Rockefeller Park Bridges
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Wade Park Avenue bridge (est. 1896) is one of four historic stone bridges found along the historic wooded parkway.
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Location	Rockefeller Park, along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Wade Park Ave., Superior Ave., St.Clair and theConrail tracks adjacent theCleveland Memorial Shoreway Cleveland,Ohio 44108
Coordinates	41°31′30″N81°37′22″W / 41.52500°N 81.62278°W /41.52500; -81.62278
Area	130 acres (0.53 km2)
Built	1896-1900
Architect	Charles F. Schweinfurth
NRHP reference No.	77001051[1]
Added to NRHP	1977

Rockefeller Park is a city park named in honor of oil magnateJohn D. Rockefeller Sr., located inCleveland,Ohio. Part of theCleveland Public Parks District, Rockefeller Park is immediately adjacentWade Park to the southeast, and across Euclid Ave on its northwest border. Besides the distinction of being the largest park located completely within city limits, Rockefeller Park is a link in a chain of parkland that connects the heights region of the eastern suburbs to the city's lakefront. Following the path ofMartin Luther King Jr. Drive and spanning a large section of Cleveland's East Sides, the park runs in a northwesterly path between suburbanShaker Heights, bisecting theUniversity Circle neighborhood and terminating atGordon Park on the city's lakefront, opened to the public in 1897.^[2]The park was dramatically expanded during the 1930s with labor provided by theWorks Progress Administration.^[3] Landmarks found in Rockefeller Park include two separate entries on theNational Register of Historic Places: one for its architecturally historic bridges, and one for itsCultural Gardens.^[4][5][6]

• Cleveland Cultural Gardens - one of the two places in the park listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Cultural Gardens commemorate many of the ethnic groups who have enriched the city of Cleveland and the United States.^[7]
• Doan Brook - a seven-mile (11 km)-long stream that runs from the suburbanShaker Lakes to Lake Erie, the brook was an essential feature in the establishment of the routing of the park.^[8]
• Rockefeller Park Bridges - the four stone bridges over Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard are the other location in the park on the National Register of Historic Places. They were designed by architectCharles F. Schweinfurth and built between 1897 and 1900.^[9][10]
• Rockefeller Park Greenhouse - located at the northeastern edge of the park between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and East 88th Street, the greenhouse and its gardens occupy four acres (1.6 ha) and opened in 1905.^[11]

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