Talk:Oak Hill Park

Location of the Wiswall House
Hello, I grew up in Oak Hill Park in the 1960's through the 1990's and love the article written here about it. I found it to be very informative and helped tie together some of the more "cloudy" areas of it's origins.

Two things I noticed. First, there seems to be a question to where the location of the Wiswall house was located. It was located on Wiswall Road directly across from Hanson road. I remember the house very well because it was directly across the street from where I lived on Hanson road. It was a two story white house on one corner of the lot and had a very large and old tree on the other side of the lot. The lot was bordered by a large stone wall (which is still there) and after it was torn down (I remember the day that it happened) was subdivided into two lots where there are now two houses. In the middle of the stone wall was an opening that was the circular driveway that led to the house which was later closed up with stones to match the rest of the wall when the new houses were built. To this day you can see the difference in the color of the stones of the wall where the entrance was. The driveway was located in the center of the wall and is the dividing line of the subdivided lots that is marked by a row of trees/bushes in the middle of the original plot.

Second, the most unique feature of OHP is the Paths that connect the central area of the park to all of the surrounding streets and roadways (cul-de-sacs). This is very descriptive of how much a sense of community was designed into the "Park". The paths connect the surrounding streets that allow the residents to travel the area by foot and pass through the yards of your neighbors. To the best of my knowledge this is the only subdivision in the country that has this design. I have travelled fairly extensively in my lifetime and have never seen this design anywhere else. When I tell people about this feature I can tell that they have no understanding of what I am talking about. I remember friends of mine that would visit me for the first time would be amazed when they would walk with me through the paths to go to the park or visit other friends. I've always been interested in finding out who designed the park and how they came up with the idea of the paths. Whoever it was, they were way ahead of their time and really came up with a great way of connecting a community.

Well, that's my two cents about the park. Once again, thanks to all that put this article together and if you would like more specifics as to what information I have about the Wiswall house or anything else that I know about "The Park" let me know through this talk page.

All the best!

MrEvs (talk) 04:32, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

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