Davis Square (Chicago)

Davis Square is a public park located between 44th and 45th Streets and Marshfield and Hermitage Avenues in the New City community area of Chicago, Illinois. The park opened in 1905 as one of the initial parks in the South Park Commission's plan to build parks in the dense, poor neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side. It was named for Nathan Smith Davis, a Chicago physician and one of the founders of the American Medical Association. As they did for most of the South Park Commission's parks, the Olmsted Brothers designed Davis Square's landscape, while D. H. Burnham and Company designed its facilities. The park initially included a Beaux-Arts styled fieldhouse, a swimming pool and pool house, baseball fields, and walking paths.[2]

Davis Square
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Roughly bounded by W. 44th St., W. 45th St., S. Marshfield Ave. and S. Hermitage Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°48′47″N 87°40′03″W
Area	8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Architect	D. H. Burnham & Co.; Olmsted Brothers
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
MPS	Chicago Park District MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000787[1]
Added to NRHP	August 18, 2003

The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 2003.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Bachrach, Julia Sniderman (March 6, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Davis Square" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved October 13, 2019.