Liberty Park, Urban park and National Historic Place in Salt Lake City, United States.
Liberty Park covers 80 acres (32 ha) in Salt Lake City, making it the city's second-largest public park after Sugar House Park. A central pond holds two islands, and the grounds contain a swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts, a greenhouse, and a 1.5-mile woodchip jogging path. The Isaac Chase Mill, built in 1852, stands in the northeast corner of Tracy Aviary.
The land was acquired from Brigham Young's estate in 1881 and opened to the public as a park in 1882. This creation became important to Salt Lake City's development as an urban center with green spaces.
The Chase Home, a two-storey adobe house built for Isaac Chase, has housed the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts since 1987 and is run by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. Admission is free, and the State Folk Arts Collection is shown there, with traditional artists from Utah's ethnic, native, occupational and rural communities sharing crafts, music and dance. An archive of recordings and photographs documents that culture.
The park offers sports courts, playgrounds, restrooms, and seasonal paddle boats for recreation. Multiple areas are clearly marked, making it easy for visitors to navigate between different activities and facilities.
Tracy Aviary, founded when banker Russell Lord Tracy donated his private bird collection to the city and its children, is one of only two free-standing aviaries in the United States and is AZA-accredited. Its roughly 400 birds of about 135 species include swans, flamingos, eagles, vultures and Victoria crowned pigeons, some in Species Survival Plan breeding programs.
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