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| Location | 1809 W. 50th St.,Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°48′08″N87°40′16″W / 41.80222°N 87.67111°W /41.80222; -87.67111 |
| Area | 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) |
| Architect | D. H. Burnham & Company; Olmsted Brothers |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| MPS | Chicago Park District MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000875[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 11, 2005 |
Cornell Square is a public park at 1809 W. 50th Street in theNew Citycommunity area ofChicago,Illinois. Opened in 1905, the park was one of many planned by the South Park Commission to provide parks in dense, poorSouth Side neighborhoods. The park was named forPaul Cornell, one of the Commission's board members. As with the South Park Commission's other early parks, landscape architects theOlmsted Brothers designed the park's layout whileD. H. Burnham and Company designed its facilities. The park originally included a fieldhouse with gymnasium facilities, a swimming pool, athletic fields, and walking paths. The fieldhouse has aBeaux-Arts design and includes a painting ofEzra Cornell, the founder ofCornell University and Paul Cornell's cousin.[2]
The park was added to theNational Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2005.[1]
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