Sells Park was given by the Sells family to the United States in 1939 which ceded it to Athens, Ohio five decades later.
Sells Park, also known as Sells' City Park or Sells' Park, is a public park in Athens, Ohio, near Ohio University. Sells Park was formerly owned by the Sells family until it was given to the United States in 1939, and turned into a federal reserve. It was later ceded by the United States to Athens, Ohio, in 1979. 
