The St. Joseph Park and Parkway System is a national
historic district located at
St. Joseph, Missouri
St. Joseph is a city in and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri. Small parts of St. Joseph extend into Andrew County. Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includ ...
. It is St. Joseph, Missouri's hiking and biking Parkway ribbons through the city for 26 miles. Developed in 1918 by internationally known landscape architect
George Burnap, St. Joseph was one of the first cities in the United States to develop a comprehensive parkway plan. Popular for hiking and biking activities, the completed system connects principal parks and recreation facilities, providing a "
green belt
A green belt is a policy and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges, which ...
" throughout the city.
St. Joseph's Parkway system was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1994.
See also
*
Krug Park
References
External links
St. Joseph Parks, Recreation, and Civic Facilities
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
Renaissance Revival architecture in Missouri
Protected areas of Buchanan County, Missouri
Historic districts in St. Joseph, Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Buchanan County, Missouri
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