Ohio Boulevard–Deming Park Historic District
Ohio Boulevard–Deming Park Historic District is a boulevard in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
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| Location | Roughly Ohio Boulevard from 19th to Keane, Terre Haute, Indiana  United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°27′57″N 87°21′39″W |
| Architect | George E. Kessler |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001425[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 14, 1989 |
Designed by architect and city planner George E. Kessler, the boulevard is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. At its start at the intersection with 19th Street is an entrance including a stone structure on either side of the road. There the road is 106 feet (32 m) wide, expanding to 190 feet (58 m) wide at 20th street to accommodate an 80-foot-wide (24 m) median.[2][3]
The median is maintained by the city of Terre Haute as city park land. In the teardrop-shaped green space formed as the boulevard branches and widens between 19th and 20th streets is a fountain, restored in 2002. This small area was dedicated as Remembrance Plaza on September 11, 2002, in honor of those who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks one year prior.
The boulevard was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 for its significance in architecture, landscaping and the history of the region.[1]
Deming Park
Demas Deming Jr., the son of an early settler of Terre Haute, began developing the district on a large tract of land owned by his family. Using money acquired from the sale of another parcel of land to the city of Terre Haute that became Deming Park, around 1921 the Deming family created a scenic boulevard with a scenic parkway in the middle stretching from 19th Street to Fruitridge Avenue.[4] Currently, the park consists of 177 acres (0.72 km2) and includes a public swimming pool, an 18-hole disc golf course, the Oakley Playground and the Clark-Landsbaum Holly Arboretum.[5][3]
References
- "Ohio Boulevard–Demming Park Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. May 28, 2010.
- Greninger, Howard. "Ohio Boulevard: "Park" is main artery for city". Tribune-Star. Terre Haute, Indiana. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Anne Tillotson and David Buchanan (April 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ohio Boulevard–Deming Park Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016., Site map, Quad map, and Accompanying photographs
- Vigo County, Indiana (1984). Vigo County Interim Report. Indiana. pp. 80–81.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Deming Park". City of Terre Haute website. City of Terre Haute, Indiana. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
