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The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at Chill on the Hill in Humboldt Park, June 2026
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at Chill on the Hill in Humboldt Park, June 2026. Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Humboldt Park

Why it belongs

Humboldt Park is one of six parks created when the city of Milwaukee established a Parks Commission in 1890, and it now covers roughly 71 acres; in 1936 city and county parks were consolidated under Milwaukee County [1]. In 1890 the Parks Commission bought 45 acres from two Bay View families for what was then South Park, a lagoon was added in 1893, and in 1900 the park was renamed for the Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt [2].

Facts

Address
3000 S Howell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207
Neighborhood
Bay View
Phone
(414) 482-4270
Founded
1890
Ownership
Milwaukee County Parks
  • Address 3000 S. Howell Ave., phone (414) 482-4270, 70.7 acres, checked 2026-11-01 on the Milwaukee County Parks website.

Notes

Hours are left blank because the county lists default park hours, not hours posted for this park. No Wikidata item or Wikipedia article for this park was found on 2026-11-01.

Sources

  1. History, Humboldt Park Friends
  2. Exploring the history of Bay View's Humboldt Park, Audrey Nowakowski and Graham Thomas. Last modified 2025-06-27

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