Library Lawn and Peg Noonan Park

ADDRESS: 300 Main Street, Falmouth, MA

HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY

A small green space located at the intersection of Main Street and Elm Arch Way was planned as a park to buffer Main Street from the new municipal parking lot, which had been built on the former site of Town Hall and the Falmouth Police Station, which were razed in 1967.

In 1974, the Council for Civic Beautification spearheaded the park's creation, working for two years to have the plan approved.

The beautiful fieldstone wall was installed by Tavares Landscaping. Their mason was Antone Matos. Lawrence Lynch did the paving. The park was named in honor of Mrs. Margaret Noonan, who was a dedicated member of the beautification council.

On March 15, 1993, the Selectmen voted unanimous approval of the Falmouth Village Association’s request to use the Margaret E. Noonan Park for the dedication of the park and to hold Friday night concerts from June through August.

Adjacent to Peg Noonan Park is the the large front lawn of the Falmouth Public Library. The lawn includes a statue of Katherine Lee Bates, the Falmouth native who wrote the lyrics to "America the Beautiful," as well as a memorial walkway dedicated to the Falmouth men and women who served their country in wartime. This lawn is the site of the town's annual Memorial Day observance, as well as the giant, highly lucrative summer used book sale put on by the Friends of the Falmouth Library.