Welcome to Donovan Park!
Welcome to Donovan Park!
The new Donovan playground
The new Donovan playground
Our popular tots programs at Donovan
Our popular tots programs at Donovan
Fitness classes for seniors!
Fitness classes for seniors!
Having fun with food!
Having fun with food!
We are winners when it comes to gymnastics and friendships!
We are winners when it comes to gymnastics and friendships!
Our Donovan Dolls get together for Strength and Conditioning classes in the park!
Our Donovan Dolls get together for Strength and Conditioning classes in the park!
Park kids holding their projects on sloths
Donovan Animal Explorers
Our great gymnastics team!
Our great gymnastics team!
Gymnastics is such fun!
Gymnastics is such fun!
Location:

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609

Supervisor: Valerie Marquez
Phone Numbers: Main (312) 747-6111
Features: Outdoor, Court Type - Combo Multi-Use & Pickleball

 

Hours

Facility 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 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Saturday Closed

Description

Donovan Playground Park is located in the Bridgeport Community. The park totals 3.54 acres and features a small field house.

Outdoors, the park offers baseball fields, an athletic field, a playground, basketball courts and an interactive water spray facility. The playground was renovated in Fall 2013 as part of the Chicago Plays! progam.

While the park is busy during the summer with baseball leagues and day camp, year-round programs are also offered, including preschool, dodgeball and a variety of youth sports and adult fitness. Donovan Park is a popular destination for yoga, conditioning and softball. Parents also gather at Donovan Park with their preschoolers for Tot Spot, Storytime and other programs designed for younger children. 

History

Donovan Park is one of three Chicago parks named in honor of a group of firemen who perished in a disastrous fire on March 1, 1957. Engine 29 Captain George L. Donovan (1916--1957), along with fellow firefighters Howard J. Strohacker (1909--1957) and Sylvester L. Pietrowski (1920--1957), perished when the factory of the Lawrence Corporation, a shortening manufacturer, exploded, burying the three in tons of debris. An old friend and neighbor of Mayor Richard J. Daley, Donovan lived just three blocks east of the Bridgeport Park now bearing his name.

Initially known as Sangamon Park, this playlot was established by the City of Chicago's Bureau of Parks and Recreation on Board of Education property just two years before Donovan's death. In 1959, the City turned over management of the park to the Chicago Park District.

In 1991, the Chicago Park District acquired this park site from the Chicago Board of Education.  By the time the Park District assumed full ownership in 1991, the park included a playground, a small recreational building, and various ball fields and courts. Shortly thereafter, the District rehabilitated the Donovan Park playground as part of its soft surface playground program. In 2021, the Park District acquired additional property for the expansion of the park.

Parking/Directions

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

Map & Facilities

Donovan Baseball Fields

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Donovan Basketball Court - Outdoor

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Donovan Clubroom

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Donovan Fieldhouse

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Donovan Football/Soccer Field

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Donovan Playground

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Donovan Water Spray Feature

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

Donovan Volleyball Court - Outdoor

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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Donovan Baseball Fields

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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Donovan Basketball Court - Outdoor

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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Donovan Clubroom

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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Donovan Fieldhouse

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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Donovan Football/Soccer Field

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
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Donovan Playground
Donovan Playground

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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Donovan Water Spray Feature

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
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Donovan Volleyball Court - Outdoor

3620 S. Lituanica Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
United States

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