Grant Park - Atlanta, GA
N 33° 44.039 W 084° 22.407
16S E 743342 N 3735759
One of the oldest parks in the City of Atlanta, home to Zoo Atlanta and the Cyclorama.
Waymark Code: WM17K2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2007
Views: 41
Named for Col. Lemuel P. Grant (1817-1893), pioneer railroad builder and public-spirited citizen of Atlanta, who donated to the city 87.5 of this area for a park May 17, 1883. An additional 44 acres acquired by purchase from Col. Grant, increased it to 131.5 acres April 4, 1890.
Grant Park has the national distinction of being the location of one of the few extant cycloramas -- the subject of which memorializes the major engagement fought by Confederate and Federal forces in the environs of the city -- the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864.
060-107 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1983
A gift to the city of Atlanta in 1883, Grant Park now welcomes over two million visitors each year.
Lemuel P. Grant saw the need for a great city park (1882) and stipulated in his donation of 100 acres that "the land should be used for park purposes for all Atlantans".
The popularity of the park grew with the addition of the zoo (1889) and Cyclorama (1893). John C. Olmsted, of the famous Olmsted landscape design firm, visited Grant Park and was commissioned to provide a design/development plan in 1903.
Today, Grant Park is the oldest surviving city park in Atlanta. It now encompasses 131.5 acres. Although many come to the park to view the painting at the Atlanta Cyclorama or enjoy the exotic animals at the zoo, the park offers a wide range of amenities including picnic facilities, historical structures, athletic fields, children's play areas, botanical diversity, natural areas, quiet walks and more.
This urban green space, just a stone's throw from the bustle of Peachtree Street, is conveniently located to other points of interest such as Historic Oakland Cemetery (est. 1850), the Gold Dome of the Georgia State Capitol, the Olympic Caldron (1996), Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame and Museum, Turner Field, Martin Luther King National Historic Site, the Fulton Cotton Mill, the Grant Park residential neighborhood (Atlanta's largest historic district), Inman Park and more.
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Name: Grant Park
Street Location: Several
Local Municipality: Grant Park Conservancy on behalf of the City of Atlanta
State/Province, etc.: GA
Country: usa
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: several
Date Established: 1883
Picnic Facilities: tables pavillions
Recreational Facilities:
playgrounds, zoo, cyclorama, trails, greenspace
Traditional Geocaches:
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Monuments/Statues: Not listed
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed
Fountains: Not listed
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed
Special Events: Not listed
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