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Photo, Print, Drawing DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

[ Drawings from Survey HALS CA-125  ]

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[ Data Pages from Survey HALS CA-125  ]

About this Item

Title

  • DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Names

  • Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
  • de Fremery, James, Jr
  • City of Oakland
  • Black Panther Party
  • Hutton, Bobby
  • de Fremery, James, Sr
  • Oakland Recreation Department
  • Oakland Recreational Leadership Project
  • Works Progress Administration
  • Stevens, Christopher M., transmitter
  • Yepez, Laura, historian
  • Ahmadi, Fananak, delineator
  • Ovalles, Natali, delineator
  • Hirsch, Justine, delineator
  • PGAdesign, delineator
  • McPartland, Mary, transmitter

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 2000

Headings

  • -  urban parks
  • -  neighborhood parks
  • -  estates
  • -  Works Progress Administration
  • -  municipal government
  • -  recreation
  • -  sports & recreation facilities
  • -  play (recreation)
  • -  mansions
  • -  swimming pools
  • -  athletic fields
  • -  basketball courts
  • -  oak trees
  • -  lawns
  • -  meadows
  • -  barbeque grills
  • -  tennis courts
  • -  playgrounds
  • -  California--Alameda County--Oakland

Latitude / Longitude

  • 37.811185,-122.285699

Notes

  • -  A 2016 HALS HEROES PROJECT. The Northern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) generously funds a program administered by the Northern California Chapter of the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) to promote the documentation of California's cultural landscapes. The program offers stipends of up to $1000 to qualified persons especially students and emerging professionals to prepare HALS documents.
  • -  Significance: The DeFremery estate was one of several wealthy family estates on the west side of Oakland. The Victorian mansion and grounds built for the family would later be converted into Oakland's first municipal playground in 1907 when the city bought it from James de Fremery, Jr.. DeFremery Park was the first playground park established during Oakland's Playground Movement. This park was also a vital location through hard times in American history, from the Progressive era providing refuge for children and elderly women to the Great Depression providing job training for unemployed men. It was also one of the first parks to have a swimming pool. DeFremery Park was also the meeting location for the Black Panther Party to administer social services and rallies for political training. After the death of Black Panther member, Bobby Hutton, DeFremery Park was unofficially renamed Lil' Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, and has hosted a celebration every year since 1998.
  • -  Survey number: HALS CA-125
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction

Medium

  • Measured Drawing(s): 1
  • Data Page(s): 4

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HALS CA-125

Source Collection

  • Historic American Landscapes Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • ca4238

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Chicago citation style:

Historic American Landscapes Survey, Creator, James De Fremery, City Of Oakland, Black Panther Party, Bobby Hutton, James De Fremery, Oakland Recreation Department, et al. DeFremery Park,Adeline Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA. Oakland California Alameda County, 2000. translateds by Stevens, Christopher M.Mitter, and Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca4238/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Landscapes Survey, C., De Fremery, J., City Of Oakland, Black Panther Party, Hutton, B., De Fremery, J. [...] Pgadesign, D. (2000) DeFremery Park,Adeline Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA. Oakland California Alameda County, 2000. Stevens, C. M. M. & McPartland, M., transs Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca4238/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Landscapes Survey, Creator, et al. DeFremery Park,Adeline Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA. trans by Stevens, Christopher M.Mitter, and Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca4238/>.