Picnic shelters
Reserve a covered picnic site through the city's online reservation center.
Reserve on Portland.gov503-823-2525
District 1 / East Portland
Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park
Public asset records for this park are shown as a transparency layer. Itemized repair costs remain pending until Portland Parks & Recreation provides verified estimates.
8
Acres
37
Assets
6
Repair candidates
6
Replacement-flagged
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Real ways to help Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park and parks like it. This site does not process donations; every link below goes to an official giving or volunteering channel.
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Official Portland.gov profile
City-published park details
Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park on Portland.gov
Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park covers nearly 8 acres in the Centennial Neighborhood at SE 167th and Market Street, just west of Patrick Lynch Elementary School.
Verdell Burdine (pronounced bur-DYE-n) was born in Oklahoma in 1913 and moved with her family that same year to Oregon, who hoped to get farmland under the Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909. Upon arrival, they learned that Black people were prohibited from owning free land in Oregon.
In 1936, Verdell married Otto Rutherford and settled in Portland. Together, they were leaders of the Oregon chapter of the NAACP, a national civil rights organization, and oversaw one of the NAACP’s biggest victories – the passage of the Public Accommodations Act of 1953 which outlawed discrimination in public places on the basis of race, religion, or national origin.
Rutherford was also a historian of the Black community in Portland. In 2011, a decade after Verdell’s passing, her daughter, Charlotte, gifted her historical collection to Portland State University. It remains accessible for academic research and public use as desired by Verdell.
City label
Park
Year acquired
1993
Official acres
7.703
City section
East
Neighborhood
Centennial
Hours
Park hours: 5:00am-midnight
Amenities and activities
Accessible picnic areaAccessible play areaAccessible restroomPicnic shelterPicnic tablePlaygroundStatue or public artTrails and pathsPaths (paved)Soccer field
Park history
This park was originally a Multnomah County park and was transferred to the City of Portland in 1993. Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park covers nearly 8 acres in the Centennial Neighborhood at SE 167th and Market Street, just west of Patrick Lynch Elementary School. Significant park improvements were completed in Spring 2020, thanks to funding from the 2014 Parks Replacement Bond and Parks System Development Charges. Improvements include a new playground, picnic shelter, paved pathways, a Portland Loo, public art, and a renovated grass soccer field.
All dogs must be leashed in this park.
Reserve at Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park
This park has facilities you can reserve. Booking happens on the city's official systems — every link below goes straight there.
Athletic fields
Permit sports fields through PP&R's customer service center.
Reserve on Portland.gov503-823-2525
Partners & friends
The whole ecosystemOpportunity signal
No known partner is currently linked to Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park in the Partnership Atlas. This is an opportunity signal, not an official priority.
See opportunity signalsCondition across all assets
Citywide condition atlasAcross 76 assessed assets at this park, 1%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.
Good · 68Above fair · 4Fair · 3Poor · 0Very bad · 1
Assessed asset families here
Amenities & furnishings2007 (2007–2026)Buildings2018Pathways & trailsPlayground equipment2020Sport fields
Condition is rated 1 (good) to 5 (very bad); blank 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
Assessment dates are copied from the public Parks Amenities layer. Old dates mean this source does not publish a newer assessment for that asset, not that we have confirmed no newer internal inspection exists. PP&R does not publish itemized repair costs, so this ledger shows needs without dollar figures.
Permanent Trash Can
Permanent Trash Can is flagged because the public asset record shows fair condition (public code 3).
Fair condition (public code 3)Status: RemovedReplacement field: no
Asset record 2226Mapped asset pointSource assessment 2007-08-13; recency check needed
PP&R does not publish an itemized repair cost for this record, so none is shown.
Permanent Trash Can
Permanent Trash Can is flagged because the public asset record shows good condition (public code 1).
Good condition (public code 1)Status: RemovedReplacement field: no
Asset record 2560Mapped asset pointSource assessment 2020-09-16
PP&R does not publish an itemized repair cost for this record, so none is shown.
Picnic Table
Picnic Table is flagged because the public asset record shows fair condition (public code 2).
Fair condition (public code 2)Status: RemovedReplacement field: no
Asset record 3175Mapped asset pointSource assessment 2007-08-13; recency check needed
PP&R does not publish an itemized repair cost for this record, so none is shown.
Picnic Table
Picnic Table is flagged because the public asset record shows critical condition (public code 5).
Critical condition (public code 5)Status: RemovedReplacement field: no
Asset record 3599Mapped asset pointSource assessment 2007-08-13; recency check needed
PP&R does not publish an itemized repair cost for this record, so none is shown.
Permanent Bollard
Permanent Bollard is flagged because the public asset record shows fair condition (public code 3).
Fair condition (public code 3)Status: RemovedReplacement field: no
Asset record 5110Mapped asset pointSource assessment 2007-08-13; recency check needed
PP&R does not publish an itemized repair cost for this record, so none is shown.
Permanent Bollard
Permanent Bollard is flagged because the public asset record shows fair condition (public code 3).
Fair condition (public code 3)Status: RemovedReplacement field: no
Asset record 5321Mapped asset pointSource assessment 2007-08-13; recency check needed
PP&R does not publish an itemized repair cost for this record, so none is shown.
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QR destination
https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/verdell-burdine-rutherford-park-244?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_244
Public assets
All 37The public asset layer includes `PictureID` and `Hyper_pic`, but those values point to PP&R internal file-share paths, not public image URLs. Asset-level inspection photos need a PP&R export or public ArcGIS attachments before this app can render them.
Public photo from the official Portland.gov park pageArt Work
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Art Work
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Art Work
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Art Work
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Art Work
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bench
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bench
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bench
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bench
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bench
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bench
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bike Rack
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bike Rack
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bike Rack
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Bike Rack
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Drinking Fountain
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Permanent Bollard
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Permanent Bollard
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Permanent Bollard
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Permanent Bollard
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Permanent Bollard
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Permanent Bollard
Condition: 3 · Status: Removed
Permanent Bollard
Condition: 3 · Status: Removed
Permanent Trash Can
Condition: Unknown · Status: Active
Permanent Trash Can
Condition: 3 · Status: Removed
Permanent Trash Can
Condition: 1 · Status: Removed
Permanent Trash Can
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Permanent Trash Can
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Picnic Table
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Picnic Table
Condition: 2 · Status: Removed
Picnic Table
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Picnic Table
Condition: 5 · Status: Removed
Picnic Table
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Picnic Table
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Picnic Table
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Picnic Table
Condition: 1 · Status: Active
Picnic Table
Condition: 1 · Status: Active