City Park

General Information
Acreage: 1.6

Park Information
City Park is located in front of the Platteville Municipal Building just off of Main St. in downtown Platteville. This park was originally laid out as a public square nearly 160 years ago. As a green space to Platteville’s central business district, it is a showcase facility for the city and offers visitors, nearby business employees, and elderly residents with a centralized location for picnics, passive recreation, entertainment opportunities, such as the summer band series, and simple relaxation. The annual summer arts festival is also held here. The park has many shade trees and is attractively landscaped. It also contains a covered bandstand, four park benches, three Victorian-type benches, four picnic tables, a drinking fountain and a small war memorial. Recent additions include a Grant County Sheriff Memorial Plaque and a historical marker commemorating Platteville’s Commercial District entry on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1991, the City of Platteville in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Extension completed a downtown revitalization study that called for the redevelopment of the City Park. In 2003 the non-profit organization used a brick fund to purchase and install a fountain in the center of the park near the war memorial. In 2012, the Platteville Chamber of Commerce, City of Platteville, and local veteran’s unveiled the Veteran’s Memorial in the park, consisting of seven statues, each depicting a different war.