Bronx Park. 



Area. — Bronx Park has an area of 719.12 acres, of which 261 acres 

 are occupied by the New York Zoological Park (popularly known as 

 "The Bronx Zoo"), 250 acres by the New York Botanical Garden, and 

 the balance of 208 acres are devoted to the usual public park purposes. 



Means of Access. — The means of access are given in the two suc- 

 ceeding sections devoted respectively to the Zoological Park and the 

 Botanical Garden. 



Special Features. — The dominating features are the Zoological 

 Park and the Botanical Garden, (described in succeeding sections). 

 Exclusive of these two features, the balance of the Park is well worth 

 a visit, for here is found a beautiful blending of wild forest land, culti- 

 vated lawns and variegated flower beds. The celebrated "Hemlock 

 Grove" is partially within this territory, and the picturesque "Gorge of 

 the Bronx River" forms its western boundary. 



Other Features are : — Lorillard Mansion Museum : Open 11a. m. 

 —3 p. m. (free), under the auspices of the Bronx Society of Arts and 

 Sciences — containing historical relics, photographs and objects of natural 

 history. 



Lorillard Falls. 



Lorillard Snuff Mill : now used as Park Department Work Shop. 



Old Fashioned Flower Garden: (it used to be said that Pierre 

 Lorillard's "Acre of Roses" imparted aroma to his snuff). 



Two Baseball Diamonds. 



Four Tennis Courts. 



Restaurants : The Rocking Stone Restaurant, located in the 

 Zoological section, and Boat House Restaurant, situated at the Subway 

 entrance. 



Historical Associations. — The old Boston Post Road crossed the 

 Bronx River at the point where the stream narrows between the two 

 lakes in the Zoological portion of the Park. 



The portion of the Park north of this road formerly belonged to 

 Pierre Lorillard, who was of French extraction, and who obtained pos- 

 session of the property in the early part of the Nineteenth century. A 

 dam was built in the gorge of the river and the snuff mill erected about 

 1840. Tradition says the mill is haunted. On the high hill overlooking 

 the dam, Mr. Lorillard built his great stone mansion. It is an excellent 

 example of the fashionable architecture of the period. The old patent 

 and manor lines of Fordham, West Farms and Westchester formed a 

 corner at a point about the middle of the lower lake. 



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