tion a e r c e R d n a City Parks The City of Evansville has over 66 acres of park and recreational open space. They are: • Leonard Leota Park (Flagship Park with Significant History) - North Madison Street • Westside Park South Sixth Street • Countryside Park North Water Street • Franklin Park South Union Street • Seminary Park (Peace Garden and Labyrinth) South Fourth Street • Brzezinski Park (Wheelchair Swings) - Corner of West Church Photo by Jan Pesinger and Crawford Streets • Wind Prairie Park - South Second Street and Old Highway 92 For park related information, please contact City Hall at 608-882-2266.
Leonard Leota Park In the heart of Leonard Leota Park is Lake Leota, a 40-acre, stream-fed body of water for canoeing, fishing and ice skating. Twenty acres of the lake were dredged to restore the lake for recreational use and wildlife habitat. Visible in the park are stone creek walls, picnic tables, bell tower, buildings and other stone structures built during the Great Depression as Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration projects. Rehabilitation of the creek walls is currently underway. Leonard Leota Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a designed landscape. Leonard Leota Park also offers the following amenities: • Picnic areas including five shelter houses • Baseball and softball diamonds • Playground areas in four locations • Basketball court • Skate park • Tennis courts • Disc golf course • Hiking areas An interesting feature to the park is the welcome center and local history museum, housed in the former Baker Office Building. This historic building was no longer in use by Baker Manufacturing and moved to the park’s Madison Street entrance in 1999. The Evansville Grove Society restored the building to serve as office space for the society and as a local history museum. The building also is the home of Evansville Community Partnership (ECP), a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing Evansville’s quality of life. In 2009, in honor of the building’s history, the Baker Manufacturing Company donated a vintage Baker Monitor windmill which was installed next to the building and can be viewed from Madison Street. 8
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