Fitness Center
Fitness Center
Fernwood Park Outdoor Basketball Court
Fernwood Park Outdoor Basketball Court
Fernwood Park Gym
Fernwood Park Gym
Fernwood Park Playground
Fernwood Park Playground
Fernwood Park Bitty Basketball
Fernwood Park Bitty Basketball
Location:

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628

Supervisor: Heather Smith
Phone Numbers: Main (312) 747-6132

 

Hours

Park Hours
Day Time slot Comment
Sunday: 7:00 am-11:00 pm
Monday: 7:00 am-11:00 pm
Tuesday: 7:00 am-11:00 pm
Wednesday: 7:00 am-11:00 pm
Thursday: 7:00 am-11:00 pm
Friday: 7:00 am-11:00 pm
Saturday: 7:00 am-11:00 pm
Fieldhouse Hours
Day Time slot Comment
Sunday Closed
Monday 8:00 am-6:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am-8:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am-8:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am-8:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am-8:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Description

Located in the Washington Heights community, Fernwood Park totals 12.20 acres and features a gymnasium, indoor pool, fitness center, and multi-purpose rooms. Outside, the park offers baseball and soccer fields, basketball and tennis courts, a spray pool and playground. Many of these spaces are available for rental including our gymnasium, multi-purpose rooms and fields.

Park-goers can participate in the Park Kids after school program, seasonal sports, aquatics, senior club, quilting, Jazzercise, and youth and teens’ swim teams. On the cultural side, Fernwood Park offers tiny tot & youth ballet and tap dance. During the summer, youth attend the Chicago Park District’s popular six-week day camp.

In addition to programs, Fernwood Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the entire family.

History

Fernwood Park takes its name from the surrounding area settled by Dutch farmers in the late 19th century. Prior to its annexation to Chicago in 1891, the Village of Fernwood created a pleasure drive between South 95th and 103rd Streets at South Eggleston Avenue. Known as Fernwood Parkway, for years this narrow strip was the neighborhood's only parkland. In the early 1900s, residents were impressed with the superb nearby parks created by the South Park Commission. Fernwood residents lobbied the commission to extend its boundaries into their neighborhood, but their effort failed. Finally, in 1908, the Fernwood and Washington Heights Improvement Association successfully petitioned the county to form the Fernwood Park District. The new park district acquired a 12-acre farm with orchards, barns, and outbuildings in 1908. John Algots, the City of Chicago's Superintendent of Parks, created a park plan, transforming the property into a landscape of lawn, trees, shrubs, and a wading pool. A house on the site was remodeled as a fieldhouse, and in 1912, a branch of the Chicago Public Library opened in one of its rooms. In 1919, the citizens of Fernwood donated a World War I veterans' monument. In 1926, the remaining park acreage was acquired and additional landscape improvements were made. In 1934, Fernwood Park became part of the Chicago Park District’s portfolio when the city's 22 independent park commissions were consolidated into the Chicago Park District. A few years later, the newly-formed park district remodeled Fernwood Park's fieldhouse. Despite this, demands for additional interior space continued. In the mid-1980s, the original building was replaced with a modern fieldhouse, which received a natatorium and swimming pool addition in 1996.

Advisory Council

Contact: Randel Smith,   Vice President
Meeting Details:

1st Wednesday of the month at 6:00p.m.

Parking/Directions

For directions using public transportation visit www.transitchicago.com.

Map & Facilities

Fernwood Clubrooms

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Baseball Field

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Fieldhouse

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Fitness Center

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Gymnasium

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Pool

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

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(312)747-6164

Fernwood Playground

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Spray Pool

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Tennis Courts

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Water Play Area Indoors

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

McGlother “Mac” Irvin Basketball Courts

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

Fernwood Park Community Garden

10436 S Wallace St
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Pickleball Court

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago , IL 60628
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McGlother “Mac” Irvin Basketball Courts

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Clubrooms

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Park Community Garden

10436 S Wallace St
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Baseball Field

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Pickleball Court

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago , IL 60628
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Fernwood Fieldhouse

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Fitness Center
Fernwood Fitness Center

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Gymnasium

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Park Pool
Fernwood Pool

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

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(312)747-6164
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Fernwood Playground
Fernwood Playground

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Spray Pool

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Tennis Courts

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
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Fernwood Water Play Area Indoors

10436 S. Wallace St.
Chicago, IL 60628
United States

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