Forest Hill Park (Ohio)
United States historic place
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Forest Hill Park is an historic urban park that was a portion of John D. Rockefeller's estate, located in East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Two-thirds of the park lie in East Cleveland, and the remaining third is in Cleveland Heights.[2] The 248-acre (1.00 km2) park has six baseball diamonds (four lit), six lit tennis courts and walking trails[3] that have retained the natural green space as intended by John D. Rockefeller Jr., who deeded the park to the two cities in 1936.[4] Albert Davis Taylor was the park's landscape architect. It is the largest single body of green space between two large metroparks on the far east and west sides of Cleveland.[5]
Forest Hill Park | |
Looking west from the site of the Rockefeller home down Toboggan Hill | |
  Location within Ohio  Location within the United States | |
| Location | East Cleveland, Ohio & Cleveland Heights, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°31′20″N 81°34′37″W |
| Built | 1938 |
| Architect | Albert Davis Taylor |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000072[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1998 |
History
The park was bought by Rockefeller in 1873 as a summer estate, which was used by Rockefeller's family until 1915.[6] A fire destroyed the estate house in 1917.[5] In 1939 Rockefeller transferred 1/3 (one-third) of the property to Cleveland Heights and 2/3 (two-thirds) to East Cleveland.[6]
On February 27, 1998, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
