page_title: Onondaga Park
section_title: Upper Onondaga Park
hierarchical_section_title: Onondaga Park / Park description / Upper Onondaga Park
caption_attribution_description: Onondaga Park in Strathmore, Syracuse, New York.
context_page_description: Onondaga Park is an 82.6-acre park in the city of Syracuse, New York. Man-made Hiawatha Lake is located within the park, which is situated in Syracuse's Strathmore neighborhood on the city's south side.
  Portions of the park were designed by famed urban planner George Kessler in the early 20th century. The park was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
context_section_description: The 67-acre (27 ha) Upper Onondaga Park is built around Hiawatha Lake. This portion of the park also includes eight tennis courts, three basketball courts, a playground, and a 50-metre (160 ft) swimming pool with the capacity to hold 352 bathers.
  Upper Onondaga Park occupies the site of the former Wilkinson Reservoir, which was built to supply Syracuse with water in the 1870s. The city acquired the reservoir and surrounding land in 1892 and opened the area as a park in 1898.
caption: Upper Onondaga Park, overlooking Hiawatha Lake, in May 2006.
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