Green Brook Park
United States historic place
Green Brook Park | |
 Playground and flowering trees | |
40°36′30″N 74°26′43″W / 40.60833°N 74.44528°W / 40.60833; -74.44528 (Cedar Brook Park) | |
| Area | 100 acres (40 ha) |
|---|---|
| Architect | Olmsted Brothers |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, City Beautiful Movement |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000437[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 3551[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 14, 2004 |
| Designated NJRHP | March 8, 2004 |
Green Brook Park is a 100-acre (40 ha) county park along the Green Brook, a tributary of the Raritan River, in the city of Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 2004, for its significance in landscape architecture. It extends into the borough of North Plainfield in Somerset County.[3]
History and description
The Union County Park Commission was established in 1921 and hired the Olmsted Brothers, formed by the sons of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, to design a county park system, including this one along the Green Brook. The initial park development from Clinton Avenue to West End Avenue started in 1922. Along Park Drive, the area is pastoral, with a forested area north of the Green Brook. The park was expanded east of West End Avenue during the 1930s.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#04000437)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 9.
- ^ a b Stefel, April M. (October 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Green Brook Park". National Park Service. With accompanying 18 photos from 1999 and 2003
External links
Media related to Green Brook Park at Wikimedia Commons- "Green Brook Park" (PDF). County of Union Department of Parks. Park map
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Union County Park System
- Black Brook Park
- Briant Park
- Cedar Brook Park
- Echo Lake Park
- Elizabeth River Parkway
- Esposito Park
- Green Brook Park
- Hidden Valley Park
- Kawameeh Park
- Lenape Park
- Madison Avenue Park
- Mattano Park
- McConnell Park
- Meisel Avenue Park
- Milton Lake Park
- Nomahegan Park
- Oak Ridge Park
- Passaic River Parkway
- Phil Rizzuto Park
- Ponderosa Farm Park
- Rahway River Parkway
- Sperry Park
- Stanley Avenue Park
- Snyder Avenue Park
- Tamaques Park
- Tëmike Park
- Unami Park
- Warinanco Park
- Wheeler Park
- Watchung Reservation
- Ash Brook Reservation
