Type Public park Created 1935 Phone +1 704-432-4280 | Area 8.7 acres Website Bryant Park | |
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Location Charlotte, North Carolina Operated by Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Address 1701 W Morehead St, Charlotte, NC 28208, USA Hours Closed today SaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PM Similar Cordelia Park, Independence Park, Marshall Park, Latta Park, Hornets Nest Park | ||
Bryant Park is an 8.7 acre urban park at 1701 West Morehead Street in the Wesley Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. It contains a softball field and a multi-purpose public field. In 2003 the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission designated Bryant Park as a historic landmark.
The park was constructed in the 1930s as WPA project and is noted for its unique network of stone walls and stone seating above the softball fields. Built on land donated by prominent Charlotte developer E. C. Griffith, it was one of the first projects of the Charlotte Park and Recreation Commission.
In the 1960s and 1970s, when the Charlotte Parks Commission was underfunded and mostly powerless, intense industrial development on West Morehead Street forced Bryant Park to give up much of its original space. Today the park is less than half its original size. Bryant Park remains the only public green space in Charlotte’s West Morehead Street industrial sector.