Naftzger Park was built in 1979 as part of the city of
Wichita's downtown revitalization efforts. Visually attractive, the park
includes a closed-loop water circulation system for the pond and waterfall,
brick walks, slate-roofed gazebo, fountains, and unique wrought iron fencing
from New Orleans. It's a beautiful little park, especially in the spring, when
the trees and flowers are blooming.
Right across the street, is the
newly-refurbished Eaton Hotel which was built in 1887, and which now contains 115 apartments on the upper
floors, several small businesses and the Grand Ball Room which was very recently
brought back to its previous splendor, on the ground floor. It was at this hotel's bar that
Temperance crusader Carry Nation made her most infamous tirade, destroying much
of the bar in 1907. The Eaton was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
This is a three-part virtual, all three of which can be
answered from memorials and plaques around the park. To claim this cache email
me with the answers to the following:
1) The park was named for philanthropist Maurice
Clifton Naftzger; to what three fields were his gifts directed? Not much irony
in this question.
2) There is a granite memorial. What organization
placed the memorial and what year? Bonus if you can tell me what's so ironic
about the location of the memorial.
3) What were the previous names of St. Francis
Street? The irony is in how the City tried to change the activity in the area by
changing the name of the street.
The usual virtual rules apply: I reserve the right to
delete logs which have not been verified, please do not post answers or pictures
that show the answers with your logs, etc. Enjoy this little history lesson.