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line-height: 140%;">Emerald Necklace</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boston_Public_Garden_1_2019-11-20.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Boston_Public_Garden_1_2019-11-20.jpg/300px-Boston_Public_Garden_1_2019-11-20.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Boston_Public_Garden_1_2019-11-20.jpg/450px-Boston_Public_Garden_1_2019-11-20.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Boston_Public_Garden_1_2019-11-20.jpg/600px-Boston_Public_Garden_1_2019-11-20.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Garden" title="Boston Public Garden">Boston Public Garden</a>, the second "jewel" of the Emerald Necklace</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emerald_necklace_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Emerald_necklace_map.svg/200px-Emerald_necklace_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Emerald_necklace_map.svg/300px-Emerald_necklace_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Emerald_necklace_map.svg/400px-Emerald_necklace_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="1141" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="category"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Park_system" title="Park system">Park system</a></td></tr><tr class="label"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts" title="Brookline, Massachusetts">Brookline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">1860s</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted" title="Frederick Law Olmsted">Frederick Law Olmsted</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operated by</th><td class="infobox-data">Emerald Necklace Conservancy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Open</th><td class="infobox-data">All year</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="padding:0; 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border: 0;">Built</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1870</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/71000086">71000086</a> <sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">December 8, 1971</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olmsted_plan_for_the_Emerald_Necklace,_1894.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Olmsted_plan_for_the_Emerald_Necklace%2C_1894.jpg/220px-Olmsted_plan_for_the_Emerald_Necklace%2C_1894.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Olmsted_plan_for_the_Emerald_Necklace%2C_1894.jpg/330px-Olmsted_plan_for_the_Emerald_Necklace%2C_1894.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Olmsted_plan_for_the_Emerald_Necklace%2C_1894.jpg/440px-Olmsted_plan_for_the_Emerald_Necklace%2C_1894.jpg 2x" data-file-width="11915" data-file-height="5582" /></a><figcaption>Original plan of the necklace from 1894</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Emerald Necklace</b> consists of a 1,100-acre (4.5 km<sup>2</sup>; 450 ha) chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts" title="Brookline, Massachusetts">Brookline, Massachusetts</a>. It was designed by landscape architect <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted" title="Frederick Law Olmsted">Frederick Law Olmsted</a>, and gets its name from the way the planned chain appears to hang from <a href="/wiki/Boston_Neck" title="Boston Neck">the "neck"</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Shawmut_Peninsula" title="Shawmut Peninsula">Boston peninsula</a>. In 1989, the Emerald Necklace was designated as a <a href="/wiki/Boston_Landmark" title="Boston Landmark">Boston Landmark</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Landmarks_Commission" title="Boston Landmarks Commission">Boston Landmarks Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Necklace&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Necklace comprises half of the City of Boston's park acreage, parkland in the Town of Brookline, and parkways and park edges under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Commonwealth of Massachusetts</a>. More than 300,000 people live within its watershed area. From <a href="/wiki/Boston_Common" title="Boston Common">Boston Common</a> to <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Park_(Boston)" title="Franklin Park (Boston)">Franklin Park</a> it is approximately seven miles by foot or bicycle through the parks.<sup id="cite_ref-cb_emerald_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cb_emerald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Emerald Necklace includes: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Common" title="Boston Common">Boston Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Garden_(Boston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Garden (Boston)">Public Garden</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Avenue,_Boston" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Avenue, Boston">Commonwealth Avenue Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fens_(Boston,_Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fens (Boston, Massachusetts)">The Fens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_Park_(Boston)" title="Forsyth Park (Boston)">Forsyth Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverway" title="Riverway">The Riverway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olmsted_Park" title="Olmsted Park">Olmsted Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Pond" title="Jamaica Pond">Jamaica Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaicaway" title="Jamaicaway">Jamaicaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arborway" title="Arborway">Arborway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Arboretum" title="Arnold Arboretum">Arnold Arboretum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Park_(Boston)" title="Franklin Park (Boston)">Franklin Park</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Several components of the Emerald Necklace pre-date the plan to unite them. Some links of the Emerald Necklace not only offer an opportunity for recreation in a wooded environment, but are also <a href="/wiki/Ecology" title="Ecology">ecologically</a> important <a href="/wiki/Urban_wild" title="Urban wild">urban wilds</a> that provide <a href="/wiki/Bird_nest" title="Bird nest">nesting</a> places for <a href="/wiki/Migratory_bird" class="mw-redirect" title="Migratory bird">migratory birds</a> and improve the <a href="/wiki/Air_quality" class="mw-redirect" title="Air quality">air quality</a> of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Necklace&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wards_Pond,_August_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Wards_Pond%2C_August_2007.jpg/220px-Wards_Pond%2C_August_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Wards_Pond%2C_August_2007.jpg/330px-Wards_Pond%2C_August_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Wards_Pond%2C_August_2007.jpg/440px-Wards_Pond%2C_August_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="583" /></a><figcaption>Ward's Pond in Olmsted Park</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prudential_Tower_and_Back_Bay_Fens_from_Forsyth_Way_footbridge,_August_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Prudential_Tower_and_Back_Bay_Fens_from_Forsyth_Way_footbridge%2C_August_2007.jpg/220px-Prudential_Tower_and_Back_Bay_Fens_from_Forsyth_Way_footbridge%2C_August_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Prudential_Tower_and_Back_Bay_Fens_from_Forsyth_Way_footbridge%2C_August_2007.jpg/330px-Prudential_Tower_and_Back_Bay_Fens_from_Forsyth_Way_footbridge%2C_August_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Prudential_Tower_and_Back_Bay_Fens_from_Forsyth_Way_footbridge%2C_August_2007.jpg/440px-Prudential_Tower_and_Back_Bay_Fens_from_Forsyth_Way_footbridge%2C_August_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="583" /></a><figcaption>Fens from footbridge opposite Forsyth Dental building, looking north. Prudential building in background</figcaption></figure> <p>This linear system of parks was designed by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted" title="Frederick Law Olmsted">Frederick Law Olmsted</a> to connect <a href="/wiki/Boston_Common" title="Boston Common">Boston Common</a>, dating from the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial America">colonial period</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Public_Garden_(Boston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Garden (Boston)">Public Garden</a> (1837) to Franklin Park, known as the "great country park." </p><p>The project began around 1878 with the effort to clean up and control the <a href="/wiki/Marsh" title="Marsh">marshy</a> area which became the <a href="/wiki/Back_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Back Bay">Back Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Fens_(Boston,_Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fens (Boston, Massachusetts)">The Fens</a>. In 1880, Olmsted proposed that the <a href="/wiki/Muddy_River,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Muddy River, Massachusetts">Muddy River</a>, which flowed from Jamaica Pond through the Fens, be included in the park plan. The current was dredged into a winding stream and directed into the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a>. The corridor encompassing the river became the linear park still in existence today. Olmsted's vision of a linear park of walking paths along a gentle stream connecting numerous small <a href="/wiki/Pond" title="Pond">ponds</a> was complete by the turn of the century. The parks conceived by Olmsted, from <a href="/wiki/Storrow_Drive" title="Storrow Drive">Storrow Drive</a> south to Franklin Park, were collectively listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> as the Olmsted Park System.<sup id="cite_ref-NRHP_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRHP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the past decade,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="which ten-year period exactly would that be? (May 2014)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> almost $60 million in capital expenditures for parks and waterway improvements have been made in the Emerald Necklace by the City of Boston and the Town of Brookline. These efforts have included improved pathways, plantings and signage, bridge repairs, and the restoration of <a href="/wiki/Boardwalk" title="Boardwalk">boardwalks</a> and buildings. In some areas (especially the woodlands of Franklin Park and Olmsted Park) these efforts have only begun to address the over 50 years of neglect the Emerald Necklace has suffered.<sup id="cite_ref-cb_emerald_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cb_emerald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several dedicated parks organizations, including the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, the Friends of the Public Garden, the Franklin Park Coalition, and the Arboretum Park Conservancy, were created to protect, maintain, restore and advocate for the Emerald Necklace parks through the work of their staff, the donations of their constituents and the efforts of their volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shape">Shape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Necklace&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Emerald Necklace begins near Boston's <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Crossing" title="Downtown Crossing">Downtown Crossing</a>, proceeds along the Boston–Brookline border, then curves into <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Plain,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts">Jamaica Plain</a>. At the south border of Arnold Arboretum, at the point most distant from its beginning, the Emerald Necklace is in <a href="/wiki/Roslindale,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Roslindale, Massachusetts">Roslindale</a>. It then hooks back up into <a href="/wiki/Roxbury,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Roxbury, Massachusetts">Roxbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorchester, Massachusetts">Dorchester</a>. </p><p>Olmsted's original plan called for a U-shaped necklace which terminated at <a href="/wiki/Boston_Harbor" title="Boston Harbor">Boston Harbor</a>. The final link, the <a href="/wiki/Dorchesterway" title="Dorchesterway">Dorchesterway</a>, was never realized.<sup id="cite_ref-dot_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dot-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jurisdiction">Jurisdiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Necklace&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Jurisdiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Arboretum" title="Arnold Arboretum">Arnold Arboretum</a> is leased to and managed by <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>.</li> <li>The west banks of Olmsted Park and the Riverway are under the jurisdiction of Brookline Parks & Open Space.</li> <li>The majority of the Emerald Necklace is maintained by Boston Parks and Recreation with a small portion belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Conservation_and_Recreation_(Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)">Department of Conservation and Recreation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emerald_Necklace_Conservancy">Emerald Necklace Conservancy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Necklace&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Emerald Necklace Conservancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Emerald Necklace Conservancy<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a private non-profit stewardship organization founded in 1998. Its mission is to restore and improve the Emerald Necklace for all. To steward the Emerald Necklace’s 1,100 acres of parkland extending from Boston’s Back Bay through Brookline and Jamaica Plain to Franklin Park in Dorchester, the conservancy works in collaboration with its partners on advocacy, maintenance and restoration, education and access, and promoting park stewardship through volunteer and youth programs. </p><p>Governed by a board of directors, the conservancy brings together representatives of both the private and public sectors to carry out these goals. Its activities complement the longstanding initiatives of its public partners, the Boston Parks & Recreation Department, Brookline Parks and Open Space and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. </p><p>The Conservancy offers a wide range of services to visitors of the Emerald Necklace including events, guided tours, a mobile tour guide, volunteer opportunities and youth programs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plans">Plans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Necklace&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Plans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Emerald Necklace Parks Master Plan was completed in 1989, and updated in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The parks have long been subject to flooding from the Muddy River. The Muddy River Restoration Project<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> will dredge contaminated sediments and implement other major structural improvements, unburying the river and improving its integrity, appearance, and flood control capabilities. Phase I – daylighting the river at the Landmark Center – began spring 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The parks have similarly been attempting to mitigate the spread of <a href="/wiki/Phragmites" title="Phragmites">Phragmites</a> (an <a href="/wiki/Invasive_species" title="Invasive species">invasive species</a>). Olmsted's initial view of a park with linear composition is being compromised due to the common reed. Unfortunately it has taken a lot of conservation efforts in order to limit this plant's spread, making it more difficult to achieve Olmsted's vision. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Necklace&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_River_Esplanade" title="Charles River Esplanade">Charles River Esplanade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dorchesterway" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dorchesterway">Columbia Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Hills_Cemetery" title="Forest Hills Cemetery">Forest Hills Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larz_Anderson_Park" title="Larz Anderson Park">Larz Anderson Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Audubon_Society" title="Massachusetts Audubon Society">Massachusetts Audubon Society</a></li> <li>National Register of Historic Places listings in: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_northern_Boston" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston">northern Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_southern_Boston" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston">southern Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Brookline,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts">Brookline, Massachusetts</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Corridor_Park" title="Southwest Corridor Park">Southwest Corridor Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Kennedy_Greenway" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose Kennedy Greenway">Rose Kennedy Greenway</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Necklace&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts">Taunton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black">Essex County</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Andover,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Andover, Massachusetts">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Gloucester,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester, 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