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. 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.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Sports • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1917.

Location. 39° 47.15′ N, 84° 12.029′ W. Memorial is in Dayton, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is in DeWeese. It is on

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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. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2424 Ridge Avenue, Dayton OH 45414, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Miami Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 134 D Artillery Memorial (here, next to this marker); Site of First Game in the NFL (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); D-134 Artillery Memorial Bridge (approx. ¼ mile away); D Battery 134th Field Artillery-37th Division encamped at Triangle Park - July 15th 1917 (approx. ¼ mile away); In Honor of Don Bassett (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dayton Fire Department Station No. 14 (approx. 0.6 miles away); McCook Field (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named McCook Field (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dayton.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 9, 2022

2. Triangle Park Marker

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 9, 2022

3. Triangle Park Marker

Howell Field image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 30, 2025

4. Howell Field

Howell Field is the former home of the Dayton Triangles and the site of the first NFL game.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2022, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,034 times since then and 90 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. 4. submitted on July 24, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.