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 South Park - Lawrence, Kansas Posted by:  iconions
N 38° 57.722 W 095° 14.150
15S E 306281 N 4314940
This park is part of the original platting of the City of Lawrence and is located between 11th and 12th and is bisected by Massachusetts.
Waymark Code: WMWAJM
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2017
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The park is the center of activity in Lawrence today as when the American Guide was written. Since it isn't too far from the University of Kansas campus - students come here to relax and to sometimes protest. The park is in great shape considering it is over 150 years old.
SOUTH PARK, between 11th and 13th Sts., and divided by Massachusetts St., has an area of 12.8 acres. The eastern section of the park is attractively landscaped and contains a bandstand where public concerts are given. Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a candidate for Vice President, spoke from this bandstand in September 1920.
- Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State, 1939 -- pg. 228
(c. 1854) Contributing
This public square is divided into two halves, with Massachusetts Street running down the middle of the park. It is a level grassed park with numerous shade trees, including varieties of oak, maple, London plane trees, and ash. Located in the east portion is a contributing structure - the 1906 octagon-shaped gazebo/band shelter. It has a painted brick base with round columns set on brick piers supporting an ogee pyramidal roof with metal shingles. The roof spire is topped with a finial, and there are small brackets and a dentil band beneath its overhanging eaves. Also in this section of the park are sunken formal gardens with a contributing object (a 1910 fountain), and pathways lined with redbud (Cercis canidensis) trees. The western section has a non-contributing park building, a spray pool with non-contributing pool house, playground equipment, and an informal field for sports. The pool house has brick veneer siding and a low-pitched gable roof. The park building is also constructed of brick, and has a flat roof. The wading/spray pool is surrounded with an iron fence. Both sections of the park are bounded by a sidewalk along the street edges.
- National Register Application
Book: Kansas
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 228
Year Originally Published: 1939
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