Ferry Park

Ferry Park, located at South 14th and Cushman, was Tacoma's first park. C.P. donated this modest park, which is just over half an acre in size. On May 14, 1883, he married Evelyn Ferry. The C.P. was platted by Colonel Ferry. The city added the Ferry Addition and set aside this plot of land for a park. He wanted to show the new and rising city of Tacoma how the European tradition of tiny parks strewn among residential neighborhoods might add to the city's charm and attractiveness.