Chicago Washington Park Apartment 23

Washington Park is a 372-acre park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, located at 5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr. in the Washington Park community area on the South Side of Chicago. It was named for President George Washington in 1880. Washington Park is the largest of four Chicago Park District parks named after persons surna…
Washington Park is a 372-acre park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, located at 5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr. in the Washington Park community area on the South Side of Chicago. It was named for President George Washington in 1880. Washington Park is the largest of four Chicago Park District parks named after persons surnamed Washington. Located in the park is the DuSable Museum of African American History. This park was the proposed site of the Olympic Stadium and the Olympic swimming venue for Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Washington Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2004.
  • Location: 5531 S. King Dr. · Chicago, Illinois
  • Area: 380 acres (1.5 km²)
  • Built: 1870
  • Architect: Olmsted, Frederick Law; Burnham, Daniel H.
  • Architectural style: Beaux Arts, Art Deco
  • MPS: Chicago Park District MPS
  • NRHP reference No.: 04000871
Data from: en.wikipedia.org