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Leeper Park
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Sunken rose garden in Leeper Park, July 2012
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LocationRoughly bounded by St. Joseph R, Park Ln., and Bartlett St., South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates 41°41′11″N86°15′07″W / 41.68639°N 86.25194°W / 41.68639; -86.25194
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1895 (1895), 1905, 1912
ArchitectKessler, George Edward
Architectural styleVictorian landscape
NRHP reference No. 00000679 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 15, 2000

Leeper Park is a historic public park and national historic district located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The district encompasses four contributing buildings, nine contributing structures, and one contributing object in a public park. It was designed by landscape architect George Kessler, who issued the master plan for the park in 1915. Later improvements to the park were made by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. [2]

Leeper Park is named for David R. Leeper who was elected Mayor of South Bend in 1892.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016.Note: This includes Malcolm Cairns (January 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Leeper Park" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs