Blanchette Park - St. Charles, Missouri
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 38° 47.799 W 090° 29.046
15S E 718493 N 4297217
City park located in St. Charles, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM1QC6
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2007
Views: 56
The following is an excerpt from Missouri: A Guide to the 'Show Me' State,
1941 in the St Charles section:
Blanchette Park, Randolph and Chestnut Sts., consists of 42 acres formerly
known as the Fairgrounds. Purchased by the city in 1910, the land has been
equipped with soft-ball diamonds and tennis courts lighted for night play, an
auditorium for dancing and a sunken rose garden illuminated at night when
the roses are in bloom.
The softball fields and tennis courts along with the auditorium called
Memorial Hall remain in the park. The sunken garden no longer is a rose
garden but is beautifully landscaped with a variety of different flowers and is
a quiet peaceful garden. Near the entrance to the park a statue of Louis
Blanchette, the founder of St. Charles, has been placed.