Moore-Turner Gardens
In 1945, the Spokane Park Board bought the property and combined it with the D.C. Corbin property to the east to form Pioneer Park, as it was then known. The gardens, maintained by the City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, opened to public use in 2007 following a three-year restoration project funded through donations, grants, and a major donation from Myrtle Woldson. The gardens include plants introduced prior to 1915, a tea house, a rose garden, perennial garden, and a pond. The historic garden is a contributing property to the Marycliff-Cliff Park Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places and in 2008, it won the Valerie Sivinski Award for Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation from the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "The Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens Are Opening to the Public After Being Left Untended for 75 Years" (Press release). City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department. August 1, 2007. Archived from the original (Microsoft Word document) on December 20, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- ^ "Moore-Turner Gardens". City-County of Spokane Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- ^ "Past SHPO Award Winners". Olympia, Washington: Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
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