Cedar Brook Park | |
 Shakespeare Garden | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded Steel Ave., Arlington Ave., Park Ave., Rose St. and Laramie Rd., Kenyon Ave., Parkside Rd. Plainfield and South Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′5″N 74°24′25″W / 40.60139°N 74.40694°W |
| Area | 78 acres (32 ha) |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Olmsted Brothers |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000878[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 4718[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 28, 2007 |
| Designated NJRHP | June 25, 2007 |
Cedar Brook Park is a 78-acre (32 ha) county park situated mostly in Plainfield in Union County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, with a smaller portion of the park extending into South Plainfield in adjacent Middlesex County.[3] Featuring the Shakespeare Garden, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 2007, for its significance in landscape architecture. The park was designed by the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts from 1924 to 1930.
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#07000878)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 8.
- ^ Stefel, April M. (June 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cedar Brook Park". National Park Service. Retrieved July 5, 2018. With accompanying 21 photos from 2004 and 2006