WILLARD PARK

OF

HOLY CROSS WESTMINSTER

CIVIC ALLIANCE

 

"Bringing together neighbors to build a thriving community. "

 

IN 1909, LANSCAPE ARCHITECT GEORGE KESSLER PREPAERD A MASTER PLAN FOR FOR THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. WILLARD PARK WAS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN FOR INDIANAPOLIS' PARK AND GREENWAY SYSYEM. OVER MANY YEARS WILLARD PARK HAS SERVED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USERS. THIS MASTER PLAN WAS INTIATED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS TO REVITALIZE THE PARK AND, IN TURN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WILLARD PARK, ON INDIANAPOLIS' NEAR-EAST SIDE, IS CLASSIFIED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. WILLARD PARK LIES ONE MILE EAST OF DOWNTOWN ON WASHINGTON STREET, ALSO KNOW AS THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD.

 

History On School

WILLARD PARK, LOCATED AT 1901 E. WASHINGTON STREEET, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1907. WASHINGTON STREET IS ALSO KNOWN AS US 40 OR THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD. THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD, AMERICA'S FIRST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, WAS CONCEIVED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS IN 1806. THE INDIANA PORTION WAS BULIT BETWEEN 1829 AND 1834, LINKING THE EASTERN SEASHORE WITH WESTERN ILLINOIS. IN 1996 THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD WAS DESIGNATED AS A STATE SCENIC ROUTEORIGINALLY 14.71 ACRES, THE LAND WAS PURCHASED FROM THE STATE OF INDIANA FOR $45,000. WILLARD PARK IS NAMED FOR WILLIAM WILLARD WHO FOUNDED THE INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ON THE SPOT IN 1850~1911.THE SCHOOL IS NOW AT 1200 EAST 42ND STREET. WILLARD, PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER, WAS DEDICATED EDUCATOR OF DEAF PEOPLE.

 

 

WILLARD PARK IS A NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION LISTED WITH THE IRS AS A 501C3 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. ALL DONATIONS TO WILLARD PARK ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AS ALLOWED BY THE IRS.

We Were Incorporated in 2006

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