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Show LmERTYPARK HALS NO. UT-## PAGEl HISTORIC AMERICAN LANDSCAPES SURVEY LIBERTY PARK HALS NO. UT-## Location: Liberty Park is located in central Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah. The park is between the downtown area and the Liberty Wells neighborhood. The park is bounded by 500 East, 900 South, 700 East, and 1300 South. The park currently contains approximately 80 acres and includes a variety of activity areas, landscape features, and open space. Tracy Aviary is located in the park and provides an additional recreational and entertainment opportunity. Liberty Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979 (Haglund 1979). The northern entrance gate of the park is located at UTM 4511319 mN, 426224 mE,NAD83. Significance: Liberty Park serves as the central park for Salt Lake City and is used regularly by residents from across the city, not just those living in the immediately adjacent neighborhoods. Liberty Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979 (Haglund 1979). The NRHP nomination form for Liberty Park states that "Liberty Park is significant as one of the earliest and largest urban parks in Utah ... it documents the spirit of reform of the second half of the nineteenth century, when parks were seen as important factors in civilizing America's increasingly industrialized cities and improving the moral character of their inhabitants" (Haglund 1979). Description: The activities and use areas at Liberty Park are organized into several distinct areas. The northern portion of the park consists primarily of open space, as well as picnic pavilions and a playground. Programmed uses in the northern part of the park are limited to several volleyball courts. The central portion of the park contains more programmed spaces for active recreation. Facilities in this area include tennis courts, a swimming pool, basketball courts, bocce ball courts, horseshoe pits, the Youth City program building, and the Seven Canyons water feature. The Chase House and carnival rides are also located in this area. The far eastern side of the central area is less busy with activity areas. It contains picnic tables and grills as well as open space. The open space includes a low rise known as Mount Gust that overlooks the southern part of the park. The southern part of the park is mostly occupied by Tracy Aviary in the west and Liberty Park Pond in the east. A more detailed discussion of the features located .at the park during the historic and modem periods is provided below in the "History" section. Although the park has been significantly altered during the historic and modem |
