Bailey Park is located in central
Austin, Texas
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within the vicinity of the
Seton Medical Center
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St. Andrews Episcopal School. Located at , the small city park was created from several residential lots clustered together to make a common public green space. In 1935 F.G Rossener paid $320 in cash for lot #14 in the George W. Spears league of land. Bailey Park eventually expanded to cover or about one small city lot by the late 1930s.
At one time Bailey Park was central to the neighborhood east of
Shoal Creek. Although the size of Bailey Park has not changed, the relative location has. Today Bailey Park is no longer bordered by residential lots and homes, rather the park is surrounded entirely by commercial property (hospital, a multistory office building etc.) and a private school.
St. Andrew's Episcopal School lies between Bailey Park and the Shoal Creek Green Belt.
Bailey Park continues to see much use. Many people take advantage of what this little hidden park has to offer. Notable park features include a flagstone covered
pavilion
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* It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often it is associated with pleasure. In palaces and traditional mansions of Asia ...
built in 1936, park swings,
picnic benches, rest rooms, children's wading pool and a large field for
softball
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. Facilities seeing the most use are outdoor
tennis court
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s (with lights), a sand
volleyball court (also with lights). A volleyball game occurs almost every evening throughout most of the year. Bailey Park also has a wide open space for flying kites, practicing soccer and other activities requiring a very large grassy area. In addition to the majestic oaks surrounding the pavilion, a wide variety of trees have been planted along the perimeter of Bailey Park.
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100311224555/http://www.austinparks.org/apfweb/park.php?&parkId=201 – Austin Parks Foundation Bailey Park information
*http://www.brykerwoods.org – Bryker Woods Neighborhood Parks historic information
Parks in Austin, Texas
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