Rockefeller Park Bridges | |
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Location | Rockefeller 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 |
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Coordinates | 41°31′30″N81°37′22″W / 41.52500°N 81.62278°W Coordinates: 41°31′30″N81°37′22″W / 41.52500°N 81.62278°W |
Area | 130 acres (0.53 km2) |
Built | 1896-1900 |
Architect | Charles F. Schweinfurth |
NRHP reference No. | 77001051 [1] |
Added to NRHP | 1977 |
Rockefeller Park is a city park named in honor of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller Sr., located in Cleveland, Ohio. Part of the Cleveland Public Parks District, Rockefeller Park is immediately adjacent Wade Park to the southeast, and across Euclid Ave on its northwest border. Besides the distinction of being the largest park located completely within city limits, Rockefeller Park is a link in a chain of parkland that connects the heights region of the eastern suburbs to the city's lakefront. Following the path of 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]
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