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Gordon Park, Cleveland

Park in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Gordon Park, Cleveland

Park in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Amenities building and a baseball field at Gordon Park
Gordon Park beach, circa 1900s

Gordon Park is a public park located in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. A part of the Cleveland Public Parks District, the park opened in 1893 and is situated on 122 acre of land adjacent Lake Erie on the city's East Side. It is named in honor of philanthropist and industrialist William J. Gordon, who originally owned and developed the land as part of his estate. In 1978 the section of the park adjacent to the lakeshore was incorporated, along with five other individual recreational areas along the lake, into the larger state-funded district known as Cleveland Lakefront State Park. The Lakefront State Park headquarters are located in Gordon Park. In April 2013, Cleveland City Council approved a 99-year leasing of Gordon Park to the Cleveland Metroparks system.

History

Gordon, one of the founders of the Cleveland Iron Mining Company, was responsible for initially landscaping the stretch of land, with the specific intention of bequeathing it to the City of Cleveland as a public recreation area.

In 2022, at the final event of that year's Lake Erie Walleye Trail series of fishing tournaments, based in a parking lot near the park's boat ramps, two anglers were exposed as cheaters after their winning fish were found to have been stuffed with lead weights. They were stripped of their title and later pleaded guilty to criminal charges.,

References

References

  1. [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=GWJ1 GORDON, WILLIAM J.]
  2. Management, ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources. "Oil & Gas Well Locator".
  3. [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=GP1 GORDON PARK]
  4. (April 23, 2013). "Cleveland City Council approves lease of lakefront parks to Cleveland Metroparks".
  5. Shaffer, Cory. (March 27, 2023). "Fishermen accused of cheating at Cleveland walleye tourney to begin trial". [[The Plain Dealer]].
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