BLACKSTONE AND FRANKLIN SQUARES

Blackstone and Franklin Square (green parks)
First laid out by architect Charles Bullfinch in 1801, Blackstone and Franklin Squares are the oldest garden squares surviving Boston. Originally designed as a single large oval square known as Columbia Square, the two were fenced andcreated as separate squares in 1847. The original cast-iron fountains, each supportedby four dolphins, survive today.

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