Boulevard Park

Boulevard Park is a planned residential neighborhood in Sacramento's original city grid, laid out on 37.5 acres bought by the Park Realty Company in 1905. It spans 15 blocks between B and H Streets. Twenty-three landscaped median strips planted with palms run along 21st and 22nd Streets and give the area its name. Three private alley parks sit in the centers of blocks, and Grant Park occupies a block on the north edge. Deed covenants controlled setbacks, uses and minimum house prices, and the largest lots and most elaborate houses are in the southern blocks nearest the streetcar line. Most of the 244 contributing resources are houses built between 1905 and 1946, including Craftsman and California bungalows, foursquares and Neoclassic row houses. The district was listed because its landscape plan, covenant-controlled layout and consistent scale and setback remain intact, while newer apartment buildings account for most of the 54 noncontributing resources.