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At the 6th reunion of Sharon Residents in 1890, Samuel W. (Willard) Bass put up $75 to buy
Hadley's Grove on behalf of the Town. The Rev. Burr of Boston, a sometime resident, donated another $25 for fencing, and the land was purchased, given to the Town and dedicated in 1891 as
Willard Bass Park.
The property was obtained from the widow, Hannah Hadley. In the conveyed deed it
is stipulated that the property serve a purpose "of holding thereon of public picnics...by the inhabitants of Sharon". The
Town must hold some public event on the property at least once in a two-year period to maintain the Trust.
In 1933, Ruth Taggart Rice added a contiguous parcel, making the Park
approximately 2.5 acres in all.
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