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Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System Historic District

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Built
  
c. 1909 (1909)-1912

Area
  
7.62 km²

NRHP Reference #
  
10001099

Added to NRHP
  
28 December 2010

Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System Historic District

Location
  
Roughly including the following parks and adjacent rights-of-way: Franke, McCormick, McCulloch, McMillen, Memorial, Nuckols, Old Fort, Reservoir, Rockhill, Weisser, and Williams, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Architect
  
Robinson, Charles Mulford; Kessler, George; Shurcliff, Arthur; et al.

Architectural style
  
Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Bungalow / craftsman, Minimal Traditional, Ranch, et al.

MPS
  
Park and Boulevard System of Fort Wayne, Indiana MPS

Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System Historic District is a national historic district located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The district encompasses 34 contributing buildings, 61 contributing sites, 70 contributing structures, and 15 contributing objects in 11 public parks, four parkways, and ten boulevards associated with the parkway and boulevard system in Fort Wayne. The system was originally conceived in 1909 by Charles Mulford Robinson (1869–1917) and further developed and refined by noted landscape architect and planner George Kessler (1862-1923) in 1911-1912. The buildings reflect Classical Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Later additions and modifications include those by noted landscape architect Arthur Asahel Shurcliff.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

References

Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System Historic District Wikipedia


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