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AKA: City of Seattle, Parks and Recreation Department, Volunteer Park, Seattle, WA
Structure Type: landscapes - parks
Designers: Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects (firm); Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (landscape architect); John Charles Olmsted (landscape architect)
Dates: constructed 1903-1912
The park's original name was "Lakeview Park," but was rechristened "Volunteer Park" to honor volunteers to the Spanish-American War of 1898.
John C. Olmsted, of the Brookline, MA, landscape architecture firm, Olmsted Brothers, designed this 48-acre park located in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Seattle, WA.
National Register of Historic Places (May 3, 1976): 76001894 NRHP Images (pdf) NHRP Registration Form (pdf)
PCAD id: 9227
