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Tilton Park

305 N. Kostner Ave. Chicago IL 60624

Hours: Park: 10am - 6pm

Fieldhouse: M-F 10am - 6pm, Sa,Su Closed

Park Supervisor:
Cherry Bullock

(773) 287-0806

 
 
 

Description

Located in the West Garfield Park community, Tilton Park includes a fieldhouse, clubroom, playground, grass field, and outdoor basketball courts.

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 Monday, April 15 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 DESCRIPTOR QTY NOTES
Basketball Court - Outdoor 305 N. Kostner Ave. 2
Community Gardens 305 N.Kostner Ave. Ornamental 1 Community Garden
Fieldhouse 305 N. Kostner Ave. 1
Meeting/Event Space 305 N. Kostner Ave. 1
Playgrounds 305 N. Kostner Ave. 1
After 1900, the West Garfield Park community became a magnet for upwardly-mobile first- and second-generation immigrants, primarily Irish, but also, increasingly, of Russian-Jewish descent. West Garfield Park's population topped 40,000 in 1920. To serve the needs of the growing community, the City of Chicago established a new park on Board of Education-owned property along North Kostner Avenue in 1926. By 1928, the site had playground equipment and plantings, and a small, tile-roofed recreational building, which sat at the back of the site. The structure faced a gravel-surfaced playing field that could be flooded for ice skating in winter. The Chicago Park District began leasing the park from the Board of Education in 1959, gaining full ownership in 1991. Several years before, in 1987, the park district had thoroughly rehabilitated the park with new plantings, playground equipment, a jogging path, and resurfaced basketball courts. The park honors George W. Tilton (1830-1890), for whom a nearby school is also named. Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Tilton came to west Aurora, Illinois in 1858 to work for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He eventually moved on to Chicago and the Northwestern Railroad, rising through the ranks to become superintendent of the motive power and machine repair division of the entire Northwestern line. In that position, he designed a locomotive that bears his name. Ironically, Tilton died as the result of a train accident in 1890.

Contact: Constance Hobbs

Contact Title: President

Phone: (773) 287-4861

Meeting Date/Time: 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m.

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

 

 

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