Bible Park was named after James A. Bible, a Denver Parks employee, supervisor and consultant for more than fifty years. After a few months at Denver’s City Park Zoo, he was transferred to the nearby City Park shops where he worked for sixteen years. From 1937 until 1952, he was a superintendent of several Denver park districts. He became the general superintendent in 1952, and remained there until his retirement in 1970. His residence during these years was in City Park. Built for City Park’s Superintendents, its listing on the National Register identifies it as the Graham-Bible House; named after the two superintendents who had lived there since its construction.

Bible Park itself, located at E. Yale Avenue and S. Quebec Street, was obtained as part of a 1960 annexation from Arapahoe County. Unsuited for construction, the land was donated and dedicated for park purposes. Passing around and through the park is both the Highline Canal and Goldsmith Gulch. A natural basin, Bible Park and the adjoining Hutchinson Park created much controversy in the late 1980’s.

The controversy focused on balancing three main interests; those of homeowners on Goldsmith gulch who wanted the site used exclusively for flood control, taking their homes out of the flood plain; proponents of a natural wild-life habitat park; proponents of a traditional, recreation oriented park. Compromises were reached. Two-thirds of Bible developed as a traditional park, while one-third and all of Hutchinson became wildlife habitat. Flood control measures within these parks were developed within these uses. The remaining flood control needs were met with other Goldsmith Gulch flood control projects.