The Wade Park District is an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places, located in the University Circle neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio.

[1] The district, which includes seven separate buildings, features several of the city's cultural institutions, as well as the park of the same name.

Jeptha Wade arrived in Cleveland in the 1850s, already having amassed part of his fortune in the telegraph industry, and proceeded to become one of the city's wealthiest residents by expanding his holdings into the industries of steel and banking.

[2] In 1882, he donated 63 acres (250,000 m2) of land east of the city for the purpose of creating a park, which was named in his honor.

[2] Today, the bequeathed Wade property serves as the campus for some of Cleveland's best-known tourist attractions.