1880 to 1899

1882: Jeptha wade donated seventy-three acres of land to the City of Cleveland to be used for a zoo, called Wade Park. He also donated fourteen American Deer.

1892: Deer Barn and animal enclosures painted.

1893: Eighty-one acres of land, the nucleus for Brookside Park, was purchased. Later in the year, sixty-eight additional acres were purchased. This was to be the location of the zoo when it moved from Wade Park.

1894: The City of Cleveland purchased 150 acres, named Brookside Park, which would eventually become the site of the present Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.