Our Parks - Ayers Playground

Address:   Ayers Playground is located on Congress Street at Buck Street and adjacent to Cushing Park. 

Parking/Access

•  There is both street parking and a parking lot within Cushing Park entered from Washington Street.  

Features  

•  There are multiple play structures in a playground for two- to five-year-old children and ample benches for supervision  

History

• Ayers Playground, the south end portion of Cushing Park, was established in 1941 with the dedication of a flagpole to the “men who gave their lives to World War II”. 
• In 1972, the playground was dedicated to Pauline Ayer for “her love of the children”.