Murphy Square Park (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

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City of Minneapolis' First Park (oldest): The park was named for Edward Murphy who donated the land for a park when he platted Murphy’s Addition in 1857. The name was officially changed from Murphy Park to Murphy Square in 1890.

www.minneapolisparks.org/parks__destinations/parks__lak...

Has a special relationship with Augsburg:

The college, which established a campus next to the undeveloped park in 1872, nearly surrounded the park by the 1930s. But what really made the park appear to be a part of the campus was the construction of I-94 in the 1960s. The freeway and its imposing sound wall formed a barrier at the south end of the park and the freeway prevented access from the residential neighborhoods to the south.

minneapolisparkhistory.com/2010/11/10/the-myth-of-murph...

801 22nd Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55454