Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lincoln Park Lily Pool
nrhp_type =nhl

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location= Chicago, IL
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added = February 17, 2006
governing_body = Local
refnum=06000235 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, formerly The Rookery, and also known as Lincoln Park Lily Pool, is an example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by Alfred Caldwell at the north end of Lincoln Park Zoo (at Fullerton Parkway) in the Lincoln Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002. [cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/C/CaldwellLilyPool.html|title=Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool|publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division|date=2003|accessdate=2007-05-10] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on February 17, 2006. [cite web|author=|url= http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-684823132&ResourceType=District|title=Lincoln Park Lily Pool |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=2007-05-10] The lily pool had originally been built to cultivate tropical water lilies in 1889. [cite web|url=http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/custom.natureOasis06|accessdate=2007-05-10|year=2006|publisher=Chicago Park District|title=Lincoln Park Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool]

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