| Green Brook Park | |
| Nrhp Type: | HD |
| Nocat: | y |
| Coordinates: | 40.6083°N -74.4453°W |
| Architecture: | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, City Beautiful Movement |
| Added: | May 14, 2004 |
| Refnum: | 04000437 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | March 8, 2004 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 3551[1] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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Green Brook Park is a 100acres county park along the Green Brook, a tributary of the Raritan River, in the city of Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 2004, for its significance in landscape architecture. It extends into the borough of North Plainfield in Somerset County.[2]
The Union County Park Commission was established in 1921 and hired the Olmsted Brothers, formed by the sons of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, to design a county park system, including this one along the Green Brook. The initial park development from Clinton Avenue to West End Avenue started in 1922. Along Park Drive, the area is pastoral, with a forested area north of the Green Brook. The park was expanded east of West End Avenue during the 1930s.[2]