Capital Park Augusta , Granite Hill Park

July 8, 2020

Great walk in Capital Park Augusta,ME

Created in 1827, Capitol Park is Maine’s earliest documented designed landscape. Augusta residents donated 34 acres overlooking the Kennebec River for the future State House and landscape and planted a formal allée of elms as a dignified setting for the Capitol. In 1920 Governor Carl Milliken commissioned the Olmsted Brothers, represented by Carl Rust Parker, to prepare plans for the grounds of the Governor’s mansion (Blaine House), State House, and park. The firm completed designs in 1920 and consulted sporadically until about 1929.

...wide gravel paths between four rows of historic elms and a formal granite entryway, and also included large expanses of lawn for public gatherings.

street is Granite City Park,the colorful Adirondack chairs that line the Kennebec River.