Douglass Park
Douglass Park is a large Chicago Park District park. It is also a cultural and community center on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The park was first named Douglas Park, named after the U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas. It was originally named South Park.[1] Its 173 acres (0.70 km2) are in the North Lawndale community area with an official address of 1401 S. Sacramento Drive.[2]
On July 22, 2020, it was voted that the park would be renamed Douglass Park, named after Frederick Douglass, during the racial unrest in the George Floyd protests.[3]
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The park was named for Illinois politician and presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas for over 151 years.
In 2020 the park was renamed for the abolitionist Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna Murray Douglass.
This stone bridge pictured in front of the old Greenhouse is one of the few remnants of Jenney's original park designs.
This 1916 photo depicts the outdoor gymnasium.
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References
- ↑ Graf, John, Chicago's Parks Arcadia Publishing, 2000, p. 11., ISBN 0-7385-0716-4.
- ↑ Despite several sources that indicate otherwise and despite the fact that Sacramento Avenue runs at 3000 West from 7558 North to 11258 South it has two sections where it has an alternate official name. It is Sacramento Boulevard from 934 north to 1156 South and it is Sacramento Drive in Douglas Park according to Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, Streetwise Chicago, "Sacramento Avenue/Sacramento Boulevard/Sacramento Drive", p. 113, Loyola University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8294-0597-6
- ↑ "Park District Board Says of Douglas Park Name Change: 'It Will Be Done'". WWCI. 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
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