Furnace Brook Parkway, Quincy

Name: Furnace Brook Parkway
Address: Quincy, United States

#21 among attractions in Quincy

Park, Relax in park

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Furnace Brook Parkway is a historic parkway in Quincy, Massachusetts. Part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston, it serves as a connector between the Blue Hills Reservation and Quincy Shore Reservation at Quincy Bay. First conceived in the late nineteenth century, the state parkway is owned and maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and travels through land formerly owned by the families of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, passing several historic sites. It ends in the Merrymount neighborhood, where Quincy was first settled by Europeans in 1625 by Captain Richard Wollaston. The road was started in 1904, completed in 1916 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. ()

Length: 3.4 miElevation: 33 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 42°14'58"N, 71°1'46"W

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Quincy (South Quincy)Quincy United States

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Furnace Brook Parkway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Adams National Historical Park, Quincy Quarries, Peacefield, Granite Links Golf Club.

1 miNE
Park, History museum
Adams National Historical Park, Quincy
27 min walk • Adams National Historical Park, formerly Adams National Historic Site, in Quincy, Massachusetts, preserves the home of United States presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, of U.S. envoy to Great Britain Charles Francis Adams, and of writers and historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams.
0.5 miSW
Park, Outdoor activities
Quincy Quarries, Quincy
13 min walk • The Quincy Quarries in Quincy, Massachusetts, produced granite for over a century and were the site of the Granite Railway—often credited as being the first railroad in the United States.
1.1 miNE
Museum, History museum
Peacefield, Quincy
27 min walk • Peacefield, also called Peace field or Old House, is a historic home formerly owned by the Adams family of Quincy, Massachusetts.
1.1 miW
42°14'38"N • 71°2'57"W
Granite Links Golf Club, Quincy
28 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
1 miNE
Church
Wollaston Congregational Church, Quincy
27 min walk • Wollaston Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church building at 45-57 Lincoln Avenue in Wollaston, Massachusetts.
0.9 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Baptist Church of Wollaston, Quincy
23 min walk • First Baptist Church of Wollaston is a historic Baptist church building in Wollaston, Massachusetts. Built in 1873 for a new congregation, and repeatedly enlarged, it is a fine example of Gothic Revival architecture, and one of the city's finest remaining wood-frame churches.
~1440 ftSE
Historical place, Ruins
John Winthrop Jr. Iron Furnace Site, Quincy
7 min walk • The John Winthrop Jr. Iron Furnace Site is a historic archaeological site at 61 Crescent Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. The site is called Braintree Furnace in some texts; the West Quincy location at the time of operation was in a part of Braintree, Massachusetts, that later became Quincy.
0.5 miN
Tower
Forbes Hill Standpipe, Quincy
14 min walk • The Forbes Hill Standpipe is a historic water tower structure located on Reservoir Road in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. The tower was built in 1899-1902 to contain a 330,000 US gallons steel water tank.
1.1 miN
Church, Shingle style architecture
Wollaston Unitarian Church, Quincy
28 min walk • The Wollaston Unitarian Church, more recently a former home of the St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church, is a historic church building at 155 Beale Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.
0.9 miSE
Neoclassical architecture
Reay E. Sterling Middle School, Quincy
24 min walk • The South~West Middle School, formerly the South Junior High School and Reay E. Sterling Middle School, is a state of the art school building at 444 Granite Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is part of the Quincy Public Schools.
1 miE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Cranch School, Quincy
27 min walk • The Cranch School is a historic school building at 250 Whitwell Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1900 to a design by local architect Arthur Wright, it is a high-quality local example of Renaissance Revival and Queen Anne architecture.

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Which popular attractions are close to Furnace Brook Parkway?

Nearby attractions include John Winthrop Jr. Iron Furnace Site, Quincy (7 min walk), Quincy Quarries, Quincy (13 min walk), Forbes Hill Standpipe, Quincy (14 min walk), First Baptist Church of Wollaston, Quincy (23 min walk).