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It was incorporated as a city in the area of Brown's Park in 1881, and in 1890 it was annexed into the city of Des Moines. The Greenwood Park Association bought Brown's Park 1892. While it was platted for residential development, housing was not built here until 1910 and into the 1920s. For the most part, it continued to be used as a park until ...
Owl's Head was platted in 1888 when the area was part of the town of Greenwood Park. [2] It was annexed by the city of Des Moines in 1890. At the time the subdivision was being developed the city's railways system was being consolidated, expanded, and electrified. One line ran a block north of Owl's Head on Ingersoll Avenue.
They created a comprehensive plan for the city's park system in 1927. [2] The Des Moines Garden Club had C.A Baughman from the same firm draw up detailed plans for Greenwood Park. Included in the new land uses for the park were the plans for a sylvan theater on the eastern edge of the park. It was modeled after the theater in Forest Park.
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The art installation "Greenwood Pond: Double Site" at Greenwood Park in Des Moines is shown on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. It's slated to be removed later this year due to safety concerns and a high ...
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In Greenwood Park on the western side of 45th St., 1 block south of its junction with Grand Ave. 41°34′50″N 93°40′48″W / 41.580556°N 93.68°W / 41.580556; -93.68 ( Sylvan Theater Historic
At the time the Greenwood Park Plats Historic District was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 it was considered a non-contributing property in the district, but it was considered significant on its own. [4] The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]