Bergen Park is a park near Evergreen, Colorado. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Bergen Park
Bergen Park is located in Colorado
Bergen Park
Location of Bergen Park in Colorado
Bergen Park is located in the United States
Bergen Park
Bergen Park (the United States)
Typecity park
LocationEvergreen, Colorado, USA
Coordinates39°41′24″N 105°21′43″W / 39.69°N 105.362°W / 39.69; -105.362
Area25.1 acres (10.2 ha)
Elevation7,798 feet (2,377 m)[1]
Operated byCity and County of Denver
Openyes
Bergen Park
Built1915
ArchitectOlmsted Brothers; J.J.B. Benedict
Architectural styleRustic
MPSDenver Mountain Parks MPS
NRHP reference No.90001707[2]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1990

Bergen Park was established in 1859 when pioneer settler Thomas Cunningham Bergen built a log cabin on his land and named his property.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Hometownlocator.com: Bergen Park, with map
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "History". Evergreen Creative District. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 9.

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