Living in the Historic West Side Neighborhood, Springfield, Illinois

The Historic West Side is FULL of history and wonderful architecture including my favorite house style - the bungalow. This blog will highlight the gorgeous bungalows that can be found in the West Side Historic neighborhood. I would also like to report on interesting house styles throughout Springfield and the history they represent. If you would like me to feature some house or interesting historic place that you've found, send me an email and we'll arrange it! Please check our older posts too!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Washington Park Bandstand

A much loved and much photographed site at Washington Park is the Louis L. Lehman Memorial Bandstand. One of the benefits of living in the Westside Neighborhood is seeing this beautful structure on a daily basis. It is beautiful Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter!

The Bandstand was built in 1926 and was funded mostly by donations.

Lehman had directed the Illinois Watch Company band for over forty years and selected this park site for the bandstand near the pond where it awaits wedding ceremonies and memorable photographs today. When the Memorial was built 19 small ducks were purchased for the pond and their descendants have populated the pond all the years since!