| Douglass (Frederick and Anna) Park | |
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 This Douglass Park Greenhouse was torn down in 1905. | |
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| Type | Municipal |
| Location | Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Area | 173 acres (0.70 km2) |
| Operated by | Chicago Park District |
| Open | All year |
Douglass Park (formerly Douglas Park) is a part of the Chicago Park District on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1869 and initially 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]
Opened in 1871, the park was originally named for U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas. In 2020, the park was renamed Douglass (Frederick and Anna) Park, for abolitionist Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna Murray Douglass.[3][4]
Riot Fest is held annually each summer at Douglass Park, causing controversy among some neighborhood residents.
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- ^ 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
- ^ Wetli, Patty (July 22, 2020). "Park District Board Says of Douglas Park Name Change: 'It Will Be Done'". WTTW. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Greene, Morgan (November 19, 2020). "After Years of Student Activism, Park District Officially Makes Name Change to Douglass Park". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 20, 2020.