HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS

'Hyde Park' is the most southern neighborhood of the City of Boston, Massachusetts. Hyde Park is home to a diverse range of people, housing types and social groups. It is an urban location with suburban characteristics.
The George Wright Golf Course, named for Baseball Hall of Famer and Cincinnati Reds Shortstop George Wright, is in Hyde Park. The golf course is a Donald Ross-designed course and is considered one of his finest designs.
The Providence/Stoughton commuter rail line runs through Hyde Park.

Contents

History

Schools

Notable residents

References

External links

History

Hyde Park was a separate town in Norfolk County until 1912 ^[1] when it was annexed by the city of Boston and became part of Suffolk County. It was formed from parts of Dorchester, Milton, Dedham and the now-defunct town of Hazelhurst and was incorporated April 26, 1868.
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was one of the first official African-American units in the United States armed forces and was commanded by Col. Robert G. Shaw, was assembled and trained at Camp Meigs in Readville (now Hyde Park), Massachusetts.
Hyde Park was for many years the main base of the Westinghouse Sturtevant Corporation^[2].
Hyde Park faced the challenges of other Boston neighborhoods during the busing crisis of the 1970s.
Hyde Park (Readville) was home to the Stop & Shop Warehouse until it moved to Assonet, MA in the early 2000s. One of their original stores still stands on Truman Parkway, in Hyde Park, Massachusetts next to Lank's Liquors (once Golden Liquors), one of the oldest Liquor Stores in the area.
Hyde Park's Fairmount Hill has many architecturally notable single family homes, including historic Victorian, Queen Anne and Georgian revival designs.

Schools

Local schools include Boston Trinity Academy,^[3] Henry Grew Elementary, William Ellery Channing Elementary, William Barton Rogers Middle School, Hyde Park High School, St. Anne's, and Hyde Park Academy.
Hyde Park is also home to the private Boston Baptist College, located on Fairmount Hill.
Former schools include the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial and Most Precious Blood Catholic schools.

Notable residents

★ Felix D. Arroyo, first ever Latino Boston City Councillor^[4]

★ Manny Delcarmen, a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

★ Father Robert Drinan, Jesuit priest, lawyer, human rights activist, and former Congressman

★ John Joseph Enneking, an American Impressionist painter (1841-1911)^[5]

★ Angelina Emily Grimké, abolitionist and suffragist

★ Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston

★ Elizabeth Short, actress known as "the Black Dahlia", 1947 murder victim

★ Maura Tierney, actress, famous for her roles in ''NewsRadio'' and ''ER''

References

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2. Hyde Park, Massachusetts factory
3. Boston Trinity Academy
4. Felix Arroyo Biography
5. John Joseph Enneking Biography

External links

★ Google Map of Hyde Park

★ City of Boston map of Hyde Park

★ Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library