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History – Timeline – Land Acquisitions – Dog Park – Future Plans – Photo Gallery – Open Space Preservation Open Space Preservation Shaffer Park was purchased with a United States Housing and Urban Development Space Grant,which designated it as open land in an urban area for recreational use. Around the same time that Shaffer Park...

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Photo Gallery

Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle   Photos courtesy of the South of South Street Association Photos courtesy of the South of South Street Association Photos courtesy of the South of South Street Association          ...

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Park History

Park History

Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle The Butcher Tot Lot was formally introduced to the city of Carlisle on February 8th, 1965 when the deed for the park was signed by the Farmer Trust Company and the city.  However the land itself can be traced back to the 19th...

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Tot Lot Improvement Project

Tot Lot Improvement Project

Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle Before the South of South Street Association’s (SoSo) improvement project, the Butcher Tot Lot had few features to speak of. There was a small green space, along with a limited children’s playground. There was a broken slide...

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African American History in Carlisle

Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle Although Carlisle sits north of the Mason-Dixon line, its history is riddled with important African American narratives that date back to the Civil War. While Pennsylvania was a free state, where no person could be born...

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