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Show 7. Description Condition X excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one unaltered x altered Check one x original site moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Liberty Park is one of the largest urban parks in Utah. It includes an area of 110 acres, from Ninth South to Thirteenth South and from Fifth East to Seventh East streets. The original vehicular circulation is basically intact, including a large oval loop road and a central axis road running from north to south on the line of Sixth East Street. The park includes the building and grounds of the Isaac Chase Mill, built in 1852 (National Register). Originally the park included several pavillions, a bandstand, a small lake and several informally landscaped walkways. With the large oval road and central axis road and these informal planted areas, the park combined a formal plan with the then popular style of picturesque Victorian garden design. The park has experienced the problems of many large urban parks, especially the addition of uses not compatible with the original passive recreation of the park. These include an aviary, a small zoo, tennis courts, a small building which serves as a police radio transmission station and a carnival. The large size of the park minimizes the impact of most of these uses. Beginning in the 1970's, working on a master plan elements of the original removal of the carnival, its concrete edging, the additional landscaping. the city and the neighborhood association have been to remove the most incompatible uses and restore some park design. These are expected to include the the regrading of the lake and the removal of most of renovation or reconstruction of a bandstand, and |
