Brewster Gardens Explained

Brewster Gardens
Type:Public City Park
Location:30 Water Street
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Map:Massachusetts
Relief:yes
Label:Brewster Gardens
Label Position:Top
Mark:Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Mark Width:12
Coords:41.9532°N -70.6575°W
Area:2.9acres
Created:1920s
Operator:City of Plymouth
Website:Brewster Gardens

Brewster Gardens is a small 2.9acres park located in the center of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The park name honors Mayflower settler Elder William Brewster.[1]

The park runs along both sides of Town Brook from the nature trail at the headwaters of the brook, past Jenney Grist Mill,[2] underneath the Market Street and Main Street Extension (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.[3]

The stairway leading from the garden to the main street is currently undergoing improvement.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brewster Gardens . North and South Rivers Watershed Association . 9 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Plimoth Grist Mill . Plimoth Patuxet Museums . 9 June 2024 . en.
  3. 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
  4. Web site: Staff . Mark Pothier-Independent . Things are finally looking up for Brewster Gardens stairs . Plymouth Independent . 9 June 2024 . 19 March 2024.