Overview
Located in the Woodlawn community, Jackson Park totals 551.52 acres and features a gymnasium, three multi-purpose rooms, and a fitness center. Green features of the park include Wooded Island - which includes the Japanese Garden - Bobolink Meadows, cherry blossom trees around the Columbian Basin, and a vegetable garden. Outside, the park offers three harbors, 63rd St. Beach, basketball/tennis courts, multi-purpose fields, a golf course, a golf driving range, and an artificial turf field. Many of these spaces are available for rental including our multi-purpose fields, gymnasium, and multi-purpose clubrooms.
History
After the state legislature created the South Park Commission in 1869, the renowned designers of New York's Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Calvert Vaux, were hired to lay out the 1055-acre park. The South Park Commissioners acquired land for the park from 1869 until 1930 through multiple sources. Known originally as South Park, the landscape had eastern and western divisions connected by a grand boulevard named the Midway Plaisance. The eastern division became known as Lake Park; however, in 1880 the commission asked the public to suggest official names for both the eastern and western Divisions. Jackson and Washington were proposed, and the following year, Lake Park was renamed Jackson Park to honor Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), the seventh president of the United States.
Location
6401 S. Stony Island Ave., Chicago, Illions, USA
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