Marquand Park

Marquand Park
Marquand Park
	Japanese Maple
Public transit access	Princeton Branch (The Dinky)
Website	marquandpark.org
	Marquand Park
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Coordinates	40°20′29.4″N 74°40′16.1″W / 40.341500°N 74.671139°W
Part of	Princeton Historic District (ID75001143)
Added to NRHP	27 June 1975

Marquand Park is a 17-acre (69,000 m²) arboretum and recreational area located in Princeton, New Jersey. It contains walking paths, a baseball field, and attractions for children such as a sandbox and a play structure.

History

Marquand Park was originally the property of the Princeton University professor Judge Richard Field, who bought 30 acres (120,000 m²) of farmland in 1842 for his personal estate. Field began developing part of the estate as an arboretum, and after he died, its development continued under Susan Brown, who acquired the land in 1871, and under Princeton University Professor Allan Marquand, who acquired the property in 1885.

In 1953, 17 acres (69,000 m²) of the land were given to Princeton borough by the Marquand family, and in 1955 a non-profit foundation was created to care for the park. Under the care of the Marquand Park Foundation, over 100 new species and trees of shrubs have been donated to the park or purchased by the foundation for it.

Notable trees

Eight of the largest trees of their species recorded in

Japanese Maple, which is well known for the corkscrew-like shape of its trunk and branches. (Photographs of the Japanese Maple can be found here

.)

References

^ "Princeton Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

Zatz, Arline. New Jersey's Great Gardens. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1999.
Compton, Dorothy and Ramsay L. Raymond. A Guide to Marquand Park. Princeton, New Jersey: Minute Press, 1972.
Richie, Peter. Marquand Park. Princeton, New Jersey: Minute Press, 1989.
Princeton Township - Marquand Park
Marquand Park in Princeton, NJ - Kids Play Parks

External links

Official website

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[1] "Princeton Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

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