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Lake Pearl's East End


In the mid 1800 the George brothers bought land between Creek Street and Whiting's Pond and started a park. This was later sold to William Enegren Jr. who had been operating a seasonal bakery on the grounds. He changed the name from George's Park to Lake Pearl Park. Here one can see two of the three hotels on the Easterly end as well as the boat house in the center, the tour boat The Pearl on the right and on the left, the ice house.



Lake Pearl's East End


From the water and looking towards the Easterly shore of Lake Pearl, we see the tour boat, The Pearl, loaded with tourists, and motoring past the beach and boathouse area with the "old" Weinstein's hotel, Lake Pearl Manor, in the background.

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Enegren's Lake Pearl Park Bakery

William Enegren, Jr. who ran a bakery in Franklin with Mr. Arnold , also ran a seasonal bakery on the grounds of George's Park. After Mr. George died, his widow sold the park to Mr. Enegren who renamed it after his infant daughter, Pearl, and the Lake's name changed from Whiting's Pond to Lake Pearl.



Weinstein's New Hotel

In June of 1927 and just at the beginning of the tourist season, Weinstein's burnt and had to be closed until it was rebuilt. Hundreds of seasonal guests flocked to it to enjoy its facilities as well as those of Lake Pearl Park, which abutted the hotel.


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The Washington Park Hotel

The Washington Park Hotel, the only one of the three hotels on the lake that was not on the shore, was built up the hillside and had three levels of porches providing a spectacular view of the lake and of the summer sunsets.


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Lake Pearl Park's Office

The construction of the Park office provided the Enegren family with an ideal vantage point from which to monitor the activities at the park and to assure its smooth operation, providing its guests with the utmost enjoyment at each day's outing.


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Electric Car at Lake Pearl Park

The Milford, Attleboro & Woonsocket Street Railway Company ran a spur branch from their line at the bottom of Eagle Hill directly into the Park grounds as shown here as a near empty car arrives to transport customers from a day of relaxation and recreation.


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Electric Car at Lake Pearl Park

An open summer electric car on most weekends would be full with both young and old. Most came to enjoy a day at the beach, boating or picnicking and some would spend most of their time in the dance hall where one bought tickets for a dime that would allow them one dance per ticket. Wrentham's motorman , Rodney Tyler, stands in front of his car.


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An Afternoon Band Concert

The Picnic Grove provided a fine place from which to enjoy an open Band Concert on a bright, warm Sunday afternoon after a day on and in the water. One could partake of Lake Pearl Park's own ice cream, served at its 100 foot Ice Cream Bar and made with the help of ice harvested from the lake in the winter months and which was stored in the Park's icehouse on the shoreline .


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Lake Pearl Park's Dance Hall

In 1919, right after WWI as the boys returned from war, Wrentham, as did many other towns, held Welcome Home celebrations. Lake Pearl Park helped welcome home area veterans and had special patriotic decorations hanging from the rafters in the dance hall.


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Street cars stopped side by side.

Two street cars, one on the line through Foxboro and one on the Attleboro to Woonsocket line stopped side by side allowing passengers to board and/or transfer. Street cars came to Wrentham in 1902 and continued until replaced by motor buses in 1924.

The Milford, Attleboro, & Woonsocket line had a spur from the bottom of Eagle Hill into the parking lot of Lake Pearl Park. One can still see the remains of the roadbed at the bottom of the hill.



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Much of material here is Courtesy of Wrentham Historical Commission. I continue to add my own material and notes...