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Washington Park (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Park in Cincinnati

Field	Value
name	Washington Park Reserve
photo	Cincinnati Music Hall (42707046).jpeg
photo_caption	Washington Park with Music Hall in the background
type	Public
location	1230 Elm Street, Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio
coords
created	1855
operator	Cincinnati Park Board
website

Washington Park is bounded by West 12th, West 14th, Race, and Elm Streets in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The park is owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board. The 6 acre park served as Presbyterian and Episcopal cemeteries before it was acquired by the city from 1858 to 1863.

The park has an old-fashioned bandstand and many trees. Several American Civil War cannons and busts of Civil War heroes Frederick Hecker and Colonel Robert Latimer McCook, who commanded the German 9th Ohio Infantry (Die Neuner) are in the park. There is also a bronze tablet (1931) given by Sons and Daughters of the (Die Neuner) 9th O.V.I.

The Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States was held at the park in 1888. It was, in addition to the celebration of Ohio's progress, designed to celebrate the settlement of the Northwest Territory.

The park stands in the shadow of the Cincinnati Music Hall. While the now-demolished Washington Park School was located at its north end, a new School for Creative and Performing Arts currently stands across Twelfth Street at its south end.

Renovation

Cincinnati Park Board and nonprofit 3CDC finished renovation of the park in July 2012 after being closed for almost 18 months. The park officially opened on Friday, July 6, 2012 with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a concert by the Mukunoki Chorus of Gifu, Japan, in town for the World Choir Games, which had just begun in Cincinnati. The renovations cost about $46 million. This includes expansion of the park from 6 acre to 8 acre and construction of a parking garage beneath it for up to 450 cars. In a similar renovation of Fountain Square, 3CDC used profits from parking to pay off loans it took out to develop the project. 3CDC is responsible for programming at the park and plans to offer programs regularly. Some events that have taken place since the renovation include a concert series with jazz, R&B, and bluegrass; movie screenings; yoga; a kickball league; and a concert by the band Over the Rhine.

References

Stradling, David. (Oct 1, 2003). "Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis". Arcadia Publishing.
(May 1943). "Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors, American Guide Series". The Weisen-Hart Press.
Doane, Kathleen. (May 2002). "Our Glorious Parks". Cincinnati Magazine.

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