Wooldridge Park | |
 The gazebo in Wooldridge Park is a popular spot for outdoor concerts and weddings among other engagements. | |
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| Location | Austin, Texas United States |
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| Coordinates | 30°16′20″N97°44′43″W / 30.27222°N 97.74528°W /30.27222; -97.74528 |
| Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
| Built | June 18, 1909 (1909-06-18) |
| Architect | Page & Page |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003018[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 1 August 1979 |
Wooldridge Park, also known asWooldridge Square, is anurban park indowntownAustin, Texas. The park consists of acity block containing a natural basin whose sides slope inward to form anamphitheater with abandstand at its center. The park was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1979.[2]
Wooldridge Park is one of four originalpublic squares designated in downtown Austin in the 1839Waller Plan for the city drawn up byEdwin Waller, but it lay vacant for seventy years. In an era of civic pride in 1909, however, Austin MayorAlexander Penn Wooldridge sponsored the cleaning of the square and the construction of aclassical revival-stylegazebo for public engagements, which officially opened the same year.[3] The park was dedicated on June 18, 1909 to considerable aplomb with dedicatory address being made by the Mayor.
Wooldridge Park is the only one of the original public squares to have retained its original function; the other three underwent various uses over time, hosting parking lots, a fire station, a church, a museum, and businesses.[4]
The view of theTexas State Capitol from Wooldridge Park is one of theCapitol View Corridors protected under state and local law from obstruction by tall buildings since 1983.[5]
