World's End (Hingham)

World's End is a conservation area and an adjacent neighborhood located on a peninsula in Hingham, Massachusetts. The peninsula is bordered by the Weir River to the North and East and Hingham Harbor (part of Hingham Bay, and Boston Harbor) to the West. Originally part of the John Brewer estate, World's End, the 251 acre (1 km²) park and conservation area is today maintained by the Trustees of Reservation. The park was created in 1967 on the northern two-thirds of the peninsula, an area whose tree-lined cart paths were designed in 1889 by Frederick Law Olmstead, also the creator of New York City's Central Park. The park was created after the land failed in a bid to become the site of the United Nations Secretariat building. The southern third of the peninsula, which is colloquially also referred to as World's End, is now an upper-middle class residential subdivision with several waterfront homes.

Related Topics:
Conservation area - Peninsula - Hingham, Massachusetts - Weir River - Boston Harbor - Trustees of Reservation - 1967 - 1889 - Frederick Law Olmstead - New York City - Central Park - United Nations Secretariat

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