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Memorial drinking fountain erected 1914 near the summit to the memory of Mr. Rotch.
Hancock Hill is situated one mile east of Great Blue Hill, and rises 507 feet above the sea level. This hill was once owned by Gov. John Hancock, who in 1780 had a large quantity of wood cut here and sent to Boston for free distribution among the poor of the town.
Administration Road is laid out through the Reservation from Randolph Ave over Chickatawbut Hill and connects with the Furnace Brook Parkway in West Quincy. This roadway with eleven miles of bridle paths were constructed in 1897. The Administration Road was at first constructed as a carriage road, and in 1915 the surface was treated with oil and reconstructed for Automobile traffic, and has been used as such during
the summer months since that date. On account of its altitude and the character of the surrounding country, this has become one of most beautiful automobile roads in this vicinity.
The Furnace Brook Parkway now extends to Newport Ave near the Presidents Bridge in Quincy Center and in the near future it is intended to complete it through to Hancock Street, a distance of 2000 feet and to connect with the Quincy Shore Drive along the beach at Wollaston and Atlantic, which has been constructed since 1908, through to Hancock Street near
the Neponset Bridge which has been under construction the past year [1929], and will probably be opened for travel during the coming summer. Beyond the bridge through to Columbia Road at Crescent Ave the work has not been started. When this Parkway is completed it will make a pleasant and convenient drive from Boston through to the Blue Hill Reservation.
Rattle Rock, on the high spots in the Reservation, from the summit of which is obtained a delightful view of a large portion of the Blue Hill region.
This being a conglomerate rock formation located on Monatiquoit Stream Path ½ miles westerly of Randolph Ave, between the path and the Blue Hill River or Monatiquoit Stream. These Kettle holes measure about 24 inches in diameter and 12 inches deep, in the shape of a bowl or basin and are a part of a large boulder which is 15 feet in length and about eight feet in width. These holes are shown here nearly in the center of the photo. Tradition tells us that these holes were used by the Indians for holding their corn while grinding it.
