Liberty Park
Originally farmland, the acreage was owned by Isaac Chase, then traded to Brigham Young, and then purchased by Salt Lake City in 1881 for $27,500. Liberty Park was officially dedicated on June 17, 1882. It is 80 acres between 900 south and 1300 south, and 700 east and 500 east in downtown Salt Lake City. It is the oldest and second largest park in Salt Lake City.
Liberty Park consists of Tracy Aviary, the Isaac Chase Mill, Utah's Folk Art Chase Home Museum, Liberty Park Tennis Center, Liberty Park Swimming Pool, and Liberty Lake. It has a merry-go-round, a ferris wheel, paddle boats, play grounds, horseshoe courts, basketball courts, volleyball courts, expansive lawns, sculptures, and an environmental art installation Seven Canyons Refuge by Stephen Goldsmith.
The park does have concessions, but it is missing is a good sit down restaurant, which has been attempted in the past only to go out of business. A Farmers Market is held on Friday evenings from June through September. A drum circle and craft market event takes place almost every Sunday. Multiple community festivals, marathons, and other races hold their events at this well loved and widely used park in Salt Lake City.