Shute Park, Urban park in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Shute Park is a 13-acre municipal park at Southeast Tenth and Maple streets along Tualatin Valley Highway in Hillsboro. It holds a picnic shelter, a softball field, a playground, restrooms and a stage, plus a branch of the Hillsboro Public Library, a senior community center and the Shute Park Aquatic and Recreation Center, which opened in 1981 and reopened in 2006 after remodeling.
Hillsboro bought the 15-acre tract from banker John W. Shute on December 21, 1906, for $1,622, on condition it be a park named for him; a levy of 1.8 mills financed the purchase. The land had been a brickyard whose brick went into downtown buildings. A pavilion built in 1921 hosted dances, a roller rink and the county fair from 1925 to 1951; it was demolished in 1974.
The park's name honours banker John W. Shute, who sold the land to the city in 1906 on condition it become a park bearing his name. The free Showtime at Shute concert series runs on Thursday evenings from July through August. The pavilion, demolished in 1974, once seated 1,500 and hosted dances, roller skating and a circus.
The park provides parking, restrooms, picnic tables, and clear walking paths for easy navigation. An on-site aquatic and recreation center offers swimming facilities and additional activities for different visitor needs.
A 25-foot carved wooden head of a Native American, Chief Kno-Tah by Peter Wolf Toth, stood on the park's eastern side from 1987 to 2017, one of 74 statues in his Trail of the Whispering Giants. The park's land was a brickyard before 1906, and its brick went into several downtown Hillsboro buildings.
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