- Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
Buffalo Museum of Science, December 2009
Location: Roughly bounded by Northampton St., E. Parade Ave., Best St. and Kensington Expressway, Buffalo, New York Coordinates: 42°54′19″N 78°50′26″W / 42.90528°N 78.84056°WCoordinates: 42°54′19″N 78°50′26″W / 42.90528°N 78.84056°W Area: 56 acres (23 ha) Built: 1874 Architect: Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot; Olmsted,Frederick L. Governing body: Local MPS: Olmsted Parks and Parkways TR NRHP Reference#: 82005027[1] Added to NRHP: March 30, 1982 Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, originally "The Parade" and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. Located in east Buffalo and bisected by Fillmore Avenue, it is an individual park designed in 1874 by Frederick Law Olmsted and originally connected to Delaware Park via the Humboldt Parkway. That connection was lost in 1970-1971 with the construction of the Kensington Expressway. It is on a 56-acre (23 ha), slightly "L"-shaped site and originally conceived as a place for military displays and active children's sports. The park originally contained a large wooden refectory, designed by Calvert Vaux; it was destroyed by fire in 1877. The park contains four contributing structures: the brick Shelter House (1904); Buffalo Museum of Science building (1926); Greenhouse (1907); and Humboldt Park Casino (ca. 1926).[2] In July 2009, a neatly manicured, tree-and flower-filled pedestrian pathway was unveiled by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.[3]
The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Claire L. Ross (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Olmsted Parks and Parkways Thematic Resources". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100208. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Notifications". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100206. and "Meeting minutes". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100207.
- ^ "Manicured new pathway opens in Martin Luther King Jr. Park," By Ja’Nay Carswell, The Buffalo News, July 15, 2009
External links
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy - Buffalo, NY, Western New York, WNY, Olmsted, Frederick Law
- Buffalo as an Architectural Museum, Martin Luther King Jr. Park
- Buffalo as an Architectural Museum, "Municipal Parks and City Planning: Frederick Law Olmsted's Buffalo Park and Parkway System," by Francis R. Kowsky, Reprinted with permission from the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, March 1987.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Park - Buffalo, NY - Olmsted Designed Parks on Waymarking.com
Categories:- National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Buildings and structures completed in 1874
- Geography of Buffalo, New York
- Memorials to Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Parks in Erie County, New York
- Erie County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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