Welcome to Fuller Park!
Welcome to Fuller Park!
The auditorium at Fuller
The auditorium at Fuller
Fuller Park fountain
Fuller Park fountain
Soul Yoga Fest at Fuller
Soul Yoga Fest at Fuller
Gardens at Fuller Park
Gardens at Fuller Park
Fuller Park Boxing Ring
Fuller Park Boxing Ring
Location:

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609

Supervisor: Elaine Spencer
Phone Numbers: Main (312) 747-6144

 

Hours

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

Description

Fuller Park is located in Fuller Park community. The park totals 11.41 acres and features a fieldhouse with a kitchen, a fitness center, two gymnasiums, an auditorium and meeting rooms.

Outside, the park features a swimming pool, a refurbished patio and fountain area, basketball courts, an athletic field for soccer and football, a baseball field, tennis courts, a playground and an interactive water spray feature.

Many of these spaces are available for rental, including the fountain area, which is popular for weddings.

Park-goers come to Fuller Park to enjoy basketball, baseball and swimming. After school programs are offered throughout the school year, and in the summer youth attend the Park District’s popular six-week day camp.

In addition to programs, Fuller Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the whole family, including Black History Month celebrations, gym showcases and holiday events. 

History

Planned in 1903 as part of the South Park Commission's revolutionary neighborhood park system, Fuller Park did not open to the public until 1911. The first ten south side neighborhood parks: Armour, Cornell, Davis, Russell, and Mark White Squares, and Bessemer, Ogden, Sherman, Hamilton, and Palmer Parks, were completed in 1905. Nationally influential, they provided "breathing spaces" as well as social and recreational services to their congested neighborhoods.

The South Park Commissioners acquired property for the park from 1905-1908.  The new site had some difficult conditions; however, landscape architects the Olmsted Brothers were able to make these problems into assets. For instance, unsightly raised train tracks were hidden by an attractive grandstand.  The South Park Commissioners had alleys and streets vacated in 1910 to expand the park.  The park became part of the Chicago Park District’s portfolio when the 22 park districts were consolidated in 1934.

Fuller Park's delay gave architect Edward H. Bennett of D. H. Burnham and Co. an opportunity to refine design concepts. Unlike Bennett's earlier fieldhouses, the first of the building-type nationally, Fuller Park's facility consisted of a symmetrical complex of buildings flanking a central outdoor children's courtyard. Commissioner Judge John Barton Payne donated funds for murals in the fieldhouse assembly hall. Painted by renowned muralist John Warner Norton, the artworks feature scenes of Spanish and French Explorers. 

Fuller Park honors Melville W. Fuller (1833-1910), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1888 until 1910. A leader of the Chicago Bar, Fuller served as counsel for the City of Chicago in riparian rights disputes related to the development of parkland on the lakefront. Fuller served as a South Park Commissioner from 1882 until 1887.

Advisory Council

Parking/Directions

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

Map & Facilities

Fuller Tennis Court

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Melville W. Fuller Bust

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Untitled Mosaics | Artwork

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Basketball Court - Outdoor

331 W. 45th St.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Community Quilt | Artwork

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Early Explorers Series | Artwork

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Park Fountain

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Gymnasiums

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Boxing Gym

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Baseball Fields

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Fieldhouse

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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(312) 747-6144

Fuller Fitness Center

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Auditorium

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Park Pool

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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(312)747-5997

Fuller Playground

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Running Track

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Water Spray Feature

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Fuller Park Pool
Fuller Park Pool

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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Fuller Basketball Court - Outdoor

331 W. 45th St.
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Fuller Playground

331 W. 45th St
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Community Quilt
Community Quilt | Artwork

331 W. 45th St
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Fuller Running Track

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Early Explorers Series
Early Explorers Series | Artwork

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Chicago, IL 60609
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Fuller Water Spray Feature

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Chicago, IL 60609
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Fuller Park Fountain

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Chicago, IL 60609
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Fuller Tennis Court

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
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Fuller Gymnasiums

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Chicago, IL 60609
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Melville W. Fuller Bust
Melville W. Fuller Bust

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Fuller Boxing Gym

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Chicago, IL 60609
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Untitled Mosaics
Fuller Untitled Mosaics | Artwork

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Fuller Baseball Fields

331 W. 45th St
Chicago, IL 60609
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Fuller Fieldhouse

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Chicago, IL 60609
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Fuller Fitness Center

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Chicago, IL 60609
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Fuller Auditorium

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Chicago, IL 60609
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