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Benedict Fountain Park Park

Website: denvergov.org

Phone: (720) 913-1311

Cross Streets: Near the intersection of E 20th Ave and N Logan St

401 E 20th Ave Denver, CO 80205 ·1379.75 mi

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  • Family friendly
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Tripadvisor traveler jakb1969 06/05/20

Beautiful park and fountain. Paved sidewalk, a kids play area, and seating around the fountain. Didn't see bathrooms but there's plenty of green grass for a picnic or kids playing.

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Tripadvisor traveler interceptpubs 05/15/19

Having just looked at the nearby Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (one of Denver's architectural treasures from the early 20th century). We got to thinking about Jacques Benedict, a well known Denver architect of the period who was, amongst other things, the architect for the Denver Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church during the construction of the cathedral (although he didn't design it himself). However, he did design scores important structures (houses, churches, public buildings, etc.) in the Denver area and around Colorado - many of these remain standing and are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Benedict Fountain for which this park is named was donated by him to the city back in 1931. He designed the fountain for Belmar, the Lakewood estate of May Bonfils-Stanton who was the daughter of Frederick Gilmer Bonfils, founder of the Denver Post newspaper. When the estate was razed to build a shopping mall, the original fountain was moved to the Hungarian Freedom Park over by the Denver Country Club. Besides the fountain (which wasn't working when we were there), there is also a small playground and maybe 5 acres of grassy lawn and trees. The neighborhood here is a little rough, so the park is certainly a welcome amenity. Indeed, the city has invested something close to a million dollars over the past decade to improve it as part of the overhaul of the neighborhood around it.

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Tripadvisor traveler Corney Q 02/03/18

Me and a few Best Friends traveled to this place. We really liked to how nice the landscaping looked. Nothing to dislike about this place.

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Tripadvisor traveler fnqfamily 12/04/17

Found this park on our walk to Safeway, kids loved the small playground. Everything was in working order and clean. Fountain wasn't operating and there was a large group of homeless, who didn't cause us any problems.

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Tripadvisor traveler SDCooks 11/10/17

I found this pleasant little park while staying in the area. Small but new playground area with climbing rocks, teeter totter and a couple of other structures. Benches and picnic tables. The playground area was separated from the fountain by a walkway. The fountain is quite large but not operating in November. Large grassy area with mature trees on the perimeter. The west side had a row of Victorian era homes and businesses on the south side. Not much litter, plenty of signs about cleaning up after pets but also appeared that it was used by the homeless population.

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