Brewster Gardens (or the Elder Brewster Gardens) is a park located in the center of

Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth (; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as ...

. The park runs along both sides of Town Brook from the nature trail at the headwaters of the brook, past

Jenney Grist Mill The Plimoth Grist Mill (formerly the Jenney Grist Mill) is a working grist mill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is a reconstruction of the original Jenney Grist Mill, and it stands on the site of the original mill. History John Jenney, ...

, underneath the Market Street and Main Street Extension ( Route 3A) bridges to Water Street, across the street from the mouth of the brook, south of

Plymouth Rock Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in December 1620. The Pilgrims did not refer to Plymouth Rock in any of their writings; the first known writt ...

. Created in the early 1920s, the park covers the original garden plot that was granted to

Elder William Brewster William Brewster (1566–6710 April 1644) was an English official and ''Mayflower'' passenger in 1620. In Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, being a Brownist (or Purita ...

in 1620. Located in the park are a bronze statue, ''The Pilgrim Maiden'' by

Henry Hudson Kitson Henry Hudson Kitson (April 9, 1863, 1864 or 1865 – June 26, 1947) was an English-American sculptor who sculpted many representations of American military heroes. Romania's Queen Elisabeth knighted him after he sculpted a marble bust of h ...

(1922) and a stainless steel sculpture honoring Plymouth's immigrant settlers from 1700 to 2000.

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Town of Plymouth Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches
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