Vander Veer Botanical Park

Vander Veer Botanical Park

The lagoon at Vander Veer Park
Type Public park
Location Davenport, Iowa
Area 33-acre (0.13 km2)
Created 1885
Operated by Davenport Parks and Recreation
Open All year

The Vander Veer Botanical Park is a 33-acre (130,000 m2) botanical garden in the Vander Veer Park Historic District of Davenport, Iowa. It is believed to be one of the first botanical parks west of the Mississippi River. The park was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties on August 4, 1993.[1]

Vander Veer Park was established in 1885. The city of Davenport purchased the land for $13,000 ($316719 in 2012 dollars).[2][3] The park was built on the old Scott County Fairgrounds land and modeled after New York City’s Central Park.[3] Vander Veer was originally named Central Park. In 1912 the park was renamed after the first secretary of the Davenport Park Board of Commissioners, A.W. Vander Veer.[3]A conservatory, music pavilion, and decorative fountains were added after World War I.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Historic Preservation Commission. "Davenport Register of Historic Properties". City of Davenport. http://www.cityofdavenportiowa.com/egov/docs/1157124087_589019.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-16. 
  2. ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d "Vander Veer Botanical Park". Quad City Memory. http://www.qcmemory.org/Default.aspx?PageId=253. Retrieved 2008-01-18.