B. Everett Hall Field Redesign Project

495 Hanover Street, Hanover, MA
  • B. Everett Hall Field
  • B. Everett Hall Field
  • B. Everett Hall Field
  • B. Everett Hall Field

The Town of Hanover, in collaboration with students from the Conway School of Landscape Design, is working on a master plan to redesign B. Everett Hall Field, located at 495 Hanover Street.

B. Everett Hall Field has three large playing fields, bounded north and east by woodlands and west by Center Elementary School. A one-way driveway for buses and school traffic enters the site on Silver Street, winds behind Center Elementary, and exits onto Route 139, a state highway under Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) jurisdiction. A two-way entrance from Route 139 connects to a 47-spot parking lot. Sidewalks along Route 139 are very close to fast-moving traffic and unpleasant, as experienced by several Hanover residents interviewed at B. Everett Hall Field. There are no bike lanes on Silver Street or Route 139 or bike racks on the site.

Two basketball courts, a tennis court turned do-it-yourself skate park, an unused volleyball court, and a well-loved but out-of-date playground are clustered in the southeast corner of the site. The playground is the only public playground in town not attached to a school. Recent additions to the park include an inline skating rink dedicated to Sergeant Michael C. Chesna; a Veterans Memorial wall dedicated on November 11, 2017, by the entrance on Route 139; and a bandstand constructed by South Shore Vocational High School students in 2016. The parking lot is centrally located between these clustered features.

The Redesign Project

View the project overview, analysis, specific details about the site, considerations, pertinent information, and community resources.

Redesign Video

For those interested in more information about the project and to preview the drafted design proposal, please watch the B. Everett Hall Field Landscape Plan: Community Engagement video.