Cal Anderson Park

The wading pool operates in the summer months from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. Other features: Lincoln Reservoir was begun in 1889 in response to the Great Seattle Fire of the same year and was completed in 1901.

On April 10, 2003, the entire area was designated Cal Anderson Park, after Washington's first openly gay state legislator.

Three security cameras were installed in the park in April 2008 in an effort to combat certain types of criminal activity, namely vandalism, drug dealing, and public sex.

[3] In 2004, World Naked Bike Ride Seattle established a tradition of stopping briefly in the park, usually in the midsection near the shelter house and water feature.

On June 8, 2020, protesters occupied the park and declared it part of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ).

Baseball at Lincoln Park circa 1919. The open-air Lincoln Reservoir is visible in the near background. The building at left still exists today, as does the German United Church of Christ at right. The water tower on the horizon is in Volunteer Park .
George Floyd memorial graffiti at Lincoln Reservoir in Cal Anderson Park on June 25, 2020, during CHAZ/CHOP occupation of the park and surrounding area