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| Location | Bounded by W. 52nd St., Racine Ave., Garfield Blvd., and Loomis Blvd., Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°47′48″N 87°39′27″W / 41.79667°N 87.65750°W |
| Area | 60.6 acres (24.5 ha) |
| Architect | Burnham, D.H. & Co.; Olmsted Bros. |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| MPS | Chicago Park District MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000745[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 21, 1990 |
Sherman Park is a sixty-acre park in the New City neighborhood of South Side, Chicago.
It was designed by renowned landscape architects John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., and celebrated Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. It opened in 1905.
The park's recreational facilities include two gymnasiums, a fitness center, a swimming pool, as well as outdoor space for basketball, tennis, baseball, soccer and football.[2]
The park was named for John B. Sherman, Burnham's father-in-law and a founder of Chicago's Union Stock Yards.[3]
The park was designed specifically to enrich the immigrant, working class residents of the surrounding neighborhood.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Sherman Park". Chicago Park District. Retrieved on September 15, 2016.
- ^ Sherman Park. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved on December 7, 2010.
- ^ Sherman Park. Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer. Retrieved on December 7, 2010.