Douglass Park

For parks named Douglas Park, see Douglas Park (disambiguation).

Douglass (Frederick and Anna) Park
This Douglass Park Greenhouse was torn down in 1905.
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TypeMunicipal
LocationChicago, Cook County, Illinois
Area173 acres (0.70 km2)
Operated byChicago Park District
OpenAll 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.

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.
  1. ^ Graf, John, Chicago's Parks Arcadia Publishing, 2000, p. 11., ISBN 0-7385-0716-4.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Wetli, Patty (July 22, 2020). "Park District Board Says of Douglas Park Name Change: 'It Will Be Done'". WTTW. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  4. ^ 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.