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Rockefeller Park

Field	Value
name	Rockefeller Park Bridges
image	Rockefeller Park bridge.jpg
caption	The Wade Park Avenue bridge (est. 1896) is one of four historic stone bridges found along the historic wooded parkway.
location	Rockefeller Park, along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Wade Park Ave., Superior Ave., St.Clair and the Conrail tracks adjacent the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway
Cleveland, Ohio 44108
locmapin	Ohio#USA
coordinates
area	130 acre
built	1896-1900
architect	Charles F. Schweinfurth
added	1977
designated_other1_link	Cleveland Landmark
designated_other1_color	#aaccff
refnum	77001051

Cleveland, Ohio 44108 Rockefeller Park is a city park named in honor of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller Sr., located in Cleveland, Ohio. Part of the Cleveland Public Parks District, Rockefeller Park is immediately adjacent Wade Park to the southeast, and across Euclid Ave on its northwest border. Besides the distinction of being the largest park located completely within city limits, Rockefeller Park is a link in a chain of parkland that connects the heights region of the eastern suburbs to the city's lakefront. Following the path of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and spanning a large section of Cleveland's East Sides, the park runs in a northwesterly path between suburban Shaker Heights, bisecting the University Circle neighborhood and terminating at Gordon Park on the city's lakefront, opened to the public in 1897. The park was dramatically expanded during the 1930s with labor provided by the Works Progress Administration. Landmarks found in Rockefeller Park include two separate entries on the National Register of Historic Places: one for its architecturally historic bridges, and one for its Cultural Gardens.

Points of interest

Cleveland Cultural Gardens - one of the two places in the park listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Cultural Gardens commemorate many of the ethnic groups who have enriched the city of Cleveland and the United States.
Doan Brook - a 7 mi-long stream that runs from the suburban Shaker Lakes to Lake Erie, the brook was an essential feature in the establishment of the routing of the park.
Rockefeller Park Bridges - the four stone bridges over Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard are the other location in the park on the National Register of Historic Places. They were designed by architect Charles F. Schweinfurth and built between 1897 and 1900.
Rockefeller Park Greenhouse - located at the northeastern edge of the park between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and East 88th Street, the greenhouse and its gardens occupy 4 acre and opened in 1905.

References

"National Register of Historical Places – Ohio(OH), Cuyahoga County". Nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=RP1. "Rockefeller Park", Accessed: July 8, 2011.
"Rockefeller Park - Cleveland OH - Living New Deal". Living New Deal.
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(2012-04-10). "Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio, 1897". Cleveland.about.com.
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"Cleveland Cultural Gardens".
"Doan Brook". Case Western Reserve University.
Rotman, Michael. (August 24, 2025). "Rockefeller Park Bridges". Cleveland Historical.
(June 7, 2022). "120 years later, the four bridges of Rockefeller Park continue to welcome and amaze". [[WEWS]].
"Rockefeller Park Greenhouse & Botanical Garden".

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