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The City Recreation Department was founded on July 15, 1910, and opened up five recreation centers in the following two years. [3] [7] In 1920, the first municipal golf course was established and a day camp in 1927. [6] The Maryland Pool was built by The Columbus Dispatch in 1929, later gifting it to the city to make it the city's first pool ...
1 City parks. 2 See also. 3 References. 4 External links. ... The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department operates 370 parks, with a combined 13,500 acres (5,500 ha ...
[2] [3] It had been the area's center for festivals and neighborhood activities since the 1800s, including the Independence Day celebration of 1830 and Ohio State Fairs of 1864 and 1865. [1] [2] By 1866, David W. Deshler, his son William G. Deshler, and Allen G. Thurman purchased the property with the aim of having it permanently serve the ...
The city-owned Woodward Park and Nature Preserve of 49 acres (200,000 m 2), which includes a recreation center, athletic fields, tennis courts, picnic areas and a walking trail, forms the southern boundary of Forest Park West, and several smaller city parks of up to 5 acres (20,000 m 2) are located within and adjacent to Forest Park East.
The Grange Insurance Audubon Center. The Grange Insurance Audubon Center is located near the western edge of the park, at 505 W. Whittier St. The 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m 2) building is the first Audubon center built in close proximity to a downtown area. It was built along with the park, opening in August 2009 at a cost of $14.5 million.
The 13-acre (5.3 ha) park is located within the city's larger Whetstone Park in the Clintonville neighborhood. The free public park is operated by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. The Park of Roses was established in 1952, following ideas for a city hall rose garden in 1946.
McFerson Commons, originally Arena Park, is a 2.2-acre (0.9 ha) park in Columbus, Ohio's Arena District neighborhood. The focal point of the park is the Union Station arch, salvaged before the demolition of Columbus's Union Station.
It was donated to the city in 1851 by Lincoln Goodale. For a few months during the Civil War , it was a staging area for Union troops known as Camp Jackson. [ 3 ] ComFest , a large, free, multi-day, non-corporate, music and arts annual festival, is held in the park in June.