List of Olmsted parks in Seattle explained

In 1903, commissioned by the city of Seattle, Washington, the Olmsted Brothers landscape architects planned many of the parks in the City of Seattle as part of a comprehensive plan to create a greenbelt throughout the city. The planning continued in several phases, culminating in the final Olmsted-planned park, Washington Park Arboretum in 1936.

The existing Seattle Parks and Recreation system has been described as "one of the best-preserved Olmsted park systems in the country". In 2016, the Olmsted parks system was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a multiple property submission.^[1]

1903 plan

• Sunset Hill Park
• Green Lake Park
• Ravenna & Cowen Park
• Woodland Park
• Magnolia Bluff
• Interlaken Park
• Volunteer Park
• Cal Anderson Park
• Madrona Park
• Frink Park
• Colman Park
• Mount Baker Park
• Jefferson Park
• Seward Park

1908 plan

• • Hiawatha Playfield Schmitz Park
• Lincoln Park

Other

• Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (current University of Washington main campus)
• Denny-Blaine Park (One of the "improved parks" mentioned in the Seattle Park Board's annual report for 1909)

The City of Seattle Parks and Recreation department lists a number of other parks, playgrounds, and playfields "influenced or recommended" by the Olmsteds, including the city's largest park: 534abbr=onNaNabbr=on Discovery Park.

Notes and References

1. Web site: December 15, 2016 . National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Seattle's Olmsted Parks and Boulevards (1903–68) . National Park Service . . August 7, 2020.