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Wildwood Park
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Wildwood homes : being a collection of houses and details with suggestions for the home builder (1912) - Wildwood Builders Co, Cover title: A book of Wildwood plans on Archive.org.
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May 19, 2022 post by Fort Wayne Neighborhoods on Facebook:
National Register of Historic Places
Country living—near Jefferson Pointe?
Wildwood Park, south of W. Jefferson Blvd., between Freeman and Ardmore, was a rural suburban village when it was first developed beginning in 1916. It was a location that was outside the city and far beyond other residential developments in Fort Wayne. Promotional literature reads, “Wildwood Park is open to the fields and groves. It is the country dressed up in her best, and brought to town.”
Designed as an “automobile suburb,” it was at a location that required travel by automobile to the city (or west to the Country Club). It is one of the three neighborhoods developed by Wildwood Builders and designed by landscape architect Arthur A. Shurcliff. As a large development, Shurcliff had the area to design large lots and wide curving streets that took full advantage of the rolling topography and existing trees.
Wildwood Park has a significant collection of home styles, including Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Minimal Traditional, and Ranch.
- Wildwood Park Community Association - Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Wildwood-Park-Community-Association-161976837228718/ states:
Wildwood Park Community Association maintains four parks, preserves our history and carries out the intentions of our founders via the restrictive covenants available on Allen County Recorder's website.
September 18, 2013 was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. -
October 21, 2013 post by ARCH, Inc. on Facebook page.
ARCH has received notification that ARCH’s nomination of the Wildwood Park neighborhood to the National Register of Historic Places has resulted in that neighborhood’s official listing in the National Register of Historic Places as of September 18, 2013. ARCH completed the nomination on behalf of the Wildwood Park Neighborhood Association.
Roughly bound by Ardmore Avenue, Jefferson Boulevard, Portage Boulevard and Freeman Street, Wildwood Park was designed by nationally prominent landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff. Developed by the Wildwood Company, the team of Lee and his pioneering architect wife Joel Roberts Ninde, the neighborhood features a rolling topography, winding streets and a mix of early twentieth-century architectural styles. The area is significant in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Community Planning. - Wildwood Park Newsletter - 1929 photo album at Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook
- Deep history of Wildwood Park neighborhood recognized by National Register listing October 22, 2013 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.
- Wildwood gets historic status Neighborhood set along rolling terrain makes national registry by Dan Stockman published October 22, 2013 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
The Wildwood Park tour was about the early- to-mid-20th century, the homes built from 1914 to 1960 in craftsman, Tudor revival and neo-classical styles, among others.
Early 20th century on display in Wildwood Park homes tour James D. Wolf Jr June 27, 2022 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.-
#TBT Featured on our Home Tour this year is this cozy corner that is largely still intact and appears much as it did in...
Posted by Williams Woodland Park Neighborhood on Thursday, November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 post by Williams Woodland Park Neighborhood on Facebook:
Featured on our Home Tour this year is this cozy corner that is largely still intact and appears much as it did in the distant past! The Vail-Hanna house on Webster Street is the former residence of some very famous Fort Wayne residents. We spy some pretty recognizable surnames here. You might recognize them too from the city streets that bear the same names!
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Thursday, June 6, 2024 post by Wildwood Park Community Association on Facebook:
See Spongy Moth on Invasive Species page.
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Attention Wildwood Park residents: The regularly scheduled Beautify Day this Saturday has been replaced by a much more...
Posted by Wildwood Park Community Association on Thursday, June 6, 2024Thursday, June 6, 2024 post by Wildwood Park Community Association on Facebook:
Attention Wildwood Park residents: The regularly scheduled Beautify Day this Saturday has been replaced by a much more urgent "Save Our Oaks Day." Please report for duty at 9 a.m. and be prepared to eliminate these voracious Spongy Moth caterpillars that are devouring our tree canopy. Board members Brian Mowry, Carmen McGee and Katy Silliman will be providing supplies and know-how at the Park at the Point and at Willowdale Creek. The goal is to band as many trees in our common areas and parks as possible with preference to our century-old but oh-so-vulnerable oaks. Your participation is imperative!
Save the Oaks -- and save the essence of Historic Wildwood Park!
Slowing the Spread of Spongy Moth in Indiana Indiana Department of Natural Resources
How to get rid of Gypsy Moths and Caterpillars May 28, 2021 Homes for Beginners on YouTube
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Wildwood Park volunteers this morning banded dozens of trees in our neighborhood parks and common areas. They found the...
Posted by Wildwood Park Community Association on Saturday, June 8, 2024Saturday, June 8, 2024 post by Wildwood Park Community Association on Facebook:
Wildwood Park volunteers this morning banded dozens of trees in our neighborhood parks and common areas. They found the white oaks had been infested the worse. Red oaks had a few caterpillars and for now the pin oaks seem to be OK. Still, there are reports from Wildwood residents that their maples and hickories are infested -- and rose bushes, too.
Our volunteers reported you have to be close to the tree to see the caterpillars in action. Otherwise, you can't see the leaf damage or the caterpillars against the brown bark. Once you do, though, it's pretty clear that time is of the essence and action must be taken.
Stop the Spread. Save Our Oaks.
Wildwood Park Residents: Please go to the association's Group page for more information.
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Monday, June 10, 2024 post by the Wildwood Park Community Association on Facebook:
Posted by Wildwood Park Community Association on Monday, June 10, 2024