Hermann Park

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A view of the reflecting pool and Sam Houston statue in Hermann Park.

The Pioneer Memorial obelisk stands at the end of the Reflecting Pool in Hermann Park. It was erected by the San Jacinto Centennial Association and dedicated on August 30, 1936.

Hermann Park is one of Houston's finest and most-visited public parks. Situated between Fannin Street and North Macgregor Way, it is within walking distance from the Texas Medical Center, Rice University, and the Museum District, and within a few miles of the Third Ward, the historic Astrodome and Reliant Stadium (home stadium for the Houston Texans). The land which it occupies was presented to the City of Houston by George Hermann in 1914. The park is located at 29.717°, -95.391°.

This historic 445-acre park space is home to numerous cultural institutions including the Houston Zoo, Houston Garden Center, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston Museum of Natural Science, and the Hermann Park Golf Course, which was the first desegregated public golf course in the United States.

After falling into a period of disrepair in the 1980s, a group of committed Houstonians formed the non-profit Friends of Hermann Park (FHP) "to encourage the development of more attractive, usable green space in Hermann Park and to promote the restoration of the Park to its originally intended standards of beauty."[1] In 2004, Friends of Hermann Park was renamed Hermann Park Conservancy (HPC).

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• Hermann Park Conservancy