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Portland Parks & Recreation :: South Park Blocks Home Find A Park/Site Rentals/Permits/Fees Activities Nature Projects Partnerships Who We Are POL Government Bureaus Parks & Recreation Find A Park/Site Search for parks, facilities, and amenities South Park Blocks SW Park Ave from Salmon St to Jackson St General Info Acreage: 8.76 Acquired in 1869 Amenities Includes fountain, historical site, paths – paved, playground, statue or public art, and WiFi. Related Information South Park Blocks Tree Map.pdf (PDF Document, 378.5 Kb) Special Information Park hours: 5:00am-10:00pm Historical Information In 1852 Daniel H. Lownsdale designated eleven narrow blocks of his plat at the western edge of town for public park space. Between 1852-75 the park was an unimproved roadway on the outskirts of the city center;В the southern portion up to Jefferson was part of the Great Plank Road.В In 1877 the first landscaping of these blocks occurred when the city council authorized florist and landscape designer Louis G. Pfunder to plant 104 Lombardy poplars and elms between Salmon and Hall Streets. Over the years, much has been added to the park, but there seems to be a consensus that the blocks should remain "a cathedral of trees with a simple floor of grass."В The Ladd School opened on the present Portland Art Museum site in 1879. During the 1870s the area became a fashionable residential neighborhood with large Italianate mansions, schools, and churches.В In 1885 the City appointed the first park keeper and a more formal park began to develop. By the 1880s many lots were subdivided for smaller residences, and by the turn of the century apartment buildings were developed. Lincoln High School was located at Park and Market.В This later became the first Portland State University building.В The campus from Market to Jackson was established in the 1950s.В In 1973 the campus was redesigned and streets closed off. Today there are twelve South Park Blocks stretching through the heart of downtown Portland.В Each park block features artwork. On the block between Hall and Harrison is the most recent addition. Installed in 2004, the work in white Indiana limestone by Oregon sculptor Donald Wilson is entitled Holon. The word comes from the Greek holos which means whole, entire, complete in all its parts - something that has integrity and identity at the same time as it is a part of a larger system. A block north at Montgomery is the 1973 bronze statue and fountain Farewell to Orpheus by Frederic Littman (1907-79). In the center of the block between Market and Clay is a granite mosaic sculpture by Oregon artist Paul Sutinen. In the Shadow of the Elm, installed in 1984, depicts the shadow of a tree that may have once existed within the grid of trees in the block. In the center of the block between Columbia and Jefferson is a very different sculpture, also installed in 1984. In Peace Chant, comprised of three large granite pillars, Steve Gillman wished to express his own advocacy for peace as well as that of the nearby churches. In May 1985 the Portland City Council named this block Peace Plaza. Between Jefferson and Madison stands an 18-foot-tall bronze equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt by New York sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860-1950), who was known for his western art. Mounted on a 14-foot tall base of California granite, the statue entitled Theodore Roosevelt - Rough Rider portrays the colonel in the actual uniform and accoutrements he wore in his famous ascent of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. It was presented to the city by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe.В When Dr. Coe was just beginning his medical practice in 1884 in North Dakota, he met the young Roosevelt, who was there trying to regain his health.В Their friendship lasted until Roosevelt's death in 1919.В Aside from his personal friendship, Coe (who moved to Portland in 1891) admired Roosevelt's politics.В It was mostly for this reason that he decided to express his admiration in the form of a public statue.В Calvin Coolidge broke ground for the statue in August 1922 and it was unveiled on November 11 of that year. The block on which it stands was named Roosevelt Square. The block between Madison and Main was named Lincoln Square because of the 10-foot bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, standing with bowed head, on a granite base. Sculpted by George Fite Waters and donated by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, it was unveiled on October 5, 1928. Located between Main and Salmon is the Shemanski Fountain, given to the city by Joseph Shemanski in 1926 to "express in small measure gratitude for what the city has done for me." Shemanski (1869-1951) was a Polish immigrant who started out as a traveling clock salesman before he founded the Eastern Outfitting Co. and became an extremely successful businessman. Located between Salmon and Main, the triangular structure of cast Oregon sandstone was designed by Carl L. Linde, a local architect whose work included many fine homes, hotels, and apartments. An unusal aspect of the fountain are the three small lower drinking basins, placed there for dogs to quench their thirst. The original design included a large central planter, but after the fountain was erected, Shemanski felt that a sculpture would better complete the graceful cupola. He commissioned Oliver Laurence Barrett, an art professor at the University of Oregon, to create a bronze statue of Rebecca at the Well. It is not clear why Rebecca was chosen, but as the wife of Isaac in the Old Testament known for her hospitality to strangers and kindness to animals, she was a fitting choice. At the northern end of the block at Salmon sits the Simon Benson Memorial which was constructed in 1959. It was planned by architect Albert E. Doyle while designing the Benson Hotel. A round bronze plaque with a bas relief of Simon Benson, timber baron and philanthropist, is mounted on the curved brick wall with stone benches. He looks out at a drinking fountain which represents one of the twenty-four bowl fountains that Benson gave to the city in 1912. There is some variance in the stories about why Benson planted these fountains throughout the downtown area.В Some say that he thought he could decrease the amount of drunkenness among sailors and loggers by providing an easy, non-alcoholic way to quench their thirst. Others say that Benson watched a girl crying at a parade because she was thirsty and was so moved that he donated the fountains. In any event, another twenty fountains have been added to the collection over the years and they remain some of Portland's most unique features. 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