Feature 138: 901 North Delaware Street (in 2011)

Classification: Contributing.
Historic Name: McCoy Park (part of).
Architectural Style: City Park.
Construction Date: late 1960s.
Period 5 of Harry S Truman's Life: Serving as Elder Statesman, 1953-1971.
Tax Identification: 26-310-12-01/18.
Legal Description: McCauley Park, block 3, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Description: Landscaped park; grassy portion of much larger McCoy Park with scattered trees, grass lawn sloping gently down toward the east with an upright wood sign with the words, "McCoy Park," inscribed on it. Bess Truman Parkway extends through the property several hundred feet further east. No structures or buildings. Brady Green Space lies to the west on the other side of North Delaware Street.
History/Significance: McCoy Park was created in the aftermath of massive urban renewal projects in the 1960s resulted in the demolition of houses in a sizable African American neighborhood at the north end of North Delaware Street (bounded by U.S. Highway 24 on the north, West College on the south, North Spring on the east, and North McCoy on the west). West Nettleton, West Mill, and West St. Charles streets were encompassed in this neighborhood known as the "Neck."