Marquette Park, located in the larger Pullum neighborhood, is an area surrounding a 300-acre park by the same name. The park and thus the neighborhood is named for Father Jacques Marquette (1637-1675).

Marquette Park is part of a system of 14 parks designed in 1903 by the Olmsted Brothers. The original plans called for "a golf course on two islands surrounded by naturalistic lagoons; indoor and outdoor gymnasiums; swimming and wading pools; a children's playground; formal gardens; and a concert grove." Due to its size, construction of the park went slower than most of the others in the system, and several features of the original plan were dropped due to difficulties with the landscape. Still, "by 1917, the park included playing fields, a children's playground, tennis courts, propagating houses for the nursery, and a large, classically-designed golf shelter." After the consolidation of Chicago's park commissions into the Chicago Park District in 1934, park workers redesigned the golf shelter, built comfort stations, and expanded the walking paths in the park to include the islands. In 1935, public support helped secure a statue honoring aviators Darius and Girenas.

A large number of moderately priced older homes reside within Marquette Park's borders, many of which are in need of renovations. Brick bungalows and quaint ranches line the streets of this quiet residential community.