About This Neighborhood:

The Franklin Park neighborhood is bounded on the north by Broad Street, on the south by Main Street, on the west by Wilson Avenue and the east by Alum Creek. Franklin Park Conservatory was built in 1895. It sits on 88 acres of land which was once the site of the Ohio State Fair.

The park also hosted AmeriFlora ’92, an international horticultural exhibition that took place over seven months and 88 acres.