Green Hill Pond

The natural centerpiece of Green Hill Park, Green Hill Pond is the result of late 19th century engineering by Martin Green (brother to Andrew H. Green). Martin Green decided to dam the Bear Brook valley in 1878 to form an ‘extensive water body,’ what we know today as Green Hill Pond. What resulted was a 30-acre pond, providing, “pleasing vistas and opportunities for leisure and recreation where lawns, tree groves, and rocky outcroppings touched the shoreline.”

Green Hill Pond, 2017, Photo Credit: Brian McCarthy — Green Hill Pond, 2017, **Photo Credit**: Brian McCarthy

Picnicking on the shore of Green Hill Pond, 1900, Photo Credit: the Worcester Historical Museum — Picnicking on the shore of Green Hill Pond, 1900, **Photo Credit**: the Worcester Historical Museum

The shore of Green Hill Pond, 1900, Photo Credit: the Worcester Historical Museum — The shore of Green Hill Pond, 1900, **Photo Credit**: the Worcester Historical Museum

Sources: A history of Green Hill Park in the city of Worcester, MA by the Green Hill Park Coalition, 2015.

Brittany LegaseyMarch 14, 2021