The city's founders gathered in the back room of what is now the Deer Park Inn on Blue Ash Road. Built in 1886 as Helds Tavern, it was just the second building in what would eventually become Deer Park, said owner Hermann Tegenkamp.
''They used to say if you could hit a ball from the field across the street into the front door, you'd get a free drink,'' he said. A grocery now stands on the site of that baseball diamond.
Deer Park was laid out in 1886 as a suburb of residences. The first church, St. John's Catholic, was dedicated in 1892. Still mostly rural, Deer Park was incorporated as a village in 1912. There were 327 residents.
Most of the meetings of the leaders pushing to incorporate the area as a village were held in the back room of Helds Tavern. So when Deer Park was formed, council meetings were held in that same room, At the end of meetings, official minutes say, ''council adjourned to the bar.''
Many Thanks to folks like Anne Poole and Dennis Camp and the Historical Society for documenting the history of our City.
SCROLL DOWN FOR HER 75th ANNIVERSARY BOOKLET!
For a detailed site with a plethora of Info on Deer Park:
DEERPARKOHIO.ORG
75th Anniversary Booklet
For the 75th anniversary of Deer Park, some awesome folks compiled and published a booklet with some historical facts that might have gotten lost.
I wanted to capture it so others may enjoy Anne Poole’s booklet!
You can view it here. Or Download a copy.
Webmaster Note: I have a couple errors in the PDF - 2 duplicate pages and 1 upside down page. SORRY.. working on finding someone with a pdf editor...
I did a long night of individual page scanning on a scanner... JJ
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Deer Park Days In The Park Festival
Aug 1 & 2 6pm-Midnight
Thanks to Everyone Who Came to Support us from Near and Far and help make this Years Festival a Huge Success!!!! We hope you enjoyed the weather that we special ordered.