George Rogers Park

George Rogers Park
George Rogers Park is located in Lake Oswego OR
George Rogers Park
Location within Lake Oswego, Oregon
TypeMunicipal Park
Location611 S. State Street, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Coordinates45°24′42″N 122°39′48″W / 45.41161°N 122.6632973°W / 45.41161; -122.6632973
Area23 acres (9.3 ha)

George Rogers Park is a 26-acre (11 ha) public park at intersection of Ladd and South State streets in Lake Oswego, Oregon.[1] This park contains two baseball fields, a soccer field, access to the Willamette River, a memorial garden area, restrooms, a playground, and two outdoor tennis courts.[2] The park also features the Oregon Iron Company Furnace, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the Department of the Interior.[3][4] The park is named after George Rogers—a City Councilman—in appreciation for his devoted efforts to develop and maintain the grounds.[5]

  1. ^ "Clackamas County Fair, summer concerts, movies in the park: Clackamas County and SW Portland events". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. ^ "George Rogers Park | City of Lake Oswego". www.ci.oswego.or.us. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  3. ^ "Bricklayers win national award for work on historic Oswego Iron Furnace | nwLaborPress". nwLaborPress. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  4. ^ "Lake Oswego Preservation Society's boat tour of Oswego Lake combines history, architecture". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  5. ^ Foster, Laura O. (2009). Lake Oswego. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738570853.