Willard Park, Cleveland

Willard Park
Aerial view of Willard Park in 1973
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TypeUrban park
LocationCleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Coordinates41°30′20″N 81°41′33″W / 41.5055°N 81.6925°W / 41.5055; -81.6925 (Willard Park)
Area0.72 acres (0.29 ha)
Operated byCleveland Public Parks District
Public transit accessGCRTA East 9th–North Coast

Willard Park is a public park in downtown Cleveland, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The park sits at the northwest corner of East 9th Street and Lakeside Avenue, adjacent to Cleveland City Hall, and is within the boundaries of the Cleveland Mall historic district. It is the location of the public sculpture Free Stamp, and is the home of the original Cleveland Fire Fighters Memorial.

Willard Park is named after the artist Archibald Willard. A copy of Archibald's painting The Spirit of '76 hangs in the Rotunda of the neighboring Cleveland City Hall.[1]

  1. ^ "The Cleveland Group Plan of 1903". Retrieved August 17, 2022.