Timeline
Photo courtesy of Jacksonville Historic Society
Historic information has been obtained from the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; the Olmsted Historic Site, Brookline, Massachusetts; the Memorial Park Association archives held at the Jacksonville Historic Society, and the Jacksonville Public Library, and other sources around the country.
Park Timeline
June 1919
City of Jacksonville purchases a 6.5-acre tract on Riverside Avenue for $125,000 for a waterfront memorial park. The land had already been bulkheaded along the waterfront and filled by private parties by pumping in sand from the river.