Lunt Playlot Park
Lunt Playlot Park (c/o Indian Boundary Park)
Chicago, IL 60645
Although the City of Chicago acquired a small parcel of land along Lunt Avenue in West Ridge during the 1890s, the property was not developed as parkland until decades later. By 1945, the city's Bureau of Parks and Recreation was operating the site as a playlot with a wading pool, a sand box, and play equipment. The city transferred the property to the Chicago Park District in 1959. The Park District rehabilitated Lunt Park in the early 1990s, removing the original equipment and installing a brand new playground.
The park takes its name from adjacent Lunt Avenue, in turn named for brothers Orrington Lunt and Stephen Purrington Lunt, early land owners and subdividers in Evanston and Rogers Park. Orrington, the more well-known of the Lunts, was among the founders of the Chicago Board of Trade (1848) and Northwestern University (1851). The university's first library bore Lunt's name, as does Evanston's Orrington Avenue and Orrington Hotel.
Photos
RPWRHS photo S013-0139 shows a drinking fountain in snow, February 1979. Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Same photo as S013-0501.
RPWRHS photo S013-0142 shows footsteps to a swing set in snow, February 1979. Lunt Playlot Park. 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Same photo as S013-0503.
RPWRHS photo S013-0501 shows a drinking fountain in snow, February 1979. Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Same photo as S013-0139.
RPWRHS photo S013-0503 shows footsteps to a swing set in snow, February 1979. Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Same photo as S013-0142.
RPWRHS photo S013-0505 shows Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Big snow of 79 - swing set. February 1979.
RPWRHS photo S013-2147, Sign announcing the reconstruction of the Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Tuesday, June 30, 1992.
RPWRHS photo S013-2148, Sign announcing Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue Advisory Council Community Participation Day. Tuesday, June 30, 1992.
RPWRHS photo S013-2149, Men working on Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Monday, June 29, 1992.
RPWRHS photo S013-2150, Men working on Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Monday, June 29, 1992.
RPWRHS photo S013-2151, Men working on Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Monday, June 29, 1992.
RPWRHS photo S013-2152, Finished Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Monday, June 29, 1992.
RPWRHS photo S013-2153, Finished Lunt Playlot Park, 2239 W. Lunt Avenue. Monday, June 29, 1992.
