City Park
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Le Jardin Public

Belfast, Maine

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The Museum in the Streets

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Photographed by James True, May 29, 2012

1. City Park Marker

The Belfast Ladies Improvement Society lobbied the city council in April of 1904 to establish a seaside park for the benefit of the public. The purchase price of the 15 acre lot was $3,000 and, once secured, prominent Boston landscape architect E. L. Beard drew up the park plans. Through the next two years volunteers, using donated materials, planted trees and built the roads. In 1936, a WPA project added a sea wall and saltwater swimming pool (photo c. 1915).


 
Erected 2004 by The Museum in the Streets®. (Marker Number 8.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Landmarks. In addition, it is included in the The Museum in the Streets: Belfast, Maine, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1904.
 
Location. 44° 24.906′ N, 68° 59.782′ W. Marker is in Belfast, Maine, in Waldo County. It is on High Street just north of Wright Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Belfast ME 04915, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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marker is in Midcoast Maine and on Penobscot Bay. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The James P. White House / La maison de James P. White (approx. 0.4 miles away); Belfast Historian's Home / La Maison Williamson (approx. 0.6 miles away); Regal Passenger Steamer / Un paquebot à vapeur majestueux (approx. ¾ mile away); Civil War Hero / Héros de la guerre de sécession (approx. ¾ mile away); Education First and Foremost / L'éducation, d'abord et surtout (approx. 0.8 miles away); Five-Masted Beauty / Une beauté à cinq mâts (approx. 0.8 miles away); On this site (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Oldest Manufacturer / Le plus ancien fabricant (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belfast.
 
More about this marker. Marker #8 (of 30) in "The Museum in the Streets". The text on the Marker is in English, followed by a French translation.

 

Photographed by James True, May 29, 2012

2. City Park

 

 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2012, by James True of Newark, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 537 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 11, 2012, by James True of Newark, New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
 
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Transcription of the French text • Can you help?