Title: BERKELEY LAKE PARK

Location Current Site: Denver CO UNITED STATES

Creator Personal Name: DeBoer,Saco, Walker,John Brisbane

Creator Assoc Person Name: Shideler,Scott

Creator Assoc Person Role: Photographer

Date.Creation: ca. 1879-1974

Subject.Image Description: Sunrise View & Pier

Creator.Personal Name Label: DeBoer,Saco

Description.Image Comments: Park acquired in 1906 when Berkeley was annexed. Lake surface 33 acres. William H. Smiley library in SE corner. Irvin J. McCrary did landscape in 1920's. First public golf course in 1910. Park Recreation Center built in 1974.

Source.Acquisition Date: 2001-07-27 00:00:00

Subject Image View Type: Exterior, general view

ID Number.Former Image Accession VISC: 93050

Date.Image: 2001

Rights Description: Copyright owned by The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, and the photographer. All rights reserved.

Date.Restoration Circa: ca.

Creator.Comments: Landscape architect who practiced in Denver in the early to mid 1900's.

Creator.Comments: Originally purchased Berkely Lake Park in 1879. Turned lake into a reservoir. By 1885 had a race track circling it.

Source.Requestor Full Name: Lickteig, Lynn

ID Number.Former Digital Accession VISC: 16256

Collection Name: Architecture and Planning Collection

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