Tilton Park
Tilton Park
Tilton Park
Tilton Park
Tilton Park
Tilton Park
Location:

230 N. Kolmar
Chicago, IL 60624
Supervisor: Cherry Bullock
Phone Numbers: Main (773) 287-0806

 

Hours

Park Hours
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
Sunday Closed
Monday 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Saturday Closed

Description

Located in the West Garfield Park community, Tilton Park is 1.14 acres and it includes a fieldhouse, clubroom, playground, grass field, and outdoor basketball courts.  Program offerings for Tilton, 2-Point 0  take place at the former Marconi School, 230 N. Kolmar.   At the school, the park has use of a clubroom, and a gymnasium for activities. 

History

After 1900, the West Garfield Park community became a magnet for upwardly-mobile first- and second-generation immigrants, primarily Irish, but also, increasingly, of Russian-Jewish descent. West Garfield Park's population topped 40,000 in 1920. To serve the needs of the growing community, the City of Chicago established a new park on Board of Education-owned property along North Kostner Avenue in 1926. By 1928, the site had playground equipment and plantings, and a small, tile-roofed recreational building, which sat at the back of the site. The structure faced a gravel-surfaced playing field that could be flooded for ice skating in winter. The 快播视频 began leasing the park from the Board of Education in 1959. In 1991, the Board of Ed transferred to the Park District. Several years before, in 1987, the Park District had thoroughly rehabilitated the park with new plantings, playground equipment, a jogging path, and resurfaced basketball courts.

The park honors George W. Tilton (1830-1890), for whom a nearby school is also named. Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Tilton came to west Aurora, Illinois in 1858 to work for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He eventually moved on to Chicago and the Northwestern Railroad, rising through the ranks to become superintendent of the motive power and machine repair division of the entire Northwestern line. In that position, he designed a locomotive that bears his name. Ironically, Tilton died as the result of a train accident in 1890.

Advisory Council

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Map & Facilities

Tilton Spray Pool

Tilton Spray Pool

305 N. Kostner Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

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Tilton Playground

Tilton Playground

305 N. Kostner Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

Tilton Basketball

Tilton Basketball

305 N. Kostner Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

Tilton 2-Point 0 Gymnasium

Tilton 2-Point 0 Gymnasium

230 N. Kolmar
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

Tilton 2-Point 0 Fieldhouse

Tilton 2-Point 0 Fieldhouse

230 N. Kolmar
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

Tilton 2-Point 0 Clubroom

Tilton 2-Point 0 Clubroom

230 N. Kolmar
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

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Tilton Spray Pool

305 N. Kostner Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

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Tilton Playground
Tilton Playground

305 N. Kostner Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

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Tilton Basketball

305 N. Kostner Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
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Tilton 2-Point 0 Gymnasium

230 N. Kolmar
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

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Tilton 2-Point 0 Fieldhouse

230 N. Kolmar
Chicago, IL 60624
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Tilton 2-Point 0 Clubroom

230 N. Kolmar
Chicago, IL 60624
United States

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