DeWeese in Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Triangle Park
“A Gathering Place”
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, August 9, 2022
1. Triangle Park Marker
Inscription.
Triangle Park. “A Gathering Place”. In 1916, Dayton industrialists Charles Kettering and Edward Deeds purchased the “Idylwild” estate of Daniel Eldridge Mead and a larger adjacent tract to save it from development and to create a park for their companies. The resulting “Triangle Park,” opened with a July 4, 1917, picnic for employees and their families. A few weeks later, on July 15, the site became the world war one recruitment site for nearly two hundred men enlisting as “Camp Triangle, Battery D, 1st Ohio Field Artillery.” The park served as the home of company football team the Dayton Triangles and was the site of the 1920 first NFL game. In 1941, Deeds and Kettering gave the park to the City of Dayton to ensure its continued recreational use forever as “a gathering place.”
In 1916, Dayton industrialists Charles Kettering and Edward Deeds purchased the “Idylwild” estate of Daniel Eldridge Mead and a larger adjacent tract to save it from development and to create a park for their companies. The resulting “Triangle Park,” opened with a July 4, 1917, picnic for employees and their families. A few weeks later, on July 15, the site became the WWI recruitment site for nearly two hundred men enlisting as “Camp Triangle, Battery D, 1st Ohio Field Artillery.” The park served as the home of company football team the Dayton Triangles and was the site of the 1920 first NFL game. In 1941, Deeds and Kettering gave the park to the City of Dayton to ensure its continued recreational use forever as “a gathering place.”
Erected 2021 by City of Dayton, Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 34-57.)
Location. 39° 47.15′ N, 84° 12.029′ W. Marker is in Dayton, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is in DeWeese. Memorial is
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on Ridge Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Deweese Parkway, on the right when traveling north. The marker stands in Triangle Park at the pavilion shelter house above Howell Field. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2424 Ridge Avenue, Dayton OH 45414, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2022, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 262 times since then and 42 times this year. Last updated on July 7, 2023, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 9, 2022, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
