Alamo Placita Park
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Alamo Placita Park | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Speer Blvd., First Ave., and Clarkson St., Denver, Colorado |
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| Area | 5.4 acres (2.2 ha) |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architectural style | Moderne |
| MPS | Denver Park and Parkway System TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 86002242[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 1986 |
Alamo Placita Park is a park located in Denver, Colorado as part of the Alamo Placita, Denver neighborhood.
In 1911, the property for the park was acquired by condemnation decree. The city paid $30,450 to acquire the property from Speer’s Arlington Park Realty Company. The land totaled 4.64 acres (18,800 m2). In 1912 a bond issue was defeated that would have added the northern portions of the 300 block bounded by Emerson Street and Ogden Street to the park land.
The park land remained undeveloped until 1927, when landscape work finally commenced. Colorado’s premier landscape architect, Saco Reink DeBoer, designed the park. Speer hired DeBoer as Denver’s second landscape architect in 1910, a position he held until 1931. DeBoer designed parks and parkways in Denver and actively participated in city planning. The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and he Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.
References
- ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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