Hubbard Park is a Milwaukee County park in the village of Shorewood, Wisconsin

Shorewood, Wisconsin

Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 13,763 at the 2000 census. Howell Raines of The New York Times said in 1979 that "[t]his maplestudded town on Lake Michigan dotes on its reputation as Milwaukee's most liberal suburb."-Geography:Shorewood is...

 that received landmark status in 2000. It is located on a nearly five-acre, 1,400 feet long strip of land between the Milwaukee River

Milwaukee River

The Milwaukee River is a river in the state of Wisconsin. It is about long.- Description :The river begins in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin and flows south past Grafton to downtown Milwaukee, where it empties into Lake Michigan...

 and the former Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. It was named for William J. Hubbard, a former Village Board president. Visitors access the park through a pedestrian tunnel running under the Oak Leaf Recreation Trail

Oak Leaf Trail

The Oak Leaf Trail is a paved multi-use recreational trail which encircles Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Clearly marked trail segments connect all of the major parks in the Milwaukee County Park System with a "ribbon of green."...

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History

This riverside site has been home to a resort and a series of amusement parks. Prior to the park’s 1922 purchase by Shorewood’s Village President William J. Hubbard, this land had been eclectically used for Indian hunting grounds, a resort (Ludemnann’s-on-the-River), a mineral spring park, an amusement park, a terminal yard, cow barns, fishing shanties, and a distribution route for ice cut from the river. In 1936, the WPA-funded Community Lodge (now called the Shorewood River Club) was built to hold community events, a function it still performs today. North of this is Hubbard Park Lodge, originally the Scoutcraft Cabin, designed for use by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. These state-funded workers also graded and terraced the land, created pathways and a spring-fed pool and fountain. In 1962, the Shorewood Women’s club remodeled and updated the building.