Frederick Law Olmsted Parks and Parkways
Algonquin Park
DESIGN FOR THIS PARK BEGAN IN 1928 AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1935. The sixteen acre park serves the neighborhood with both…
Baxter Square
WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE’S FIRST PUBLIC PARK! Founded in 1880, the Olmsted firm made recommendations for improvements to…
Bingham Park
Bingham Park is supported by Kentucky Select Properties.
Boone Square
ACQUIRED IN 1891 AND COMPLETED IN 1892, THIS AREA IS ONE OF THE FIRST PARKS FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED DESIGNED IN…
Central Park
DESIGNED BY THE OLMSTED BROTHERS, THE SIXTEEN ACRE CENTRAL PARK IN OLD LOUISVILLE WAS PURCHASED FROM THE DUPONT FAMILY IN…
Cherokee Park
DESIGNED IN 1891 BY OLMSTED TO BE A PLACE WHERE ONE COULD EXPERIENCE SCENERY AND TAKE IN THE REFRESHMENT OFFERED…
Chickasaw Park
THIS SIXTY-ONE ACRE SITE WAS DESIGNED BY THE OLMSTED FIRM IN 1923. It is complete with winding paths, picnic pavilions,…
Elliott Park
DESIGNED IN 1906, THIS FOUR-ACRE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FEATURES RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PLAY AREAS. The park is described as an oasis…
Iroquois Park
ACQUIRED IN 1888 AND NOTED BY EARLY PARK USERS AS LOUISVILLE’S OWN “YELLOWSTONE.” The Olmsted designs take advantage of the…
Seneca Park
THE PLAN FOR SENECA PARK WAS PRESENTED IN 1928 AND WAS THE LAST OF THE PARKS DESIGNED IN LOUISVILLE BY…
Shawnee Park
Shawnee Park is supported by LG&E and KU.
Shelby Park
Shelby Park is supported by Gresham Smith.
Stansbury Park
THIS SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THIRD STREET TRIANGLE, THEN THIRD STREET PLAYGROUND AND BEGINNING IN 1916, AS…
Tyler Park
THIS LOVELY THIRTEEN-ACRE PARK, UNIQUE WITH ITS IRREGULAR SHAPED AND RUGGED TERRAIN, WAS OPENED IN 1910. A stone tunnel allows park…
Victory Park
THIS FOUR-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND THAT WAS SET ASIDE AS A COMMUNITY PARK SPACE BY THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS…
Wayside Park
THE OLMSTED FIRM STARTED DESIGN PLANS AS EARLY AS 1893 FOR THIS GREEN SPACE ALONG SOUTHERN PARKWAY. Then in 1897 the…
Willow Park
THIS SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WAS PURCHASED IN 1905 FROM THE BARINGER LAND COMPANY. Originally, this park served as part of…
Olmsted Parkways
Algonquin, Cherokee, Eastern, Northwestern, Southern and Southwestern Parkways Nearly 15 miles of Olmsted-designed parkways connect people throughout the city to…
Fred Facts
In 1865, Olmsted cofounded the magazine The Nation, the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States.
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