Another area of Dayton, we have
explored was the Historic South Park part of Dayton. In reality, I explored it
and Hubby sat in the car. He told me it was too cold to walk around but it
really was not.
I’ve been in the Historic South
Park many times because it’s where one of my favorite coffee shops is located.
However, it was not until the pandemic that I explored a small portion of it.
As I was trying to find
information about this area of Dayton, Ohio, I found out actor Martin Sheen was
born in this part of Dayton. His dad had moved to the Gem City to work at NCR
which was located close to where this neighborhood.
At one time, the area was called
Slidertown. It was a shanty town with the boys who lived there causing damage
to the NCR buildings. John Patterson, the founder of NCR, decided to give something
for the boys to do instead of causing havoc. He had them start community
gardens which began the South Park becoming a beautiful area of Dayton.
In 1984, the South Park was named
a Historic area by the National Registry of Historic Places.
An interesting part of the history
is the murder story that happened in 1867. Christine Kett, a teenage daughter
of German immigrants, was brutally murdered by an ax. No one knew who had
committed the murder until 17 years later when her mom confessed, she had done
the unthinkable. As she was lying on her death bed, she asked he son never to
tell anyone that it was actually her. He waited a few days until he let the authorities
know what had happened to his sister.
Since I only walked one of the 24
blocks of the neighborhood, the likelihood of me actually walking by the area where it occurred was small. Guess what, I walked by it and think it was the plot next to where I took the photo of the cat.
Now onto the photos:
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