Frink Park is a 17.2 acre (70,000 m²) park in the
Leschi neighborhood of
Seattle, Washington. It is a heavily wooded hillside and ravine through which flows
Frink Creek Frink or frinks may refer to:
Places
* Frink, Florida, an unincorporated community
* Frink Park, a park in Seattle, Washington
* Mount Frink, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
People
* Frink (surname)
* Golden Frinks (1920–2004), Afr ...
. Most of the park is bounded by 31st Avenue S. in the west, 34th Avenue S. in the east, and the rights-of-way of S. Main Street in the north and S. King Street in the south.
Lake Washington Boulevard S. and S. Frink Place are recreational drives within the park.
Frink Park borders
Leschi Park in its northwest corner.
The land for the park was donated to the city in 1906 by parks commissioner
John M. Frink
John Melancthon Frink (January 21, 1855 – August 31, 1914) was an early Washington state politician and businessperson.
Born in Pennsylvania in 1855, Frink attended Washington College in Topeka, and began a teaching career in Kansas. Ar ...
. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
External links
Parks Department page on Frink ParkFriends of Frink
Parks in Seattle
National Register of Historic Places in Seattle
Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
1906 establishments in Washington (state)
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