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. A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

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. George Wright Golf Course was designed by the great Donald Ross as one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelts Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in the 1930s. ... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related... Major league affiliations National League (1890–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 5, 8, 10, 18, 20, 24, 42 Name Cincinnati Reds (1958–present) Cincinnati Redlegs (1953-1958) Cincinnati Reds (1882-1953) Ballpark Great American Ball Park (2003–present) Riverfront Stadium (1970-2002) a. ... George Wright (January 28, 1847 - August 21, 1937) was one of the earliest stars of professional baseball. ... Donald Ross (1872-1948) was one of the most significant golf course designers in the history of the sport. ...

The Providence/Stoughton commuter rail line runs through Hyde Park. The Providence/Stoughton Line is a line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system running southwest from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The main line was originally built by the Boston and Providence Rail Road, and now carries service between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. ... The MBTA Commuter Rail is the regional rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. ...

History

Hyde Park was a separate town until 1912 ^[1] when it was annexed by the city of Boston. It was formed from parts of Dorchester, Milton, Dedham and the now-defunct town of Hazelhurst and was incorporated April 26, 1868. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1888 German map of Boston Harbor showing Dorchester in the lower left hand corner. ...   Milton is a suburban Boston town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Nickname: Contentment Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1635 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - Town    Administrator Bill Keegan  - Board of    Selectmen Marie-Loise Kehoe Mike Butler James MacDonald Carmen DelloIocono Dennis Teehan Area  - Town  10. ... Hazelhurst, Massachusetts was a town that sat between Dorchester and Milton before being annexed into the City of Boston in 1879 and was renamed Hyde Park. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

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. The Storming of Fort Wagner, the most famous battle fought by the 54th Massachusetts The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the first official Black units in the United States armed forces[1], an infantry regiment that fought in the American Civil War. ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... Robert Gould Shaw Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was the white colonel in command of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which entered the American Civil War in 1863. ...

Hyde Park was for many years the main base of the Westinghouse Sturtevant Corporation^[2]. The name Westinghouse can refer to any number of devices and independent businesses that can trace their roots to the work of George Westinghouse: // People George Westinghouse, founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Devices Westinghouse air brake. ...

Hyde Park faced the challenges of other Boston neighborhoods during the busing crisis of the 1970s. Forced busing is the concept of achieving racial or economic integration in United States public schools by transporting schoolchildren to schools outside their area of residence. ...

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. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company is a chain of supermarkets located mostly in New England. ... Inside Green Logistics Co. ... Location of Assonet. ...

Hyde Park's Fairmount Hill has many architecturally notable single family homes, including historic Victorian, Queen Anne and Georgian revival designs. Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... The City of Wakefield MDCs Queen Anne style administrative HQ, County Hall, James Gibson and Samuel Russell, architects (1894-98) The Queen Anne Style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways...

Schools

Local schools include 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. Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianisms leading theologians. ... William Barton Rogers (1804-1882) is best known for incorporating the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1861. ... Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. ...

Notable residents

• Felix Arroyo, first ever Latino Boston City Councillor ^[3]
• 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)^[4].
• 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

Manny Delcarmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004... Father Robert Drinan Father Robert Frederick Drinan (November 15, 1920 - January 28, 2007) was a Jesuit Catholic priest, lawyer, human rights activist, and a former Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. ... John Joseph Enneking (October 4, 1841- November 17, 1911) was an American landscape painter born of German ancestry in Minster, Ohio on 4 October 1841. ... Impressionism, a style of painting characterized by loose brushwork and vivid colors, was practiced widely among American artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Angelina Emily Grimké (1805–1879) was an American abolitionist and suffragist. ... Thomas Michael Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the current mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the citys first Italian-American mayor as well as being the citys first non Irish-American mayor since 1884. ... Elizabeth Short, better known as the Black Dahlia, is a murder victim, born July 29, 1924 and died January 15, 1947. ... Maura Lynn Tierney[1] (born February 3, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actress, most recently known for her role as Abby Lockhart on the medical drama ER. // After appearing in several plays (such as Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and The Bald Soprano)[], she moved to Los Angeles, California... NewsRadio was an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. The show was created by executive producer Paul Simms. ... ER is a long-running American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ...

References

March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

External links

• Google Map of Hyde Park
• City of Boston map of Hyde Park
• Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library

Coordinates: 42°15′20″N, 71°07′28″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...