Neighborhoods long in city history
Now-gone curves reflect earlier time
DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette
As with many parts of Fort Wayne, the neighborhoods affected by the city s realignment of State Boulevard are steeped in local history.
Much of the area is encapsulated in the Brookview-Irvington Park Historic District and slightly overlaps with the Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System designed by architect George Kessler. Both of those are local historic districts that are on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to a registration form filed with the U.S. Department of Interior, the Brookview-Irvington Park Historic District includes 423 buildings, mostly houses, and contains plats for Brookview, Oak Knoll and Irvington Park. The Brookview Parkway, Vesey Park, the Westbrook Ford/Bridge, Brookview Pedestrian Bridge, State Boulevard Bridge, Grove Street Bridge and Vesey Park Pedestrian Bridge are also included in the Brookview-Irvington Park Historic District