What is the history of St James Park?

Shortly after Parks acquired this site on September 13, 1897, the low, marshy land was graded with soil and ash and transformed into a public park. The state legislature named it for the St. James Episcopal Church, located just south of the park on Jerome Avenue at 190th Street.



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A Royal Park, it is at the southernmost end of the St James's area, which was named after a once isolated medieval hospital dedicated to St James the Less, now the site of St James's Palace. The area was initially enclosed for a deer park near the Palace of Whitehall for King Henry VIII in the 1530's.

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James's Palace is the official residence of the sovereign, no monarch lives in St. James's Palace today. However, it is still used as a ceremonial meeting place for the Accession Council, and is the residence of minor members of the royal family, like Princesses Beatrice and Eugene of York and Princess Alexandra.

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It is most appropriate that Duck Island Cottage has been bestowed upon the London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust - a society concerned with the protection and enhancement of St James's Park.

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