Kosciuszko Park (Chicago)
Kosciuszko Park Field House | |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000830[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | October 16, 2013 |
Kosciuszko Park is a park located at 2732 N. Avers Ave. Situated along the northern boundary of Chicago's
Kosciuszko Park was commissioned in 1914 and completed in 1916; the Northwest Park District, one of Chicago's many park districts of the early twentieth century, opened the park as part of its efforts to add neighborhood parks in Northwest Chicago. As the park's original layout and landscape has changed over time, the fieldhouse is the main surviving piece of its original design. Architect Albert Arthur Schwartz began the design of the building; however, he was replaced by Frederick William Bowes halfway through its construction. The two men gave the fieldhouse a
Kosciuszko Park is named after
Kosciuszko Park has long been a community center for Chicago's Northwest Side. The park once housed one of the
The park is a few blocks from
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Ruggiero, Erica (February 14, 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kosciuszko Park Field House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved November 28, 2019.[dead link]
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- ^ Tadeusz Kosciuszko // Official Website of the Republic of Belarus
- ^ Радаводы Касцюшкаў Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine // Анатоль Бензярук. Касцюшкі-Сяхновіцкія. Гісторыя старадаўняга роду. — Брэст: Издательство «Академия», 2006. — 132 с.
- ^ Тадэвуш Касцюшка — ганаровы грамадзянін Францыі, нацыянальны герой ЗША, Польшчы і Беларусі // Звязда. — 1994. — 23 сак.
- ^ Bartłomiej Szyndler, Powstanie kościuszkowskie 1794, Warszawa 1994, passim.