stations. The privately owned Sumner Heights and Hazelwood Valley Railroad was operated experimentally around 1875 with a gauge of only . Notable residents Ella F. Boyd, teacher and geologist, elected to the Hyde Park school board five times, served from 1895 to 1910 Henry Beebee Carrington, Union general during the Civil War, one of the founders of the Republican party Rebecca Lee Crumpler, first black female doctor in the United States Arthur Vining Davis, important figure in the development of Alcoa and its chairman of the board from 1928 to 1958 Manny Delcarmen, relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals Ted Donato, drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 5th round (98th overall) of the 1987 NHL Draft; hockey head coach at Harvard University Robert Frederick Drinan, Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, lawyer, human rights activist, dean of Boston College law school and Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts John Joseph Enneking, American Impressionist painter (1841–1911) Steven F. Gaughan, police officer killed in the line of duty in Prince George's County; born and raised in Hyde Park Angelina Emily Grimké, abolitionist and suffragist William Monroe Trotter, African American activist, newspaper editor, founder of the Boston Guardian, early foundational member of NAACP, early foundational member of the Boston Literary and Historical Association, and founder of the National Equal Rights League. Childe Hassam, artist, lived in Hyde Park in his early years Thomas Menino, former mayor of the City of Boston Ricardo Arroyo, Boston City Councilor District 5, the first person of color to hold the position in the history of Boston. Stephen J. Murphy, Suffolk Register of Deeds, former Boston City Council President and Councilor-at-Large Elizabeth Short, waitress and murder victim in 1947, who came to be known as "the Black Dahlia"; born in Hyde Park Joseph M. Tierney, politician, served on the Boston City Council for 15 years Maura Tierney, actress, famous for her roles in NewsRadio and ER See also References External links City of Boston map of Hyde Park Hyde Park Main Streets, first urban Main Streets program in the United States Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library Hyde Park Historical Society, founded in 1887 Most Precious Blood Parish Parish of Christ Church/Iglesia San Juan Riverside Theatre Works Neighborhoods in Boston Defunct towns in Massachusetts Former municipalities in Boston