Babe Ruth Dancing at Lake Chauncy
In 1904, an amusement park was added to Lake Chauncy which included bowling lanes, boat rentals and an area to throw horseshoes, which attracted a famous Sudbury resident.
Babe Ruth dancing the night away at Lake Chauncy may just be a rumor, but its no rumor that Lake Chauncy used to be much more than a town beach. Back in 1876, Samuel Gates Henry, the man who constructed the Henry Block, completed construction on Chauncy Grove - an area of land near the present day beach where local residents were able to picnic and enjoy the water. Kris Allen's book, On The Beaten Path, describes Chauncy Grove as an area where Westborough residents enjoyed the nation's centennial - ushering in our country's 100th year with "hurdle-races, foot-races, swimming-matches, double-shell races, and other contests". In 1901, the grove expanded to include a dance pavilion (pictured here) and, according to Kris Allen's research, "…
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