is a historic district on Kempton Street, Rockdale Avenue, Hawthorne Street and Brownell Avenue in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Its focal point is Buttonwood Park, a 97-acre (39 ha) municipal park planned by Charles Eliot in the 1890s, and part of its surrounding neighborhood. The neighborhood was developed in the first decades of the 20th century as a complement to the park, and contains a fine selection of Colonial Revival and Craftsman style houses. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.