Cleveland Cultural Gardens
The Cleveland Cultural Gardens are a collection of public gardens located in Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1896, John D. Rockefeller donated the land the Cleveland Cultural Gardens occupies today. The gardens are situated along East Boulevard & Martin Luther King Jr. Drive within the 276 acre of wooded parkland on the city's East Side. In total, there are 35 distinct gardens, each commemorating a different ethnic group whose immigrants have contributed to the heritage of the United States over the centuries, as well as Cleveland.
Cleveland Cultural Gardens | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
The Hungarian Cultural Garden (1938) is one of 33 nationality gardens in Rockefeller Park National Historic District. | |
| Location | along both sides of Doan Brook and on both East Blvd and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Mainly between Lake Erie and Wade Park Avenue. All but one within Rockefeller Park. |
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| Coordinates | 41°31′30″N 81°37′22″W |
| Built | 1916 through 2019 and still building |
| Architect | Ernest J. Bowditch, et al. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Art Deco, Landscape Architecture |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000382 |
| Added to NRHP | 2005 |
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