CP&GC joined in Lowell Park Memorial Restoration Unveiling

This project was a collaboration between Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), residents in the City of Cambridge, the Cambridge Plant and Garden Club, the Cambridge Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC), and Popplestone Foundation. The ribbon-cutting marked a significant investment in preserving Massachusetts's cultural heritage and ensuring this urban park is accessible to people of all abilities.  The park is named after James Russell Lowell, an 1800s-era famous poet, diplomat, and abolitionist. The Lowell family lived at the Elmwood property from 1818 to 1920. Lowell Memorial Park remains the only part of the property that hasn't been developed. Elmwood was once the home of Thomas Oliver, the last Royal Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elbridge Gerry, who signed the Declaration of Independence and was Vice President of the U.S. under President Madison. During the Siege of Boston, General Washington used the estate as a hospital for soldiers. The land for the park was purchased by the Metropolitan District Commission and members of the local community in 1898 and was designed by the Olmsted Brothers as an entrance to Fresh Pond Parkway.