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Ken-Well Park

TYPE + SIZE

2 acres: Baseball + softball fields, playground with a sandbox and spray area as well as a garden.

 

LOCATION

Community: Hermosa

Ward: 31st

North of Diversey, east of Kostner Ave
2945 N. Kenosha Ave.  Chicago, IL 60641

Call: 773-685-3348

Park Advisory Council?: Yes

 

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HISTORY FROM THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT

Beginning in 1940s, the City Council identified property in the Hermosa neighborhood for park development. It was expanded in the 1950s with playground equipment, a shelter house, a sandbox, and a playfield that could be flooded for ice skating in winter.

The park's name combines those of the two adjacent streets, Kenosha Avenue and Wellington Street. Kenosha Avenue bears the name of the southeastern Wisconsin port town. Wellington Street honors Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), who defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo. He was also prime minister of Great Britain from 1828 to 1830. 
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