Mt. Greenwood Park Fieldhouse
Mt. Greenwood Park Fieldhouse
Mt. Greenwood Park Fieldhouse
Mt. Greenwood Park Fieldhouse
Mt. Greenwood Playground
Mt. Greenwood Playground
Location:

3721 W. 111th St.
Chicago, IL 60655

Supervisor: Jacqueline Guthrie
Phone Numbers: Main (312) 747-6564

 

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 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Monday 9:00 am-10:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am-10:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am-10:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am-10:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am-10:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Description

Located in the Mt. Greenwood neighborhood, Mt. Greenwood Park totals 52.53 acres and features a gymnasium and multi-purpose rooms. Green features of the park include two gardens. Outside, the park offers a swimming pool, ice rink, a gleaming interactive musical playground, White Sox Baseball Miracle Field (ADA accessible), eleven ball fields, and tennis courts. 

Park-goers can participate in seasonal sports, preschool activities, Therapeutic Recreation, and softball leagues. After school programs are offered throughout the school year, and during the summer, youth can participate the Park District’s popular six-week day camp. Specialty camps are offered in the summer as well, and include Special Recreation Camp.

In addition to programs, Mt. Greenwood Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the entire family.

History

Mount Greenwood Park takes its name from the surrounding community. In 1879, George Waite obtained a state charter to develop a large cemetery on a low ridge west of 111th Street. The ridge, covered with oaks, hickory, aspen, and other trees, inspired the moniker Mount Greenwood. As a steady stream of visitors came to the beautiful cemetery, inns, restaurants, and shops soon opened nearby, forming the basis for the new Mount Greenwood community. Incorporated as a village in 1907, Mount Greenwood was annexed to Chicago twenty years later. The neighborhood had few modern services until 1936, when the Federal Works Progress Administration installed sewers and street lights, and paved the streets. With these improvements, Mount Greenwood's population soared, nearly tripling between 1940 and 1950. The booming Mount Greenwood community was among the neighborhoods identified for park development in the Chicago Park District's Ten Year Plan to provide increased recreational opportunities in post-World War II Chicago. In 1946, the Mount Greenwood Civic Council urged the acquisition of vacant Board of Education land along 111th Street. The Park District acquired the 24-acre site in 1948 from the Chicago Board of Education, and slowly began improving the property. The Park District constructed a fieldhouse in 1966, and added a swimming pool in 1973. The 1990s brought further improvements such as refrigerated ice skating rink provides winter recreation. Several features of Mount Greenwood Park honor noted local citizens. A parking area is dedicated to Frederick G. Abrams, Sr. a Chicago Alderman and Treasurer of the Village of Mount Greenwood from 1918 to 1927. A baseball diamond bears the name Rooney Field, in honor of Rooney Richardson, who took an active role in community affairs. The Park District completed park expansion in 2004 after acquiring land from the Board of Education. The Chicago Park District and Mount Greenwood Advisory Council worked with elected officials to raise $1.2 million for a fully accessible soft surface playground dedicated in 2008. The playground includes interactive art components which were designed by local artists through the Chicago Public Art Group. Community workshops inspired the artworks which range from a series of mosaic obelisks to metal sculptural musical elements.

Advisory Council

Parking/Directions

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

Map & Facilities

Agricultural High School Pool

3801 W 111th St.
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Clubroom

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Baseball Field

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Fieldhouse

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Football/Soccer Field

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Gymnasium

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Ice Rink

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

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(312)747-3690

Mt. Greenwood Pool

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

:
(312)747-6564

Mt. Greenwood Playground

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Spray Pool

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Tennis Court

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

Mt. Greenwood Park Playground Art

3721 W. 111th St.
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

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Mt. Greenwood Tennis Court

3721 W. 111th St
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Agricultural High School Pool

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Chicago, IL 60655
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Playground Art
Mt. Greenwood Park Playground Art

3721 W. 111th St.
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Mt. Greenwood Clubroom

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Chicago, IL 60655
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Mt. Greenwood Baseball Field

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
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Mt. Greenwood Fieldhouse

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
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Mt. Greenwood Football/Soccer Field

3721 W. 111th St
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Mt. Greenwood Gymnasium

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
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Mt. Greenwood Ice Rink
Mt. Greenwood Ice Rink

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

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Mt. Greenwood Park Pool
Mt. Greenwood Pool

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
United States

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(312)747-6564
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Mt. Greenwood Playground

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
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Mt. Greenwood Spray Pool

3721 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
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