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Stoughton Pasture
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Stoughton Pasture

AddressBoston, MA, United States of America, 02124
Site Number1650
Alternate Names Roberts Playground
Building Root Number N/A
PIRC Site Number 1650
Architect (Original)
Land Acquired 1702
Sold 1921
StatusInactive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after William Stoughton (1631-1701), former Governor of Massachusetts, who gave the land to Harvard.Historical NotesFormer Massachusetts Governor William Stoughton left Harvard a pasture in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Stoughton specified that income from the land, along with the income from Stoughton's Marsh, should be used to finance scholarships "in the first place, to a scholar of the town of Dorchester, and if there be none such, to one of the town of Milton, and if in want of such, then to any other well deserving, that shall be most needy."
Additional Information
Records of land and property owned by Harvard University. Harvard University Archives call number UAI 15.750.