All good suggestions for Diane, but I don't see this park listed among the city parks on the Syracuse city parks webpage, so I don't know how much info the Parks/Recreation department might have. There is a "Sherman Park Association" consisting of people who live in the area: <http://govt-comm.syr.edu/community/shermanpark.htm> The page listed above provides the name of the president of the association; he would be a good one to contact as he lives in the 1000 block of Cumberland Ave. Another potentially good source would be the Onondaga Historical Association. -- Mary Taffet On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 [email protected] wrote: > Hi > > The Records at the Syracuse Parks Dept should be able to give you a date or > Approx date that the City took over the land. A letter to them might be a good > place to start. > > [snip]