Crocker Field
Crocker Field Historic District | |
Location | Fitchburg, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°35′44″N 71°48′34″W / 42.59556°N 71.80944°W |
Area | 5.5 acres (2.2 ha) |
Built | 1918 |
Architect | Olmsted Brothers; Gallagher, Percival |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 01000651 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 14, 2001 |
Crocker Field is an outdoor sports and recreation facility for the children of the Fitchburg Public School System in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 28 miles north of Worcester and 50 miles west of downtown Boston. The complex consists of a number of athletic facilities on a 5.5-acre (2.2 ha) plot of land near the Nashua River. There are indoor and outdoor playing areas, an outdoor stadium, a field house, and a ticket booth and concession stand. The site is enclosed on three sides by a wrought iron fence resting on a concrete base, with periodic square concrete pillars. Most of the complex was built in 1918,[2]
The facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the Crocker Field Historic District.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Crocker Field Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
Categories:
- Historic districts in Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Sports venues in Massachusetts
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Sports venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Worcester County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- Massachusetts building and structure stubs
- Northeastern United States sports venue stubs
- Massachusetts sport stubs