Lummus Park, Miami

Lummus Park
Lummus Park
	Lummus Park central area
Type	Municipal
Location	Miami, Florida, United States
Coordinates	25°46′37″N 80°12′05″W / 25.776944°N 80.201389°W
Area	5.9 acres (2.4 ha)
Created	1909
Operated by	City of Miami

Lummus Park is a 5.9-acre (2.4 ha) urban park in the Lummus Park Historic District of Miami, Florida, just west of Downtown.^[1]

Geography

Lummus park is on the eastern side of Miami River and it is roughly bounded by NW 3rd Street to the north, where the park has one of its entrance, and by NW 2nd Street to the south, where there is a second entrance; NW 3rd Court to the east separates the park and Interstate 95.

In addition to a large grassy area, in the central zone of the park there are basketball and volleyball courts, playgrounds and garden seats. Between Lummus park and NW 3rd Avenue there are the horses of the City of Miami police mounted patrol.

History

Lummus Park was created in 1909 as one of Miami's first open, green spaces. It was first named City Park and later named after the notable Miami pioneers, the Lummus brothers ( J.E. Lummus and J.N. Lummus). The opening of the park in 1909, spurred development in the area, and today, most of the building around the park were built before 1926. On October 25, 2006, the park and the buildings on its northern boundary were added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Lummus Park Historic District.

In addition to the buildings of the historic district, in the western part of the park have been moved two buildings of Miami's pioneer history: William Wagner House, example of braced frame construction dated back to 1857, and the only remaining limestone structure of Fort Dallas, dating back to 1836.