Brewster Gardens: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox park

| name = Brewster Gardens

| photo = File:Brewster Gardens Along Town Brook; Statue The Pilglim Maiden, Plymouth, Mass (NYPL b12647398-79392).tiff

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| photo_caption = Brewster Gardens Along Town Brook

| type = Public City Park

| location = 30 Water Street<br />[[Plymouth, Massachusetts]]

| map = Massachusetts

| relief = yes

| label = Brewster Gardens

| label_position = Top

| mark = Red triangle with thick white border.svg

| mark_width = 12

| coords = {{coord|41|57|11.39|N|70|39|26.99|W|region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}

| area ={{convert|2.9|acre|km2}}

| created =1920s

| operator = City of Plymouth

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| website = [https://seeplymouth.com/listing/brewster-gardens/ Brewster Gardens]

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[[File:The Pilgrim Maiden, Brewster Gardens, Plymouth, Mass (NYPL b12647398-79399).tiff|thumb|right|The Pilgrim Maiden, Brewster Gardens, Plymouth, Massachusetts. This statue is not of a particular Pilgrim, but it most closely fits [[Elizabeth Tilley]] and [[Mary Chilton]] in age.]]

'''Brewster Gardens''' is a small {{convert|2.9|acre|km2}} park located in the center of [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]]. The park name honors [[Mayflower]] settler [[William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)|Elder William Brewster]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brewster Gardens |url=https://www.nsrwa.org/listing/brewster-gardens/ |website=North and South Rivers Watershed Association |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref>

The park runs along both sides of [[Town Brook (Massachusetts)|Town Brook]] from the nature trail at the headwaters of the brook, past [[Jenney Grist Mill]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Plimoth Grist Mill |url=https://plimoth.org/plan-your-visit/explore-our-sites/plimoth-grist-mill |website=Plimoth Patuxet Museums |access-date=9 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> underneath the Market Street and Main Street Extension ([[Massachusetts Route 3A (south)|Route 3A]]) bridges to Water Street, across the street from the mouth of the brook, south of [[Plymouth Rock]].

Created in the early 1920s, the park covers the original garden plot that was granted to Elder William Brewster in 1620. Located in the park are a bronze statue, ''The Pilgrim Maiden'' by [[Henry Hudson Kitson]] (1922) and a stainless steel sculpture honoring Plymouth's immigrant settlers from 1700 to 2000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020112/http://www.plymouth-ma.gov/Public_Documents/PlymouthMA_Rec/Parks_and_Playgrounds_Booklet.pdf Town of Plymouth Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches]</ref>

The stairway leading from the garden to the main street is currently undergoing an upgrade improvement. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |first1=Mark Pothier-Independent |title=Things are finally looking up for Brewster Gardens stairs |url=https://www.plymouthindependent.org/things-are-finally-looking-up-for-brewster-gardens-stairs/ |website=Plymouth Independent |access-date=9 June 2024 |date=19 March 2024}}</ref>

[[Category:Parks in Massachusetts]]