Roosevelt Park (Bessemer)
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Roosevelt Park is a Bessemer city park located on 14th Street between Hall Avenue and Clarendon Avenue, backing up to Halls Creek.
The Bessemer Community Recreational Complex was built at Roosevelt Park in 2016. The park itself was enlarged over the site of the former James A. Davis Middle School, which was demolished in 2014.
The park also houses baseball and softball fields, basketball and tennis courts, a running track, playground, splash pad, amphitheater, picnic pavilion and walking trail.
A German Schwere 10cm Kanone 18 artillery piece, captured during World War II, is displayed on a concrete pad facing 14th Street.
References
- "Groundbreaking and Demolition to Kick Off Roosevelt Park Renovations." (April 10, 2014) The Birmingham Times
- Chambers, Jesse (June 18, 2014) "City of Bessemer to make presentation June 24 about new recreation facility, Roosevelt Park plans." The Birmingham News