Record 5133/5355 Catalog Record Archives Exhibit Page Home Search Description  A four page biography/history of Uriel Crocker, Marblehead native and donor of Crocker Park. He was born in 1796 and educated in Marblehead. He became a successful printer and businessman in Boston as well as director of many companies and a well-known philanthropist. Crocker donated much of the land to the Town of Marblehead in 1886 that became the Town's first public park, Crocker Park. A portrait of Crocker was donated to the Town of Marblehead by the Crocker Family in 2011. It is hanging in the Selectmen's Office in Abbot Hall.

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Rev. 2.0 2/2013 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number, not the Record Number)     historic@marblehead.org
Last modified on: February 22, 2013