Prattville in Autauga County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

North Highland Park

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2026

1. North Highland Park Marker

Inscription.
In 1957, the Citizens Community Improvement Club, represented by Willie Lee Wood Sr., Mary E. Averhart, Lewis Douglas, and Isom Jones, successfully lobbied the City of Prattville to designate a vacant 1.5-acre lot as a new park for African American residents. Thereafter, members of the club conducted a door-to-door campaign to raise funds to purchase recreational equipment. The North Highland Community Park opened in 1960 as Prattville's third public park and the first designated recreational facility for African American citizens. A swimming pool was added in 1964. The park provided activities for Black citizens from Autauga County and the surrounding area. For many years, the Citizens Community Improvement Club hosted

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an annual Park Day to enhance and maintain the facility. In that same spirit, members of the community-including Willie Wood Jr., who served as the first African American member of the Prattville City Council from 1988 until 2016 organized an annual Community Park Fun Day to celebrate the creation of North Highland Park, its place in Prattville's history, and its future.

Sponsored by One Community Outreach United and the City of Prattville.

Erected 2026 by Alabama Historical Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1957.

Location. 32° 28.568′ N, 86° 28.249′ W. Marker is in Prattville, Alabama, in Autauga

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2026

2. North Highland Park Marker

Park is to the right of marker on the hill.

County. It is on Martin Luther King Drive north of Cone Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 122 Cone St, Prattville AL 36067, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

View of marker with the North Highland Memorial Community Center across road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2026

3. View of marker with the North Highland Memorial Community Center across road.

are within walking distance of this marker: Sallie Mae Hadnott (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Sidney Lanier / Prattville Male and Female Academy Site (approx. 0.9 miles away); Sidney Lanier (approx. 0.9 miles away); Happy Hollow (approx. 0.9 miles away); A County Older Than the State, Autauga County (approx. 0.9 miles away); Daniel Pratt / First United Methodist Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Autauga County World War II Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Prattville.

More about this marker. Marker notes installed in 2025 but was installed in 2026.

Also see . . . Prattville unveils 3 historical markers honoring Civil Rights history (WSFA-TV).

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(Submitted on February 25, 2026, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2026, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 47 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 25, 2026, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.