Campus Martius Park

Campus Martius Park
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TypeMunicipal (City of Detroit)
LocationDetroit, Michigan, U.S.
Coordinates42°19′52″N 83°2′47″W / 42.33111°N 83.04639°W / 42.33111; -83.04639
Area1.2 acres (4,900 m2)
Created1850; 2004
Operated byDetroit 300 Conservancy
OpenAll year
Public transit accessCadillac Center Detroit People Mover station and QLine streetcar.
Cadillac Square Park
Bagley Memorial Fountain on Cadillac Square facing Campus Martius
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TypeMunicipal (City of Detroit)
LocationDetroit
Coordinates42°19′53″N 83°2′41″W / 42.33139°N 83.04472°W / 42.33139; -83.04472
Created2007
OpenAll year

Campus Martius Park (/ˈmɑːrʃʌs/ MAR-shuss)[1] is a re-established park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. After the Great Fire of 1805, Campus Martius (from the Latin for Field of Mars, where Roman heroes walked) was the focal point of Judge Augustus Woodward's plans to rebuild the city.[2] It was named for the principal square in Marietta, Ohio, the first capital of the Northwest Territory.[3]

  1. ^ "Are you pronouncing Michigan city names correctly? Now you can check". Click on Detroit. Graham Media Group. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2022-01-25. Campus Martius Park (KÂMP-əs MÄR-shəs PÄRK)
  2. ^ Poremba, David Lee (Sep–Oct 1999). "Detroit's Field of Mars: Campus Martius" (PDF). Michigan History Magazine. ISSN 0026-2196. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2006.
  3. ^ Farmer, Silas (1890). History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan: A Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present. S. Farmer & Company. ISBN 978-0-7222-0097-1.

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