Grand Crossing Park

Grand Crossing Park is a public park at 7655 S. Ingleside Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Opened in 1915, the park was planned by the South Park Commission, which was responsible for adding several parks in dense, poor South Side neighborhoods. While the South Park Commission designed the park and its facilities in-house, its designs were heavily influenced by the work of the Olmsted Brothers and D. H. Burnham and Company in its earlier parks. The park originally included a Beaux-Arts fieldhouse, a swimming pool, outdoor gymnasiums, a baseball field, tennis courts, and running and walking paths. The fieldhouse includes indoor gymnasiums, meeting rooms, and a series of murals titled An Allegory of Recreation.[2]

Grand Crossing Park
Grand Crossing Park is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Grand Crossing Park
Grand Crossing Park is located in Illinois
Grand Crossing Park
Grand Crossing Park is located in the United States
Grand Crossing Park
Location7655 S. Ingleside Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°45′25″N 87°36′01″W
Area10.5 acres (4.2 ha)
ArchitectSouth Park Commission
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
MPSChicago Park District MPS
NRHP reference No.06000678[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 2006

The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 2006.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Bachrach, Julia Sniderman (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved October 17, 2019.


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