Bartlett Mall and the Frog Pond, in the MACRIS inventory photo — Photo: Massachusetts Historical Commission, MACRIS inventory

Place · park · 1800

Bartlett Mall

A public park along High Street, laid out in 1800, with the Frog Pond at its heart and the Superior Courthouse facing it.

Laid out: 1800
MACRIS: NWB.920 ↗
On the walk: Green Street, Brown Square and Pleasant Street

Then & now

The Frog Pond and the school: an old photograph set into today's view — The Frog Pond and the schoolBiff Bouse, with an old photograph (source not yet recorded)

The Frog Pond: an old photograph set into today's view — The Frog PondBiff Bouse, with an old photograph (source not yet recorded)

Skating on the Frog Pond: an old photograph set into today's view — Skating on the Frog PondBiff Bouse, with an old photograph (source not yet recorded)

The street sprinkler at the Frog Pond: an old photograph set into today's view — The street sprinkler at the Frog PondBiff Bouse, with an old photograph (source not yet recorded)

More photographs, old views and ephemera for this place are still to come.

Sources

Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, NWB.920