Bergen Park

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Bergen Park
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Location of Bergen Park in Colorado
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Bergen Park (the United States)
Typecity park
Location Evergreen, Colorado, USA
Coordinates 39°41′24″N105°21′43″W / 39.69°N 105.362°W / 39.69; -105.362
Area25.1 acres (10.2 ha)
Elevation7,798 feet (2,377 m) [1]
Operated byCity and County of Denver
Openyes
Bergen Park
Built1915
Architect Olmsted Brothers; J.J.B. Benedict
Architectural styleRustic
MPS Denver Mountain Parks MPS
NRHP reference No. 90001707 [2]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1990

Bergen Park is a park near Evergreen, Colorado. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Bergen Park was established in 1859 when pioneer settler Thomas Cunningham Bergen built a log cabin on his land and named his property. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Hometownlocator.com: Bergen Park, with map
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "History". Evergreen Creative District. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  4. Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 9.