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Peninsula Park, Portland, OR

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Peninsula Park

A early 1900s neighborhood park in north Portland known for its historic rose garden, bandstand, and community center.

700 N Rosa Parks Way, Portland, OR 97217 · Portland, OR

About Peninsula Park

Peninsula Park is a formally designed neighborhood park in Portland's Piedmont area, laid out in the early 1900s. It holds the city's first public rose garden and first community center, a historically designated bandstand, and one of Portland's oldest playgrounds. The grounds include a splash pad, sports fields and courts, picnic areas, and a bronze sculpture installed in 1979. The city bought the land in 1909 after earlier use as a roadhouse and racetrack, and the park was completed in 1913 following plans by Oregon architects Ellis Lawrence and Ormond R. Bean.

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