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A young Boy Scout rolls down the hill on front of the Reevesland Farm House. According to Joan Horwitt, Nelson Reeves often invited neighborhood children to use this hill for sledding during the winter.

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New Crop of Concerns at Arlington’s Reevesland

Planning Commission approves possible single-family residence at Reevesland.

Most of the Reevesland property will still belong to the county as an open park. The 2.5 acres of county historical district around Arlington’s last working farm will remain as a city park, including the gardens and the hill for children to sled on. But there’s one important piece missing from the idyllic scene: Reevesland itself.

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Arlington: Reevesland Renovations Put on Indefinite Hold

When Ron Battocchi first moved to Boulevard Manor neighborhood in Arlington in 1977, he said one of the first knocks at his door was from his new neighbor: Nelson Reeves.

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