Leeper Park

Leeper Park

Sunken rose garden in Leeper Park, July 2012
Location Roughly bounded by St. Joseph R, Park Ln., and Bartlett St., South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates 41°41′11″N 86°15′07″W / 41.68639°N 86.25194°W / 41.68639; -86.25194Coordinates: 41°41′11″N 86°15′07″W / 41.68639°N 86.25194°W / 41.68639; -86.25194
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built 1895 (1895), 1905, 1912
Architect Kessler, George Edward
Architectural style Victorian landscape
NRHP Reference # 00000679[1]
Added to NRHP June 15, 2000

Leeper Park is a historic public park and national historic district located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The district encompasses four contributing buildings, nine contributing structures, and one contributing object in a public park. It was designed by noted landscape architect George Kessler, who issued the master plan for the park in 1915. Later improvements to the park were made by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Malcolm Cairns (January 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Leeper Park" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs


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