Hammond Pond Parkway

Hammond Pond Parkway
Maintained byDepartment of Conservation and Recreation
Length2.0 mi (3.2 km)
LocationHammond Pond Reservation, Massachusetts
South endNewton Street in Brookline
Major
junctions
Route 9 in Newton
North endBeacon Street in Newton
Hammond Pond Parkway
LocationChestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°19′16″N 71°10′21″W / 42.32111°N 71.17250°W / 42.32111; -71.17250
Area14 acres (5.7 ha)
Built1928
ArchitectEliot, Charles; Olmsted Brothers
MPSMetropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS
NRHP reference No.04000250
Added to NRHPMarch 18, 2004

Hammond Pond Parkway is a historic parkway in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The road, built in 1932, extends 2 miles (3.2 km) from Hobart Road (at Beacon Street) in Newton to Horace James Circle in Brookline, where it joins the West Roxbury Parkway. It was designed by Charles Eliot and the Olmsted Brothers to provide a parkway setting that provided access from Brookline, Newton, and the western portions of Boston to the southern parks of the Emerald Necklace. The parkway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.