White Park
White Park is one of the oldest municipal parks in New Hampshire, conveyed to the city in 1884 by Armenia White in memory of her husband, Nathaniel White. Nathanial White had been a prominent businessman, legislator and philanthropist, and this gift ensured that his legacy would be tied to a place meant for everyone.
Armenia White herself was engaged in the issue of her time. Both she and her husband supported the abolition, temperance and women’s suffrage movements.
The park was designed by landscape architect Charles Eliot, whose approach emphasized preserving the natural character of the land. He allowed the space to feel open and connected to the surrounding.
In the North End, our neighborhood park was Kimball Park, where I spent many hours growing up, it was simply part of everyday life. White Park was a little further away, a place I went to in the winter, drawn by its better skating pond. For that short period, it became a place set apart by the season and by the ice.
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