Washington Park (Chicago park)

	Washington Park
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Pond in Washington Park
Location	5531 S. King Dr.,; Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°47′45″N 87°36′40″W / 41.79583°N 87.61111°W
Area	380 acres (1.5 km2)
Built	1870
Architect	Olmsted, Frederick Law; Burnham, Daniel H.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts, Art Deco
MPS	Chicago Park District MPS
NRHP reference No.	04000871
Added to NRHP	August 20, 2004

Washington Park (formerly Western Division of South Park, also Park No. 21) is a 372-acre (1.5 km²)^[2] park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, (originally known as "Grand Boulevard") located at 5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr. in the Washington Park community area on the South Side of Chicago. It was named for President George Washington in 1880.^[3] Washington Park is the largest of four Chicago Park District parks named after persons surnamed Washington (the others are Dinah Washington Park, Harold Washington Park and Washington Square Park, Chicago). Located in the park is the DuSable Museum of African American History. This park was the proposed site of the Olympic Stadium and the Olympic swimming venue for Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Washington Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2004.

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Cite error: The named reference EOC859 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Graf, John, Chicago's Parks Arcadia Publishing, 2000, p. 84., ISBN 0-7385-0716-4.