Garfield Park (Chicago)
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For the park and conservatory in Indianapolis, see Garfield Park (Indianapolis).
Garfield Park is a 184-acre (0.74 km2) urban park located in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago's West Side. It was designed as a pleasure ground by William LeBaron Jenney in the 1870s and is the oldest of the three original parks developed by the West Side parks commission on the Chicago park and boulevard plan (Humboldt Park, Garfield, and Douglass Park). It is home to the Garfield Park Conservatory, one of the largest plant conservatories in the United States. It is also the park furthest west in the Chicago park and boulevard system.[2]
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Garfield Park | |
Location | 300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 41°53′11″N 87°43′2″W |
Built | 1907 |
Architect | William LeBaron Jenney, Hitchings and Company |
Architectural style | Exotic Revival, Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 93000837[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 31, 1993 |
Designated CL | November 18, 2009 |
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