Our Parks - Perkins Park
Perkins Park & Playground
Address: Located on Beacon Street, the park covers 10+ acres.
Parking and Restrooms
- No restrooms are available.
- Street parking is available.
Features
- The park includes tennis and pickle ball courts, basketball courts, a baseball/softball field, and a children’s playground.
- Children’s playground includes slides, swings, sandbox, a wooden ship and fire engine, and toys.
- There are numerous benches for resting.
History
- In 1945 the Park was established and named for Edward G. Perkins, who was a city council president for 18 terms and 43 years of service.
- Formerly, the property was the site of a gas plant where coal was processed into gas. The gas was piped into city homes to be used for lighting before electricity.
- In 1999 three feet of soil was removed from the park to address contamination from the manufactured gas.
- Clean up and re-installation of the playground equipment was completed in 2004. There was a grand reopening of the Park in June, 2005.
