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County Farm Park
From ArborWiki
County Farm Park is a park run by the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Department. It is located at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Platt Road.
Trails on the site include Parcour exercises.
Project Grow uses the land for gardening.
[edit] History
This 141 acres of county land was bought from Claudius Britton in 1836 for $1200. A poor house and insane asylum was built in 1837 and used until 1917 when a brick hospital was constructed and named the Washtenaw Infirmary. The infirmary stood until 1967 when it was ordered to be closed or modernized. In 1972, the infirmary was vacated (and eventually razed) and Project Grow began using 8 acres of land for their gardens. The Parcour exercise trail was constructed in 1976 (the fitness equipment was replaced in 2000). In 1991, the Meri Lou Murray Recreation Center opened in the northeastern corner of County Farm Park, where the infirmary stood years ago.
