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Branch Brook Park

  • Also Known As: See Also:Sydenham House also Cathedral of the Sacred Heart also Essex
  • Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Belleville Park, Washington and Clifton Aves, 6th and Orange Sts
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Bogart and Barrett Architect
Olmsted Brothers Partners and Associates: 1898-1961 Architect
1895/00/00

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Particulars for Branch Brook Park:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Conservation
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style French Renaissance Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Architectural Style Late Victorian
Historic Use Outdoor recreation
Historic Use Park
Historic Use Sport Facility



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 12th January 1981

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Branch Brook Park
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by Belleville Park, Washington and Clifton Aves., 6th and Orange Sts.
Registry Number: 81000392
Resource Type: District
Owner: Local
Architect: Bogart and Barrett; Olmsted Bros
Architectural Style: Late victorian, Other
Attribute: French Renaissance
Area in Acres: 359
Contributing Buildings: 10
Non-Contributing Buildings: 7
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 11
Contributing Objects: 3
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Conservation, Entertainment-recreation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1895
Historic Function: Landscape, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Outdoor recreation, Sport facility, Park
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park Sport facility Outdoor recreation

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