Martin Luther King Jr. Park | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Northampton St., E. Parade Ave., Best St. and Kensington Expressway, Buffalo, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°54′19″N 78°50′26″W / 42.90528°N 78.84056°W |
Area | 56 acres (23 ha) |
Built | 1874 |
Architect | Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot; Olmsted, Frederick L. |
MPS | Olmsted Parks and Parkways TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82005027[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 30, 1982 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Park, originally The Parade and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located in Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The park is located in east Buffalo and bisected by Fillmore Avenue.
The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] The park is on a 56-acre (23 ha), slightly L-shaped site and was originally conceived as a place for military displays and active children's sports. It contains four contributing structures: The brick Shelter House (1904), Buffalo Museum of Science building (1926), Greenhouse (1907), and Humboldt Park Casino (ca. 1926).[2]