In the Zenea Garden were the orchards, the pantheon and seven chapels of the Convent of San Francisco, which now houses the Regional Museum.
In the 18th century it was known as Plaza del Recreo or Plaza de Abajo, but it was not until 1870 that the state governor, Benito Santos Zenea, gave it the shape, stroke and size it now looks like.
The fountain that exists in its center, replaced one that was originally dedicated to the god Neptune and is said to have been used in 1867 to make cannons during the siege of the city.
The elegant, French-style kiosk dates back to the Porfirian period, which is why it was not possible to build it in the centre of the square. This square was named after General Álvaro Obregón after the Revolution, but it was in recent times that it was given its present name, Jardín Zenea, in honor of the governor who built it.