Leeper Park, South Bend

Name: Leeper Park
Address: South Bend, United States

#30 among attractions in South Bend

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Leeper Park is a historic public park and national historic district located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The district encompasses four contributing buildings, nine contributing structures, and one contributing object in a public park. It was designed by landscape architect George Kessler, who issued the master plan for the park in 1915. Later improvements to the park were made by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. ()

Elevation: 673 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°41'11"N, 86°15'7"W

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Near NorthwestSouth Bend United States

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Leeper Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Notre Dame Stadium, Compton Family Ice Arena, Four Winds Field, Frank Eck Stadium.

1.2 miNE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend
32 min walk • Notre Dame Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana, the home field of the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.
1.2 miNE
Sport venue, Sport, Sport complex
Compton Family Ice Arena, South Bend
31 min walk • The Compton Family Ice Arena is a 5,022-seat, two-rink ice facility in Notre Dame, Indiana on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. The arena saw its first game on October 21, 2011. The ice arena replaced the 2,857-seat rink in the north dome of the Edmund P. Joyce Center.
1.1 miS
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Four Winds Field, South Bend
30 min walk • Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium is a baseball stadium in South Bend, Indiana, home to the South Bend Cubs, a minor league baseball team which plays in the High-A Central. The stadium opened in 1987, and its open concourse is considered the template for many later minor league ball parks built in the 1990s.
1.4 miNE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Frank Eck Stadium, South Bend
36 min walk • Frank Eck Stadium is a baseball stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana. It hosts the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish college baseball team. The stadium holds 2,500 people and was built in 1994. The stadium was named after Frank Eck, an alumnus, benefactor and advisor to the university.
0.6 miS
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend
15 min walk • Morris Performing Arts Center is a 2,564-seat concert hall located in South Bend, Indiana. It opened in 1922 as a vaudeville house and later became a movie palace.
1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Universities and schools, Performing arts
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, South Bend
25 min walk • The Marie P. DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a performing arts venue located on the south end of the University of Notre Dame campus and open to the South Bend, Indiana, and wider community.
0.8 miS
Park, Convention center, Theater
Century Center, South Bend
20 min walk • The Century Center Convention Center, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, broke construction in 1974 and opened in 1977, has been managed by SMG since July, 2013. The center, built on the banks of the West Race canal, overlooks the St. Joseph River in downtown South Bend, Indiana, United States.
0.4 miS
Theater, Concerts and shows
South Bend Civic Theater, South Bend
10 min walk • The South Bend Civic Theater was founded in 1957 in South Bend, Indiana, by two University of Notre Dame graduates. It staged most of its productions after 1968 at The Firehouse, a local historic landmark located at 701 Portage Ave.
0.7 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Cathedral of St. James, South Bend
17 min walk • The Cathedral of St. James is an Episcopal cathedral in South Bend, Indiana, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Northern Indiana. The cathedral church and the adjoining parish hall were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
0.4 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater, Concert hall
South Bend Civic Theatre, South Bend
11 min walk • South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name.
0.5 miS
Bridge
La Salle Street Bridge, South Bend
14 min walk • La Salle Street Bridge is a historic Spandrel Arch bridge located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was built in 1907, and is a three-span, reinforced concrete bridge that crosses the St. Joseph River. It measures 279 feet long and 51 feet wide.

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Which popular attractions are close to Leeper Park?

Nearby attractions include Chapin Park Historic District, South Bend (6 min walk), Horatio Chapin House, South Bend (8 min walk), South Bend Civic Theater, South Bend (10 min walk), South Bend Civic Theatre, South Bend (11 min walk).