Columbia Park (Portland, Oregon)

Columbia Park
The playground at the park, 2012
Location	North Lombard Street and Woolsey Avenue
Nearest city	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates	45.5795°N 122.7117°W / 45.5795; -122.7117
Area	35.37 acres
Created	1891
Operated by	Portland Parks & Recreation

Columbia Park is a park located in north Portland, Oregon, United States.

History

The city of Albina purchased the land in 1891, prior to its annexation by the city of Portland. In 1909 G.H. Hoch, head gardener for Washington Park, oversaw the design, which he "patterned ... after a famous park in Berlin."

A 1902 site plan, on land that later became the University Park neighborhood, for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. Columbia Park is at lower right.

See also

• List of parks in Portland, Oregon

External links

• Media related to Columbia Park (Portland, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons