Athol Daily News - Butterfield Park
Butterfield Park Residents play a game of pick-up hockey at the new skating rink in Orange's Butterfield Park on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Recorder File Photo/Micky Bedell Published: 3/1/2021 3:33:34 PM Modified: 3/1/2021 3:33:32 PM Butterfield Park is a community gem in the center of Orange. The park’s beginnings were centered around the ballfield, with the land originally owned by the Butterfield family. Pamela Almira Butterfield passed away on Jan. 13, 1894. The town was given the option of purchasing the field from the estate on Sept. 29, 1906. The purchase was made with the understandi...