Park Department 
53 
CINCINNATI PARKS 
As Compared with those of other Leading Cities 
CITY 
Population 
1900 
New York City 
Boston, Mass 
PLilartelphia. Pa 
Buffalo. N. Y 
Cleveland. Ohio 
Indianapolis, Ind 
Louisville, Ky 
SI". Louis, Mo 
Baltimore, Md 
Hartford, Conn 
New Bedford, Mass 
Detroit, Micli 
Albany, N. Y 
Rochester, N. Y" 
INIilwaukee. Wis 
Minneapolis, Minn 
Chicago, 111 
Kansas City, Mo 
Toledo, Ohio 
Cincinnati, Ohio (1907). 
,437, 
560, 
,293, 
352, 
381, 
169, 
204, 
575, 
508', 
79, 
62, 
285, 
94, 
162. 
285, 
202, 
'l63! 
131, 
40O 
202 
697 
387 
768 
164 
731 
238 
957 
,850 
,442 
,704 
,151 
,608 
,315 
,718 
,575 
,752 
,822 
,000 
Area in 
Acres— 1903 
6,863.2 
2,912.0 
4,137.3 
1,049.0 
1,523.3 
1,317.0 
1,350.0 
2,198.4 
3,433.9 
1,135.3 
192.0 
1,253.7 
a34.4 
727.8 
533.8 
1,813.2 
2,463.0 
2,050.0 
987.0 
474.347 
Value of 
Property— 1903 
$285,141, 
50,017, 
30,868, 
6,289, 
19,622, 
830, 
1,250, 
10,729, 
2,578, 
504, 
200, 
8,894, 
1,270, 
1,710, 
2,977, 
4,676, 
32,868, 
4,010, 
1,162, 
7,000, 
700 OO 
975 00 
000 00 
730 00 
479 00 
600 00 
000 00 
850 00 
527 00 
969 00 
541 01) 
894 00 
446 OO 
637 00 
000 00 
357 00 
,784 00 
000 00 
,250 00 
,000 00 
AREA, DATE OF ACQUISITION, AND COST 
Of Property comprising- 
Parks 
of 
Cincinnati on December 
31, 1907 
Cost 
of Land 
Acreage 
214.25 
Land leased from Dec. 1, 1865 to Jan. 1, 1869. . . . 
Land leased from Jan. 1, 1869 to Dec. 31, 1906.... 
. 633,514 81 
. 209,000 00 
Land for Eden Park was purchased in 1859, 
1866, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871. 1872, 1880, 1881 and 
842,514 81 
j 851,913 00 
1,694,427 81 
piTTTfivTH'^r wnons 
163.50 
Land leased from Oct. 18, 1873 to July 1, 1881... 
Land for Burnet Woods was purchased in 1881 
256,355 68 
j 490,500' 00 
746,855 68 
1.00 
Given to the city for park purposes on Jan. 
Mr. Lewis C. Hopkins, in whose honor tlie 
named. 
18. 1866. b; 
park was 
10.00 
Acquired through exchanges of land. By first exchangi^ 
on Mch. 1, 1834, six acres were acquired; four acres were 
acquired bv the second exchange on Aug. 14. 1837. The 
land acquired thus was used as a Potter's Field, the 
$2,441,283 49 
388.75 
