Eastside Playlot

Size in acres: 1.0

Since 1974

The Eastside Playlot is located at the intersection of Roy Street and Reynolds Street. For more detailed location information, check out the General Park Map  or East Central Map 

History

In 1971 Harold & Elizabeth Palmer granted the Park & Recreation Department an exclusive license for $1 to use the area now called East Side for recreational purposes.  This license was granted on a year to year basis.  In 1980 the play lot nearly was lost through delinquent taxes. The lot was secured by the Parks and Recreation Department to allow for its continued use as a recreation area.

The Eastside Playlot features a playground with multiple slides and other amenities as well as a swing set.

Bass Playground          

Size in acres: .52

Since 1928

Bass Playground is located at Bass Street and Hoagland Avenue. For more detailed location information, check out the General Park Map or Bass Playground Map 

History

Bass Playground was purchased in 1928, but the playground existed informally before the purchase of the land was made by the Parks and Recreation Department. Many people submitted letters of interest including one from the law firm of Vesey and Shoaff. The letter included the writer’s own experience of playing baseball in the park as a boy. The life and size of Bass Playground continued to expand in 1966 and 1967.

Bass Playground features a basketball court and a playground with a slide and swing set among other fun amenities.

 

Brackenridge Playground 

Size in acres: .38
Since 1970

Brackenridge Playground is located at Brackenridge Street and Monroe Street. For more detailed location information, check out the General Park Map  or Brackenridge Playground Map 

History

The land for this park was purchased in May of 1968. The land was purchased from Samuel (Jack) and Lillian Ganaway ($1,500), Naomi Phillips ($570), Bob Patterson and Ida Mae Pipkin ($1,775), and Dora Peoples ($1,500).

In September of 1969 Maxwell Tree Company furnished and planted two lovely maple trees that added to the beauty and shade of the vest pocket park. In November of 1969 Harold (Mick) McMillen donated two complete basketball backstops for that park. Lights were requested to be added to the basketball court in October of 1969 and were to be completed by the end of the year. A fence on the north and west sides of the park was added in July of 1971 along with play ground equipment and a hard surface area for the basketball courts.

Brackenridge features a playset with multiple slides and other amenities as well as a swing set.  A basketball court is available for use at the south edge of the park.

  

Camp Allen Park  

Size in acres: 3.5

Since 1912

Camp Allen Park is located at Camp Allen Drive and Center Street.  For more detailed location information, check out the General Park Map  or Camp Allen Park Map 

History

Before its purchase in 1912, Camp Allen Park was a rendezvous point and training ground for Union soldiers during the Civil War.  One of those regiments, the Thirtieth, was commanded by Colonel Sion S. Bass, one of Fort Wayne's most famous Civil War heroes.  Camp Allen takes its name from Colonel John Allen, an attorney, close associate of famed American statesmen Henry Clay and a distinguished soldier who fought in the Fort Wayne area during the War of 1812.

Camp Allen features a playground with slides, teeter totters, a swing set and a climber in the north section of the park and a basketball court in the south section.