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Annual Report 
AREA, DATE OF ACQUISITION, AND COST 
Of Property Comprising Parks of 
Cincinnati on December 31, 1910 
OLD PARKS 
EDEN I'ARK. 
Land leased from Dec. 1, 1865, to Jan. 1, 1869.. 
Land leased from Jan. 1. 1869, to Dec. 31, 1908. 
Total payments on leaseholds 
033,514 81 
214, .500 00 
848,014 81 
Land for Eden Park was purchased in 1859, ) 
1866, 1868. 1869, 1870, 1871. 1872, 1880. 1881 and - 851,913 00 
1893 at a cost of ) 
Total cost of Eden I*ark property 
BURNET WOODS 
Land leased from Oct. 18, 1872, to July ]. 1881 2.30,355 68 
Land for Burnet Woods was purchased in 1881 i 
at a cost of ( ^^^'^00 00 
Total cost of Burnet Woods property 
Cost of 
Land 
Acreage 
HOPKINS PARK 
GiA-en to the city for park purposes on Jan. 18. 1866. by Mr 
Lewis C. Hopkins, in whose honor tlic park v/as named. 
LINCOLN PARK 
Acquired through exchanges of land. Six aci-cs were ac 
quired by first exchange on Mar. 1, 1834, and four acres ac 
quired by second exchange on Aug. 14. 1837. The land ac- 
quired thus was used as a I'otter's Field (the pest-house 
being located thereon, also) for about twenty years. Steps 
were first taken to convert it into a park in June, 1858. 
WASHINGTON PARK 
Land purchased in 1858 and 1863 
GARFIELD PARK 
This land was given to the city on Apr. 9, 1817, by John H. 
I'iatt and Benjamin I'iatt, to be used as a market space. 
It was protected by an ordinance passed by Council, and 
used as a park as early as Apr. 6, 1843, and on June 19. 
1868, it was dedicated formally to park use. 
Total cost and acreage of old park property, 
PROPERTY ACQUIRED FROM 1904 TO 1908, INCLUSIVE 
BURNET AVENUE AND READING ROAD PARK 
Land purchased in 1904 and 1905 
VINE AND HOLLISTER PARK 
Land purchased in 1904 and 1905 
Carried forward 
),927 81 
(46,855 68 
138,050 00 
214.25 
163.50 
1.00 
10.00 
5.60 
,584,833 49 395.35 
1,880 27 
14,429 82 
2.50 
$16,310 09 
