National Register of Historic Places

Myles Standish Park and Myles Standish House Site

Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Listed
February 4, 2021
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
100006091

About this property

Myles Standish Park is a municipal park in the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts. It consists of a 1-acre (0.40 ha) parcel of land encompassing the former site of the home of the early Pilgrim settler Myles Standish. The park was established in 1929 after the land was given to the town by the Myles Standish Monument Association. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. Myles Standish Park is located in South Duxbury, on a peninsula of land known locally as the Nook that separates Duxbury Bay and Kingston Bay. It is set just east of the southernmost tip of the peninsula, at the southern end of Mayflower Drive in a densely built residential area. The park is just over 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size. Principal features of the park include the Standish home site, which is a depression (cellar hole) demarcated by granite posts, and commemorative markers. The park offers views of Duxbury Bay to the south. Most of the peninsula was once land belonging to Myles Standish, the military leader of the Plymouth Colony and its principal military advisor during its early years. Standish was one of Duxbury's founding residents, and has been memorialized in many ways for his role in colonial history. This parcel of land remained in the Standish family until 1726, with Standish's house apparently succumbing to fire in the 17th or 18th century. The site saw some agricultural use, but its role as Standish's homestead was well known, and it became of archaeological interest in the late 19th century. The Myles Standish Monument Association acquired most of the land for the park in 1925, which was deeded to the town four years later. It was formally dedicated on September 17, 1929. National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Location

0 Mayflower Dr.
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
42.00699, -70.67477

Categories

ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ABORIGINALARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC NON-ABORIGINALEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTOTHER
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Myles Standish Park and Myles Standish House Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 2021.

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Myles Standish Park and Myles Standish House Site is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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