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Design and notable features of Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
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Frederick Douglass Memorial Park opened in 1935, incorporating modern engineering and landscape design features. It was designed to provide a park-like setting with a focus on tranquility.
- Designed by New Jersey Civil Engineer James Wallace Higgins
- Features extensive watering and drainage systems
- Most stone markers are laid flat to maintain the park-like atmosphere
- Includes a prominent eight-foot tall granite monument to Frederick Douglass near the entrance, unveiled in 1961
Timothy Frye
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Frederick Douglass Memorial Park opened with its first burials in on June 10th in 1935.
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It incorporated the latest engineering and landscape design features in a park like setting, designed with extensive watering and drainage systems.
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And as a convenience to the Harlem neighborhood, the administrative offices were located on the 125th Street.
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Frederick Douglas Memorial Park was designed by New Jersey Civil Engineer, James Wallace Higgins, with a focus on the beauty and tranquility of the open countryside.
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Most of the stone markers are laid flat on the ground to highlight this overall park like setting.
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From the time of its founding, the park reserved a prominent location for monument to Frederick Douglass near the entrance.
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Sculter, Ingeus McDougal, created an eight foot tall granite monument that was unveiled by Hortense Jones, president of the cemetery board, and Ruth Whaley, secretary of the city's board of estimate on May 28 1961.
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That can be seen here on the right hand of this slide.
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