{"id":1883,"date":"2017-04-20T17:43:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2017-04-25T05:42:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T05:42:17","slug":"park-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/park-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Park History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Butcher Tot Lot Home<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0Park History<\/a> | Butcher Family History<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0| Tot Lot Improvement Project<\/a>\u00a0| Photo Gallery<\/a> | African Americans in Carlisle<\/a><\/p>\n

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. \u00a0However the land itself can be traced back to the 19th century. \u00a0John Butcher was a former slave born in Virginia who moved to Carlisle as a free man following the Civil War. \u00a0In Carlisle Butcher saved up a vast sum of money predominantly selling neatsfoot oil (oil made from Cattle shins and hooves) and purchased a number of properties including 46 Chestnut Ave. \u00a0After he passed away Butcher left the property to his children and the descendants of one of them, Alice, sold the land to the city for the park. ((Deed to Butcher Tot Lot))<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unfortunately over time, the park fell into disarray. \u00a0Luckily in 2012 the South of South Street Association<\/a> (SoSo) in Carlisle took notice and began to raise funds to refurbish the park. \u00a0It was during this refurbishment that the alliance decided to change the name of the lot the Butcher Family Tot Lot, to honor not just John but his entire family who grew up and served Carlisle. \u00a0The park was finally finished on December 14th, 2013 with brand new equipment and a completely redesigned landscape. \u00a0The cherry on top of the redesign sundae was placed in April of 2016 when the city put a wayside marker about the Butcher family up in the mark. \u00a0This event gave not only the park it\u2019s rightful place in local history but also shined light on an extraordinary family whose generous gift continues to serve the community. Additionally, a few years ago the SoSo (South of South Street Neighborhood Association) was responsible for raising $40,000 in order to make major improvements to the Tot Lot. ((South of South Street Association))<\/span><\/p>\n

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Butcher Family Tot Lot Wayside Marker. Photo taken by Aine on April 24, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Deed to the Butcher Family Tot Lot. The area that would become the park was given to Carlisle in accordance to the will of Alice Butcher.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Deed to the Butcher Family Tot Lot<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sanborn Map of Tot Lot in 1929 show a vacant lot (Courtesy of Cumberland Valley historical society).<\/p><\/div>\n

For more on the Butcher family, see the\u00a0Butcher Family History\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Butcher Tot Lot Home \u00a0| \u00a0Park History | Butcher Family History\u00a0\u00a0| Tot Lot Improvement Project\u00a0| 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. \u00a0However […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3525,"featured_media":1908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127007],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-butcher-tot-lot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}