Property Record
2604 W ATKINSON AV
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Garden Homes Park |
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| Other Name: | Garden Homes Park |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 110900 |
| Location (Address): | 2604 W ATKINSON AV |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1921 |
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| Survey Date: | 1999 |
| Historic Use: | park |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Garden Homes Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/4/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/23/1990 |
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| Additional Information: | "Garden Homes Park, an original feature of the.. municipally-sponsored, community-owned housing.. project, is a level, boulevard-like, curvilinear greenspace of about two acres that occupies the space between the two lanes of North Twenty-sixth Street between West Port Sunlight Way and West Atkinson Avenue. It features an assortment of mature hardwood trees that were apparently planted as part of the original landscape design. A small children's playlot is located in the southeast corner of the park. In 1974, to commermorate construction of the Garden Homes project, a bronze plaque was attached to a large boulder in the extreme southwest corner of the park." (A). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. National Register Nomination form. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |