Lafyette Pocket Park

Lafyette Pocket Park is a park in City of Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Lafyette Pocket Park is situated nearby to the church St Michael’s Chapel, as well as near the synagogue Temple Emmanuel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bellingham–Cary House and Chelsea station.

Bellingham–Cary House

Museum

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The Bellingham–Cary House is a historic house museum at 34 Parker Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The house, built in 1724, may incorporate in its structure the 1659 hunting lodge of colonial governor Richard Bellingham and is the only surviving 18th-century building in the city. Bellingham–Cary House is situated 680 feet southeast of Lafyette Pocket Park.

Chelsea station

Railway station

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Chelsea station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station located adjacent to the Mystic Mall in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Chelsea station is situated 3,500 feet west of Lafyette Pocket Park.

Bellingham Square station

Bus stop

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Bellingham Square station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Silver Line bus rapid transit station located near Bellingham Square slightly north of downtown Chelsea, Massachusetts. Bellingham Square station is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Lafyette Pocket Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bellingham Square Historic District and Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District.

Bellingham Square Historic District

Neighborhood

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Bellingham Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the civic and commercial heart of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Roughly bounded by Broadway, Shawmut, Chestnut, and Shurtleff Streets, the district was almost entirely built in the aftermath of the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908, and is a monument to the civic planning that took place at the time.

Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Shurtleff, Marginal, and Division Streets and Bellingham Square in Chelsea, Massachusetts.