Russell Square Playground
Russell Square Playground
Russell Square Fitness Center
Russell Square Fitness Center
Russell Square Park
Russell Square Park
Location:

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617

Supervisor: David Reed
Phone Numbers: Main (312) 747-6651

 

Hours

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

Description

Located in the South Chicago neighborhood, Russell Square Park totals 9.99 acres and features a gymnasium, fitness center, and multi-purpose rooms. Outside, the park offers a swimming pool, multi-purpose ball fields, walking trail, basketball/sand volleyball courts. Many of these spaces are available for rental including our gymnasium, fields, and multi-purpose clubrooms.

Park-goers can participate in the Park Kids after school program, seasonal sports, Inter-City Basketball/Baseball, badminton, Junior Bears Football. During the summer, youth can participate in the Chicago Park District’s popular six-week day camp. Specialty camps are offered in the summer as well, and include Sports Camp. In addition to programs, Russell Square Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the entire family, such as our Park Showcase, Turkey Trot, and other holiday-themed events

History

The South Park District acquired land for Russell Square Park from 1903 until 1909.  The visionary South Park Commission Superintendent J. Frank Foster conceived Russell Square along with nine other revolutionary parks that opened to the public in 1905. These innovative parks provided social services as well as breathing spaces to overcrowded tenement neighborhoods on Chicago's south side. In addition to year-round recreational facilities and social activities, the new parks offered English lessons and other educational programs, the earliest branches of the Chicago Public Library, inexpensive hot meals, free public bathing facilities, and other health services. The ten parks, which quickly proved to be nationally influential, included Russell, Mark White, Davis, Armour, and Cornell Squares, and Bessemer, Ogden, Sherman, Palmer, and Hamilton Parks. Although the entire system was originally designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape architects and Daniel H. Burnham & Co. architects, Russell Square has undergone many changes.  In 1934, Russell Square Park became part of the Chicago Park District’s portfolio when the South Park District and 21 other park districts were consolidated.  The fieldhouse designed by Chicago Park District architects replaced the original building in 1967.

The park pays tribute to Martin J. Russell (1845-1900), an accomplished native Chicagoan. After serving as Lieutenant in the Union Army during the Civil War, Russell began a career in journalism. In 1874, he began serving on the Board of Education, and two years later, he was elected Town Clerk. In 1880, he was appointed to the Board of the South Park Commission. He continued serving on the board until 1894, when President Cleveland appointed him Collector of Customs for the port of Chicago. Russell resigned from the collectorship in 1897 and continued in his journalistic career.

Parking/Directions

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

Map & Facilities

Russell Square Baseball Field

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

Russell Square Basketball Court

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

Russell Square Fieldhouse

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

Russell Square Fitness Center

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

Russell Square Football Field

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

Russell Square Gymnasium

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

Russell Square Meeting Space

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

Russell Square Pool

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

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(312) 747-6651

Russell Square Playground

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

Russell Square Tennis Court

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

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Russell Square Baseball Field

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

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Russell Square Basketball Court

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
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Russell Square Fieldhouse

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
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Russell Square Fitness Center

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
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Russell Square Football Field

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

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Russell Square Gymnasium

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

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Russell Square Meeting Space

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

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Russell Square Park Pool
Russell Square Pool

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

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(312) 747-6651
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Russell Square Playground

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
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Russell Square Tennis Court

3045 E. 83rd St.
Chicago, IL 60617
United States

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