Alum Creek Park North

A 1930s Works Progress Administration project, the park project reclaimed wasteland, constructed a dam which provided a water supply for Westerville’s filtration plant, and built a shelter house and an open-air amphitheater with a band shell.

A Works Progress Administration program during the 1930s, the park project employed 125 men to reclaim wasteland, construct a dam which provided a water supply for Westerville’s filtration plant, and built a shelter house and an open-air amphitheater with a band shell. The project also preserved a log cabin. Over the years, enhancements have been made to the park but the original structures remain as a testimony to the pride of the men who found steady employment and benefitted their community during the Great Depression. Today the amphitheater is a stage for a summer concert series. Children continue to enjoy the train play structure at their “Train Park”.