These images of Chesnutt Park were taken in April 2022. This park is located at 4565 North Granite Reef Road. This 5-acre park includes a playground, spray pad, two lighted tennis courts and two drop-in ramadas.
In 1965, the City of Scottsdale purchased the 1920's vintage Chesnutt house and property. (R. A. Chesnutt had been a state legislator from Scottsdale in the 1920's.) The property became a neighborhood park in 1967. The Chesnutt house became the city's first senior center and recreation building. The Chesnutt house was too small for senior activities so the city built a new senior center in 1976 at the corner of Civic Center Boulevard and Second Street (this would later be replaced by the current Granite Reef Senior Center).
Photographs taken by Sara Housley.
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