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Sullivan's Gulch · District 2 · Mid-size park · 4.5 acres

Holladay Park

Developed parkPublic entry documented

The captured official page publishes visiting hours. Check the source for current closures. Public-entry status is separate from wheelchair accessibility.

Classification and evidence

Official page label: Park; Atlas classification rules. Classification: inferred.

Source captured: 2026-06-02. Human verification: Pending.

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Published activities: sit down to eat, walk or roll on pavement, and meet in a public square.

Holladay Park FountainPhoto from the City's park page

Park history

This park is named after Benjamin Holladay (1819-1887). In 1868, Holladay sold his stagecoach business in California to Wells Fargo and moved to Portland to get involved in the railroad business. His goal was to build a rail line to California along the east side of the Willamette River. He also built two large hotels in the area where the park bearing his name is now located. He lost his railroad company in 1876 and died in Portland in 1887.

Commissioned by the Lloyd Corporation and Pacific Power & Light in 1964, a concrete fountain featuring music and lights was installed in the park. Designed by Jack Stuhl, assisted by Ted Widing and Phillips Electrical, the musical fountain was favorite gathering place for park visitors. It was replaced in 2000, in conjunction with a major renovation of the park, by a spouting fountain designed by Tim Clemen and Murase Associates.

Three cast-bronze sculptures by artist Tad Savinar were added to the park as a percent-for-art project in 2000. Entitled Constellation, the project illustrates the connection between the personal front yard garden and the civic park garden through three distinct elements: a vase of cut flowers, an abstract molecule containing elements of a good neighborhood, and the figure of a home gardener, shears in hand. The objects in the molecule were selected by the Sullivan Gulch Neighborhood Association and the gardener was modeled after Carolyn Marks, a longtime neighborhood activist.

From the City's page for this park.

Visitor amenities

Published amenities are checked separately from entry conditions. Each links to other documented locations; confirm current hours before visiting.

stay a while
gather
cool off
get here and move
remember and belong

Potential additions to investigate

Passing the initial size-and-type screen is not a feasibility finding. Usable space, existing uses, habitat, public access, utilities, permission, construction costs, and ongoing maintenance funding require site-specific review. Missing acreage or uncertain classification remains unassessed.

Enabling assets recorded
  • Summer water play Cooling and swim programs.
  • Nature education Environmental programs and guided walks.
One addition to investigate
  • Evening use — needs restroom
  • Gatherings & events — needs restroom
  • Youth drop-in — needs playground
  • All-weather indoor — needs indoor space or community center or arts or cultural center or gymnasium
  • Markets & festivals — needs restroom

Inventory-based screening only. Recorded assets do not establish opening hours, program staffing, permission, or operating funding. Potential additions require review of usable space, habitat, utilities, access, and ongoing maintenance. Unverified properties remain unassessed.

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School grounds nearby

Public school grounds within a half mile, by straight line. What is listed is what OpenStreetMap mappers have recorded, not an inventory. The district sets public access.

  • Benson Polytechnic High · Portland Public Schools · 7.8 acres
    0.3 mi

    Nothing recorded inside the grounds yet.

  • Alliance High · Portland Public Schools · 1.5 acres
    0.4 mi

    Nothing recorded inside the grounds yet.

Beyond parks explains what opening a school ground would take.

School grounds: Metro RLIS. Features inside them: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Through the year

Seasonal facilities and listings captured by the Atlas. These records do not measure attendance, utilization or all activity at the site.

Counts describe captured listings, not attendance or all activity. No listings captured does not mean the site is unused.

Winter
Dec–Feb

Dark by 5 and wet most days: cover, lighting, indoor rooms, and paths that drain.

  • walk or roll on pavement
  • sit down to eat
  • meet in a public square
  • be in a park
  • splash in a fountain
  • sit by a fountain
  • +1 more
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fewest modeled facilities
Spring
Mar–May

Fields and gardens open; showers between sun. Leagues, planting, first picnics.

  • sit down to eat
  • meet in a public square
  • be in a park
  • splash in a fountain
  • sit by a fountain
  • walk or roll on pavement
  • +1 more
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Summer
Jun–Aug

Water, shade, long evenings — the season the system is built around.

  • sit down to eat
  • meet in a public square
  • be in a park
  • splash in a fountain
  • sit by a fountain
  • walk or roll on pavement
  • +1 more
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fall
Sep–Nov

Light shortens and leagues wind down; shelters and lighting carry the season.

  • sit down to eat
  • meet in a public square
  • be in a park
  • splash in a fountain
  • sit by a fountain
  • walk or roll on pavement
  • +1 more
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
What the record holds here, by season
SeasonProgramsRecurring eventsOne-time
Winter Dec–Feb
registration opens 10/08 (activities Nov 2 – Dec 13 and winter-break camps Dec 21 – Jan 3)
Spring Mar–May
Recorded from 2026-06-11
000
Summer Jun–Aug
Recorded from 2026-06-11
000
Fall Sep–Nov
Recorded through 2026-09; 2 months still to come
000
Our reading of the calendar
Which facilities count as in season is our model of Portland's year (splash pads and wading pools in summer, fields and gardens spring through fall, everything else year-round) — not the City's schedule. Check posted hours for pools, splash pads, and restrooms. From 12 weekly catalog snapshots (2026-06-11 to 2026-09-07). "Programs" are distinct titles; "sections" are the catalog's individual records — a swim level at one time slot for one week is one section. Complete through 2026-09; later months fill in as registration opens. Winter counts fill in when winter registration opens.

What's on

No current listings were captured and matched to this property. This does not establish that no activity takes place. See the citywide calendar and programs.

Partners & friends

The whole ecosystem
Opportunity signal

No known partner is currently linked to Holladay Park in the Partnership Atlas. This is an opportunity signal, not an official priority.

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How it's holding up

The City's own inventory of what is here and the condition it last recorded for each item. Dates are the source's; old dates mean no newer public assessment, not that nothing has happened since. PP&R does not publish itemized repair costs, so needs appear without dollar figures.

Condition across all assets

Citywide condition atlas

Across 122 assessed assets at this park, 2% are in poor or very-bad condition (rated 4–5). Pooled from the City's public assessment layers — buildings, bridges, playgrounds, courts, fields, fences, paths and amenities.

This count comes from the City's rated asset layers; the “Public assets” list below is a separate furnishings inventory, so its items and scores are counted separately and the two totals need not match.

Good · 0Above fair · 59Fair · 61Poor · 2Very bad · 0
Assessed asset families here
Amenities & furnishings2007 (2007–2026)Pathways & trails

Condition is rated 1 (good) to 5 (very bad); no score means not yet assessed and is excluded. Park trees are inventoried separately and not counted here. No repair costs — those aren't published.

Repair ledger

Each row is one record from PP&R's public asset layer. No itemized repair cost is published for these records, so none is shown. Dates are the source's last published assessment; treat older ones as unverified.

AssetConditionStatusReplacementAssessed
Picnic Table
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 1964
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-08
Picnic Table
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 6549
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-08
Showing all 2 public repair candidates.
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Public assets

All 94

Furnishings the City inventories here, with each item's condition score — 1 is good, 5 is very bad. Asset photos aren't public yet.

Bench×67
3×162×51
Picnic Table×15
4×23×92×4
Permanent Trash Can×7
323323
Art Work×2
Drinking Fountain×2
23
Memorial×1
3
Official Portland.gov profile

From the City's park page

Holladay Park on Portland.gov

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Located in inner NE Portland, adjacent to the Lloyd Center and TriMet MAX Line, Holladay Park is a forested gem within the city and a great location for large events in the 4.5-acre park.

To rent Holladay Park, please contact the Portland Parks & Recreation Customer Service Center at 503-823-2525. You may also visit our Online Reservation Center for details and availability.

City label
Park
Year acquired
1870
Official acres
4.54
City section
NE
Neighborhood
Sullivan's Gulch
Location

NE 11th Avenue and Holladay Street Portland, OR 97232

Directions
Hours

Park hours: 5:00am-midnight

Amenities and activities
Picnic tablePlazaStatue or public artPaths (paved)FountainFountain (interactive)

All dogs must be leashed in this park.

This page, on a sign

The QR label for this park points here. Print labels →

https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/holladay-park-186?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_186

Where this comes from

Facilities from the City's amenity pages and asset layers; hours, photo, and history from the City's park page; programs and events from its catalogs; condition from PortlandMaps public records. Where the City publishes nothing, this page says so instead of guessing.