- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Grant Park
- Creator:
- Galloway, Tammy
- Date of Original:
- 2004-05-25
- Subject:
- Parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Park facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Zoo Atlanta
Zoos--Georgia--Atlanta
Cycloramas--Georgia--Atlanta
Outdoor recreation--Georgia--Atlanta
Urban parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.)
Grant, Lemuel Pratt, 1817-1893
Root, Sidney, 1824-1897
Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia. In the spring of 1882 Lemuel P. Grant proposed to donate to Atlanta, for park purposes, approximately 100 acres of land in Land Lot 43 of the Fourteenth District, which was southeast of his home. This was to become Atlanta's first city-owned public park. The deed was executed to the city on May 17, 1883. Today's boundaries are Atlanta Avenue, Sidney Street, Cherokee Avenue, and Boulevard.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/grant-park/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Grant Park," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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