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DOTY PARK

Historic Name:
Doty Park

Other Name:
Doty Park

Reference Number:
62686

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Property Location

Location (Address)

DOTY PARK

County

Winnebago

City/Village

Neenah

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1922

Additions

Survey Date

1981

Historic Use

recreational building/gymnasium

Architectural Style

English Revival Styles

Structural System

Wall Material

Stone - Unspecified

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

Yes

Demolished Date

0

Additional Comments

The park consists of a half timber Tudor period "community house," a reconstruction of Governor Doty's Grand Loggery (Map code 6/6) and landscaping by Elizabeth Thuerer (Appleton) and Wyman Phelps (Milwaukee). Given to the city by C.B. (Bill) Clark the park was t h work of the park board (S.F. Shattuck, Dr. J.M. Donovan, and Martin Hanson), and was intended to meet the needs of the growing number of island residents. A performance of "Prunella" by the Winnebago Players at the gradn opening was the first outdoor production north of Milwaukee.
The land for Doty Park was donated to the city in 1922 by C.B. Clark and the park was officially was officially dedicated in 1928. Original landscaping was designed by Elizabeth Theurer of Appleton, while subsequent touches were done by Phelps Wyman, consultant of the park board from 1929 to 1932.

Bibliographic References

(A) Shattuck's History of Neenah, p. 99, p. 377. (B) Daily News Times, 8/3/1928, p. 1, col. 2; 8/2/1928, p. 1, col. 2. Shattuck, A History of Neenah, 378-79.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

recreational building/gymnasium English Revival Styles

Winnebago
County

Neenah
Community

1920-1929
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI62686

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