Rockefeller Park

Coordinates: 41°31′30″N 81°37′22″W / 41.52500°N 81.62278°W / 41.52500; -81.62278
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Rockefeller Park Bridges
The Wade Park Avenue bridge (est. 1896) is one of four historic stone bridges found along the historic wooded parkway.
Rockefeller Park is located in Ohio
Rockefeller Park
Rockefeller Park is located in the United States
Rockefeller Park
LocationRockefeller 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
Coordinates41°31′30″N 81°37′22″W / 41.52500°N 81.62278°W / 41.52500; -81.62278
Area130 acres (0.53 km2)
Built1896-1900
ArchitectCharles F. Schweinfurth
NRHP reference No.77001051[1]
Added to NRHP1977

Rockefeller Park is a city park named in honor of oil magnate

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]
The park was dramatically expanded during the 1930s with labor provided by the Works Progress Administration.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

Points of interest

View inside greenhouse

References

  1. ^ "National Register of Historical Places – Ohio(OH), Cuyahoga County". National Register of Historic Places. Nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History [1](2010). "Rockefeller Park", Accessed: July 8, 2011.
  3. ^ "Rockefeller Park - Cleveland OH - Living New Deal". Living New Deal. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio, 1897". Cleveland.about.com. April 10, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  6. ^ [2][dead link]
  7. ^ Cleveland Cultural Gardens [3](2010). "Welcome", Accessed: July 9, 2011.
  8. ^ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History [4](2010). "Doan Brook", Accessed: July 9, 2011.
  9. ^ Rockefeller Park Greenhouse [5](2010). "Info", Accessed: July 7, 2011.

External links

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