Cadwalader Park is a city park located in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The nearly 100 acres (0.40 km2) green space is Trenton's oldest park. It is named for Thomas Cadwalader, who lived for a while near Trenton where he became the chief burgess in 1746. Trenton's "central park" was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Work on the park was begun in 1887, following the purchase of Ellarslie Mansion from George Farlee. a committee of the Common Council for the city of Trenton sought a location for what would become the City Park, and contacted Olmsted. Though perhaps best known for his design of Central Park in New York, Olmsted applied the same approach in the design of Cadwalader Park.[1] The Mansion, which houses the Trenton City Museum, is at the center of the park.
The park has a deer paddock, a stream, a small lake and hundreds of trees, including some that are rare at this latitude. An arm of the Delaware & Raritan Canal flows through the park. Neighborhoods bordering the park include Cadwalader Heights, Hiltonia, Hillcrest and Parkside.
The park contains a memorial to the fallen of the Civil War and the column of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, erected in 1903.[2] At one time this included a number of artillery pieces, now reduced to the plinthed barrel of the 'Swamp Angel', an 8 inch breech-loading Parrott rifle used to bombard Charleston in 1863. The gun burst on the 36th shell to be fired, which can still be seen today.[3][4]
cadwalader, park, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Cadwalader Park news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Cadwalader Park is a city park located in Trenton Mercer County New Jersey United States The nearly 100 acres 0 40 km2 green space is Trenton s oldest park It is named for Thomas Cadwalader who lived for a while near Trenton where he became the chief burgess in 1746 Trenton s central park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted The main entrance to Cadwalader Park on Parkside AvenueWork on the park was begun in 1887 following the purchase of Ellarslie Mansion from George Farlee a committee of the Common Council for the city of Trenton sought a location for what would become the City Park and contacted Olmsted Though perhaps best known for his design of Central Park in New York Olmsted applied the same approach in the design of Cadwalader Park 1 The Mansion which houses the Trenton City Museum is at the center of the park At one time the park had a train stop along the long gone Belvidere Delaware Railroad Soldiers and Sailors MonumentThe park has a deer paddock a stream a small lake and hundreds of trees including some that are rare at this latitude An arm of the Delaware amp Raritan Canal flows through the park Neighborhoods bordering the park include Cadwalader Heights Hiltonia Hillcrest and Parkside Ellarslie Mansion home of the Trenton City MuseumThe park contains a memorial to the fallen of the Civil War and the column of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument erected in 1903 2 At one time this included a number of artillery pieces now reduced to the plinthed barrel of the Swamp Angel an 8 inch breech loading Parrott rifle used to bombard Charleston in 1863 The gun burst on the 36th shell to be fired which can still be seen today 3 4 References edit The Mansion and The Park Archived 2011 10 02 at the Wayback Machine full citation needed Trenton City Museum Mercer County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Historical Marker Database Retrieved 2017 03 22 The Swamp Angel The New York Times December 1 1876 Pictures of the Swamp Angel at Cadwalader Archived from the original on 2008 02 29 Retrieved 2017 03 22 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cadwalader Park Cadwalader Park Trenton City Parks40 14 13 N 74 47 24 W 40 237 N 74 79 W 40 237 74 79 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cadwalader Park amp oldid 1185407921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
