Capitol Park
A park on Union St, in the middle of things: 47 places within a five-minute walk. One of 46 parks & outdoors in Augusta.















On the National Register since 1989

Capitol Park
Capitol Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Apr 7, 1989. It is significant for its landscape design at the state level.
Capitol Park is a state-owned public park in Maine's state capitol complex on the west side of Augusta, Maine. Set aside in 1827, when the complex was established, the park, set between the Maine State House and the Kennebec River, served as a parade ground and encampment site during the American Civil War, and saw agricultural use before being formally designed as a park in the 1920s by the Olmsted Brothers. The …
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47 places within a five-minute walk of Capitol Park.
33 Union St
The nearest neighbor is MaineDOT, 1 min walk away.
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