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Scoville Park
Scoville Park is a public park in Oak Park, Illinois. Designed by Jens Jensen (landscape architect), Jens Jensen, the Danish-American landscape architect, the park is located at the corner of Lake Street (Chicago), Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue in the town's central Hemingway District, next to the Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, Illinois, Oak Park Public Library. The park is home to a war memorial for local veterans of World War I titled ''Peace Triumphant'', the replica Horse Show Fountain, a meadow that hosts summer concerts and other village events, and a playground and tennis courts. The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois, National Register of Historic Places in 2002. History Joseph Kettlestrings, the first white settler in the area that became Oak Park, acquired of land from the federal government in 1833, including the area that is now Scoville Park. A plaque marking the spot of his second home is located in Scov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oak Park Il Horse Show Fountain2
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''Lithocarpus'' (stone oaks), as well as in those of unrelated species such as ''Grevillea robusta'' (silky oaks) and the Casuarinaceae (she-oaks). The genus ''Quercus'' is native to the Northern Hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from temperateness, cool temperate to tropical latitudes in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and North Africa. North America has the largest number of oak species, with approximately 160 species in Mexico of which 109 are endemic and about 90 in the United States. The second greatest area of oak diversity is China, with approximately 100 species. Description Oaks have spirally arranged Leaf, leaves, with Dentate leaf, lobate margins in many species; some have serrated leaves or enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
