Burnet Woods

Coordinates: 39°08′19″N 84°31′00″W / 39.13861°N 84.51667°W / 39.13861; -84.51667
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Burnet Woods
Burnet Woods Lake
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TypeUrban park
LocationCincinnati, Ohio, United States
Coordinates39°08′19″N 84°31′00″W / 39.13861°N 84.51667°W / 39.13861; -84.51667
Area89.3 acres (361,000 m2)
Created1872
Owned byCincinnati Park Board
Open6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.[1]
Public transit accessBus interchange Metro
Burnet Woods as it appeared in 1906.

Burnet Woods, owned and operated by the

artificial lake was added. The park contains a bandstand constructed in 1911, The Lone Star Pavilion, Diggs Fountain Plaza, a playground area and the Trailside Nature Center (which houses Wolff Planetarium).[3] The Trailside Nature Center was a museum originally constructed as part of the Works Progress Administration.[4]

Richardson Monument

Located along the southern edge of the park, at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Brookline Avenue, the Richardson Monument was erected in 1972 by University of Cincinnati students. The sculpture, designed by architect Stephen J. Carter,

H.H. Richardson's Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Building. The Chamber of Commerce was built in 1889 at the southwest corner of 4th street and Vine Street in downtown Cincinnati, but was destroyed by a fire twenty-two years later in 1911.[6] The site of Richardson's building is now the location of Fourth and Vine Tower
(built 1913).

References

  1. ^ "Burnet Woods & Trailside Nature Center". City of Cincinnati Website. City of Cincinnati. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ^ Kenny, Daniel (1875). Illustrated Cincinnati. Stevens. p. 125. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
  3. ^ "Burnet Woods". cincinnati-oh.gov. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15.
  4. ^ Miller, Zane (1987). WPA Guide to Cincinnati. Cincinnati. pp. 380–381.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "Cincinnati Parks: Art In Nature" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Richardson, H.H. (Henry Hobson)". Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects, 1788-1940. Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2011.