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711 59TH PL.

Historic Name:
Library Park

Other Name:
City Park

Reference Number:
118541

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Property Location

Location (Address)

711 59TH PL.

County

Kenosha

City/Village

Kenosha

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1899

Additions

Survey Date

2000

Historic Use

park

Architectural Style

NA (unknown or not a building)

Structural System

Wall Material

Architect

Ossian Cole Simonds

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Library Park has been a public green space since the first Euro-Americans settled in the area around 1835. Over time, it has been a pasture, improved as a park, and finally, in 1899-1900, designed as a whole landscape, by landscape architect O.C. Simonds, to surround the new library built at the park's center. Simond's design is essentially intact today, with the paths in their original configurations and the combination of lawns and trees very similar to the original plans. The park is individually significant because it is one of the few remaining examples of the American Romantic style of landscape as practiced by internationally recognized landscape architect Ossian Cole Simonds (1855-1931).

Bibliographic References

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Library Park

National Register Listing Date

Jun 22, 2000

State Register Listing Date

Jan 21, 2000

Contributing

park NA (unknown or not a building)

Kenosha
County

Kenosha
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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