Irving Park (Portland, Oregon)
Irving was a mid-19th century mariner who operated ships on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Arriving in Oregon in 1849, he soon acquired a donation land claim. In 1858, he sold his steamship interests in Oregon and moved to British Columbia in Canada. His land claim, left to heirs, became the Irvington subdivision in 1887. Irving Street in Portland is also named for him.
Park amenities include fields for baseball, softball, and soccer; courts for basketball, tennis, and volleyball; paved paths, picnic tables, a playground, a horseshoe pit, and an off-leash area for dogs. The park is open daily from 5 a.m. to midnight. Hours for the off-leash area are from 5 to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight from June 15 through September 1. From September 2 through June 14, off-leash hours are from 5 to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to midnight.
References
- ^ "Irving City Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ^ "Obituary: Landscape Designer, Editor Dies". The Oregon Daily Journal. 24 August 1964. p. 6. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Irving Park". City of Portland. 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ Snyder, Eugene E. (1979). Portland Names and Neighborhoods: Their Historic Origins. Portland, Oregon: Binford and Mort. pp. 154–55. ISBN 0-8323-0351-8.
- ^ "Irving Park Off-Leash Area" (PDF). City of Portland. June 15, 2005. Retrieved December 5, 2010.