Description

Located in the Beverly neighborhood, Munroe Park totals 5.35 acres and features a multi-purpose room. Outside, the park offers a multi-purpose field, two baseball diamonds, two playgrounds, sand volleyball/T-ball courts, and a running track.

Park-goers can participate in seasonal sports. On the cultural side, the park offers adult and children’s theater. After school programs are offered throughout the school year, and during the summer, youth attend the Park District’s popular six-week day camp. Special camps are offered in the summer as well, and include Theater Camp and Arts and Crafts Camp.

In addition to programs, Munroe Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the entire family, such as our four theater productions (held at Ridge Park) and holiday-themed events.

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SPRING PROGRAMS:

Register online or in-person for spring programs now. Spring programs run the week of April 1 through the week of June 3.

SUMMER PROGRAMS:

Online registration for our park’s summer programs begins Tuesday, April 16 at 9 am, and in-person registration begins Monday, April 22. The standard 6-week summer camp program runs July 1 through August 9. Most other summer programs run the week of June 17 through the week of August 19.

FACILITIES

FACILITY TYPE	ADDRESS	QTY
Baseball Field	2617 W. 105th St. Chicago IL 60655	2
Fieldhouse	2617 W. 105th St. Chicago IL 60655	1
Football / Soccer - Grass	2617 W. 105th St. Chicago IL 60655	1
Playgrounds	2617 W. 105th St. Chicago IL 60655	2
Running Tracks	2617 W. 105th St. Chicago IL 60655	1
Volleyball Courts- Outdoor	2617 W. 105th St. Chicago IL 60655	1
Water Spray Features	2617 W. 105th St. Chicago IL 60655	1

History

Munroe Park lies in a section of the south side Beverly community that was once part of the Village of Morgan Park. The area's 1914 annexation to Chicago brought new residents, and population continued to climb throughout the Depression and World War II years. In 1945, the Morgan Park Manor Improvement Association transferred property straddling the Baltimore & Ohio C.T. Railroad right-of-way to the city. The Bureau of Parks and Recreation began improving the land south of the tracks in 1948, and within two years, the new park had playing fields, playground apparatus, and a small recreation building. Tennis courts were added north of the tracks in 1955. In 1959, the city transferred the southern section of the park to the Chicago Park District, which acquired the remainder two years later. In the late 1980s and 1990s, the park district substantially improved the park with a soft surface playground, a sand volleyball court, a soccer field, and a fitness course. Initially known as Talman Playground for a nearby street, the property had been renamed Munroe Park by 1955. The derivation of the park's name is unknown.