The green commercial building in the distance (on the southwest corner of Fletcher and State) has served many uses through the years, including the E. Today, most of the houses on the south side of Fletcher Avenue still stand. State Avenue (Google Street View, June 2011) The 1700 block of Fletcher Avenue at the southeast corner of S. State Avenue in Indianapolis, just two blocks south of its original location. In 1988, Indianapolis Public Schools traded properties with Indy Parks and built the new William McKinley School #39 on the old Finch Park & Playground site. It housed a stage and “comfort stations.” Finch Memorial Shelter House on the east end of the grounds. In 1927 the park board built the brick and tile Alice K. The Marimba Band and the Policemen’s and Firemen’s Band entertained the crowd while children played on the swings and slides in the new park surrounded by electrically-lit Chinese lanterns for the evening’s festival. City officials promised additional playground equipment and more landscaping “to make the playgrounds a real park.” Park staff praised the Southeastern Improvement Association for their efforts of civic improvement. State and Spann Avenues “Finch Park & Playground” in memory of the Finch Family.Īccording to a news report, thousands of southsiders attended the park’s opening ceremonies on July 2, 1923.
The Indianapolis Park Board named the park at S. Finch (1852-1923, daughter of Judge Fabius Finch) bequeathed $10,000 to the Indianapolis Parks Department for playground purposes in 1923.
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