Cleveland Park

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Cleveland Park

Street Address:

Cleveland Park, Greenville, SC (Greenville County)

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Site Number:

S108042000002514

Site Number:

6271

Control Number:

U/45/6271

Tax Number:

0067020100100

Date Surveyed:

November 10 2017

Category:

Site

Construction Date:

1928

Historic Use:

Landscape

Current Use:

Government

National Register Determination:

eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

122-acre park includes tennis and volleyball courts, a softball field, playgrounds, a fitness trail, and both small-group and large-group picnic shelters. Site of the Rock Quarry Garden, Fernwood Nature Trail, and Vietnam Vet Memorial, and Greenville Zoo.

Historical Information:

In 1924, William Choice Cleveland gave Greenville the land for a park and playground.The park opened in 1928, and in 1930, the Greenville Garden Club "undertook the beautification of the old rock quarry on the edge of the new park."

Source of Historical Information:

Archie V. Huff, Greenvillle, 1995

Survey:

City of Greenville Historic Resources Survey - 2017

Quadrangle Name:

207

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