Underwood Spring Park

Underwood Spring Park was a 19th- and 20th-century pleasure resort overlooking Casco Bay in Falmouth Foreside, Maine, United States.^[1] Containing an open-air theater, a casino and a gazebo, it was a popular gathering spot serviced by the trolley cars of the Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway. The Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway Company opened the park,^[2] located to north of the town landing, on July 18, 1899,^[3] to promote the line's service to and from Portland, Maine's largest city, every fifteen minutes.^[4][5] A looped spur off the main line was built the month following the resort's completion to facilitate the ease of passengers' arrivals.^[3]

Underwood Spring Park
Underwood Spring Park in 1906
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Location	Falmouth Foreside, Maine, U.S.
Opening date	July 18, 1899
Closing date	1907 (118 years ago) (1907)
Signature attractions	Open-air theater, casino
Owner	Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway Company
Coordinates	43.7365638°N 70.202902°W / 43.7365638; -70.202902

The theater, which was managed by Edward A. Newman,^[6] burned down in 1907 and was not rebuilt.^[7] The park subsequently closed.^[4]

The Underwood name is still in use in the vicinity, including Underwood Park^[8] and the adjacent Underwood Springs Forest Preserve,^[9] both on the inland side of State Route 88.

See also

• York Landing, Maine – located nearby