| Hubbard Park | |
|---|---|
| Location | Shorewood, Wisconsin |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Created | 1922 |
| Operated by | Shorewood Department of Public Works Forestry & Parks Department |
| Website | link |
Hubbard Park is a Milwaukee County park in the village of Shorewood, Wisconsin that received landmark status in 2000.[1] It is located on a nearly five-acre, 1,400 feet long strip of land between the Milwaukee River and the former Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. It was named for William J. Hubbard, a former Village Board president.[2] Visitors access the park through a pedestrian tunnel running under the Oak Leaf Recreation Trail.
This riverside site has been home to a resort and a series of amusement parks. Prior to the park’s 1922 purchase by Shorewood’s Village President William J. Hubbard, this land had been eclectically used for Indian hunting grounds, a resort (Ludemnann’s-on-the-River), a mineral spring park, an amusement park, a terminal yard, cow barns, fishing shanties, and a distribution route for ice cut from the river. In 1936, the WPA-funded Community Lodge (now called the Shorewood River Club) was built to hold community events, a function it still performs today. North of this is Hubbard Park Lodge, originally the Scoutcraft Cabin, designed for use by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. These state-funded workers also graded and terraced the land, created pathways and a spring-fed pool and fountain. In 1962, the Shorewood Women’s club remodeled and updated the building.[1]