Druid Hill Park
Urban park in Baltimore, Maryland, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Druid Hill Park is a 745-acre (3.01 km2) urban park in northwest Baltimore, Maryland. Its boundaries are marked by Druid Park Drive (north), Swann Drive and Reisterstown Road (west and south), and the Jones Falls Expressway / Interstate 83 (east).[2]
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Location | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Created | 1860 / 1908 |
Operated by | Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks |
Druid Hill Park Historic District | |
Location | Druid Lake, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland |
Coordinates | 39°19′23″N 76°38′41″W |
Area | 746 acres (302 ha) |
Built | 1860 |
Architect | Howard Daniels; George A. Frederick (municipal architect) |
Architectural style | Late Victorian styles |
NRHP reference No. | 73002183[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 22, 1973 |
Designated BCL | 1975 |
Website | www.druidhillpark.org |
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Inaugurated in 1860, under the administration of city Mayor Thomas Swann, Druid Hill Park ranks with Central Park (begun in 1858) in New York City, Fairmount Park (1812) in Philadelphia and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco as the oldest landscaped public parks in the United States.[3]