Humboldt Park (Chicago park)

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caption = Humboldt Park pavilion, 1908
location = Chicago, Illinois
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built = 1870s-1920s
added = 1992
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governing_body = Chicago Park District

Humboldt Park is a 207 acre park located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. It is a prominent part of the Humboldt Park community area.

The park was named for Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist. William Le Baron Jenney began developing the park in the 1870s, molding a flat prairie landscape into a "pleasure ground" with horse trails and a pair of lagoons. The park opened to the public in 1877, but landscape architects such as Jens Jensen made significant additions to the park over the next few decades. Between 1905 and 1920, Jensen connected the two lagoons with a river, planted a rose garden, and built a fieldhouse, boathouse, and music pavilion. [Scott Jacobs. " [http://www.theweekbehind.com/articles/humboldt.html Humboldt Park] ". "The Week Behind". June 4,2004. Retrieved on June 8, 2008.]

The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Cook/state5.html National Register of Historical Places in Cook County, IL] . Retrieved on June 8, 2008.] The boathouse pavilion was named a Chicago Landmark in 1996. [ [http://www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/H/HumboldtParkBoathouse.html Humboldt Park Boathouse Pavilion] . City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division (2003). Retrieved on June 8, 2008.]

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* [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/616.html Humboldt Park entry] from the "Encyclopedia of Chicago"
* [http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/3A5DC0F3-2FEF-44E8-B99B-1487EAC9D1D2.cfm Description of Humboldt Park] at the Chicago Park District website