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Forest Hill Park (other)
Forest Hill Park may refer to: * Forest Hill Park (Ohio) in East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, Ohio, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cuyahoga County, Ohio * Forest Hill Park (Richmond, Virginia) Forest Hill Park, known for its "Stone house" called Boscobel, is a historic urban park in Richmond, Virginia. Starting as a private property, the park has had several owners and uses before its present one, the City of Richmond. History The fir ..., listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia See also * Forest Hill (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Hill Park (Ohio)
Forest Hill Park is an historic urban park that was a portion of John D. Rockefeller's estate, located in East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Two-thirds of the park lie in East Cleveland, and the remaining third is in Cleveland Heights. The park has six baseball diamonds (four lit), six lit tennis courts and walking trails that have retained the natural green space as intended by John D. Rockefeller Jr., who deeded the park to the two cities in 1936. Albert Davis Taylor was the park's landscape architect. It is the largest single body of green space between two large metroparks on the far east and west sides of Cleveland. History The park was bought by Rockefeller in 1873 as a summer estate, which was used by Rockefeller's family until 1915. A fire destroyed the estate house in 1917. In 1939 Rockefeller transferred 1/3 (one-third) of the property to Cleveland Heights and 2/3 (two-thirds) to East Cleveland. On February 27, 1998, it was added to the National Register ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Hill Park (Richmond, Virginia)
Forest Hill Park, known for its "Stone house" called Boscobel, is a historic urban park in Richmond, Virginia. Starting as a private property, the park has had several owners and uses before its present one, the City of Richmond. History The first documented owner was William Byrd III (1728–1777), son of William Byrd II (1674–1744), founder of the city of Richmond. Like his father, the younger Byrd owned extensive properties in Richmond along the James (James River (Virginia)), and in 1768 he sought to repay his extensive gambling debts by auctioning off 100 of his lots in a public auction. As a result, some between Reedy Creek and Powhite Creek came to be owned by Bernard Markham. Rhodes family In 1820, Holden Rhodes (born Canada, 1798–99; died Richmond, Virginia, 1857) a graduate of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, went to Manchester, near Richmond, to tutor the sons of Judge Samuel Taylor. Rhodes eventually studied law and became a noted jurist in the Chesterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |