Gas Works Park

'''Gas Works Park''' is a park located in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. It has a {{convert|19.1|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[public park]] on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company [[gasification]] [[Gasworks|plant]], located on the north shore of [[Lake Union]] at the south end of the [[Wallingford, Seattle|Wallingford]] neighborhood. The park was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on January 2, 2013, over a decade after being nominated.{{cite web | url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2013-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf | title=National Register of Historic Places Listings | publisher=National Park Service | date=January 11, 2013 | access-date=2013-01-15 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922000419/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20130111.htm | archive-date=2013-09-22}} The year of nomination is indicated by the first two digits of the ID number.

'''Gas Works Park''' is a park located in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. It has a {{convert|19.1|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[public park]] on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company [[gasification]] [[Gasworks|plant]], located on the north shore of [[Lake Union]] at the south end of the [[Wallingford, Seattle|Wallingford]] neighborhood. The park was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on January 2, 2013, over a decade after being nominated.{{cite web | url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2013-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf | title=National Register of Historic Places Listings | publisher=National Park Service | date=January 11, 2013 | access-date=2013-01-15 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922000419/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20130111.htm | archive-date=2013-09-22}} The year of nomination is indicated by the first two digits of the ID number.

Gas Works Park contains remnants of the sole remaining [[coal gasification]] plant in the United States. The plant operated from 1906 to 1956{{cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/20978 |title=Gas Works Park (Seattle) |access-date=May 23, 2024 |last=Sawyer |first=Shannon |date=March 19, 2020 |work=Historylink.org |publisher= |location= |language= |quote= }} and was bought by the city of Seattle for use as a park in 1962.{{cite web |url=https://citydays.com/places/gas-works-park/ |title=Gas Works Park |access-date=May 23, 2024 |last= |first= |date= |work=CityDays |publisher=Lattice |location= |language= |quote= }} The park opened to the public in 1975. It was designed by Seattle landscape architect [[Richard Haag]], who won the American Society of Landscape Architects Presidents Award of Design Excellence for the project.{{Cite web |title=Richard Haag Oral History {{!}} TCLF |url=https://www.tclf.org/richard-haag-oral-history |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=www.tclf.org}} The plant's conversion into a park was completed by Daviscourt Construction Company of Seattle. It was originally named Myrtle Edwards Park, after the city councilwoman who had spearheaded the drive to acquire the site, who died in a car crash in 1969. In 1972, the Edwards family requested that her name be removed from that of the park because the design called for the retention of the plant. In 1976, Elliott Bay Park (just north of Seattle's [[Belltown, Seattle|Belltown]] neighborhood) was renamed [[Myrtle Edwards Park]].

Gas Works Park contains remnants of the sole remaining [[coal gasification]] plant in the United States. The plant operated from 1906 to 1956{{cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/20978 |title=Gas Works Park (Seattle) |access-date=May 23, 2024 |last=Sawyer |first=Shannon |date=March 19, 2020 |work=Historylink.org |publisher= |location= |language= |quote= }} and was bought by the city of Seattle for use as a park in 1962.{{cite web |url=https://citydays.com/places/gas-works-park/ |title=Gas Works Park |access-date=May 23, 2024 |last= |first= |date= |work=CityDays |publisher=Lattice |location= |language= |quote= }} The park opened to the public in 1975. It was designed by Seattle landscape architect [[Richard Haag]], who won the American Society of Landscape Architects Presidents Award of Design Excellence for the project.{{Cite web |title=Richard Haag Oral History {{!}} TCLF |url=https://www.tclf.org/richard-haag-oral-history |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=www.tclf.org}} The plant's conversion into a park was completed by Daviscourt Construction Company of Seattle. It was originally named Myrtle Edwards Park, after the [[Myrtle Edwards (politician)|city councilwoman]] who had spearheaded the drive to acquire the site, who died in a car crash in 1969. In 1972, the Edwards family requested that her name be removed from that of the park because the design called for the retention of the plant. In 1976, Elliott Bay Park (just north of Seattle's [[Belltown, Seattle|Belltown]] neighborhood) was renamed [[Myrtle Edwards Park]].

Since 2008, the park's industrial towers have been the site of at least 14 documented fall-related incidents resulting in three deaths and numerous life-threatening injuries, prompting an ongoing legal and preservation dispute over whether to remove the structures' ladders, catwalks, and platforms.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/stritmatter/docs/karen_koehler_letter_to_landmark_review_committee_|title=Letter to Seattle Landmark Review Committee Re: Estate of Mattheis Johnson|last=Koehler|first=Karen|date=October 27, 2025|website=Issuu|publisher=Stritmatter Law|access-date=December 3, 2025}}

Since 2008, the park's industrial towers have been the site of at least 14 documented fall-related incidents resulting in three deaths and numerous life-threatening injuries, prompting an ongoing legal and preservation dispute over whether to remove the structures' ladders, catwalks, and platforms.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/stritmatter/docs/karen_koehler_letter_to_landmark_review_committee_|title=Letter to Seattle Landmark Review Committee Re: Estate of Mattheis Johnson|last=Koehler|first=Karen|date=October 27, 2025|website=Issuu|publisher=Stritmatter Law|access-date=December 3, 2025}}