Dedisse Park

 park, recreation area / ground, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic park listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

- Established: 1919
- Architect: Frederick L. Olmsted, Jr. (Denver, CO)
- Architectural style: Rustic
- Areas of significance: Community Planning and Development; Landscape Architecture; Conservation; Entertainment/Recreation; Architecture
- Area: 475 acres
- Date added to NRHP: 11/15/1990
- Other designations: U.S. Historic District; part of the "Denver Mountain Parks" Multiple Property Submission; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
- Notes: This park includes the most diverse range of developed uses and landscapes of all the Denver Mountain Parks. Recreational facilities include a lake, an 18-hole golf course and clubhouse, a warming house for ice skaters, a group picnic shelter, volleyball area, and numerous picnic sites. Several of the primarily stone, Rustic-style buildings and structures within the park were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC was a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1942. The program provided work for unmarried, unemployed men who were struggling to find work during the Great Depression.