Rockefeller Park

Rockefeller Park Bridges
The Wade Park Avenue bridge (est. 1896) is one of four historic stone bridges found along the historic wooded parkway.
Location Rockefeller Park, along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Wade Park Ave., Superior Ave., St.Clair and the Conrail tracks adjacent the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway
Cleveland, Ohio 44108
Coordinates 41°31′30″N 81°37′22″W / 41.52500°N 81.62278°W / 41.52500; -81.62278Coordinates: 41°31′30″N 81°37′22″W / 41.52500°N 81.62278°W / 41.52500; -81.62278
Area 130 acres (0.53 km2)
Built 1896-1900
Architect Charles F. Schweinfurth
NRHP Reference # 77001051[1]
Added to NRHP 1977

Rockefeller Park is a city park named in honor of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller Sr., located in Cleveland, Ohio. Part of the Cleveland Public Parks District, Rockefeller Park is immediately adjacent Wade Park to the southeast, and across Euclid Ave on its northwest border. Besides the distinction of being the largest park located completely within city limits, Rockefeller Park is a link in a chain of parkland that connects the heights region of the eastern suburbs to the city's lakefront. Following the path of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and spanning a large section of Cleveland's East Sides, the park runs in a northwesterly path between suburban Shaker Heights, bisecting the University Circle neighborhood and terminating at Gordon Park on the city's lakefront, opened to the public in 1897.[2] Landmarks found in Rockefeller Park include two separate entries on the National Register of Historic Places: one for its architecturally historic bridges, and one for its Cultural Gardens.[3][4][5]

Points of interest

References

  1. "National Register of Historical Places Ohio(OH), Cuyahoga County". National Register of Historic Places. Nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  2. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (2010). "Rockefeller Park", Accessed: July 8, 2011.
  3. http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/clnd_images/Parks/parks.pdf
  4. "Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio, 1897". Cleveland.about.com. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  5. Cleveland Cultural Gardens (2010). "Welcome", Accessed: July 9, 2011.
  6. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (2010). "Doan Brook", Accessed: July 9, 2011.
  7. Rockefeller Park Greenhouse (2010). "Info", Accessed: July 7, 2011.

External links

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