Fort Zumwalt Park | |
---|---|
Location | O'Fallon, Missouri |
Area | 48 acres (19 ha) |
Built | 1798 (Zumwalt), 1884 (Heald) |
Rebuilt | 2015 (Zumwalt) |
Restored | 2001 (Heald) |
Restored by | O'Fallon Community Foundation |
Governing body | City of O'Fallon |
Fort Zumwalt Park is a park in O'Fallon, Missouri, that features the rebuilt homestead fort of Jacob Zumwalt.
The park's total area is 48 acres (19 ha) with 4-acre (1.6 ha) Lake Whetsel, a picnic pavilion, a shelter house, and a children's playground with equipment. The lake is open for fishing from February though October (7 am–7 pm).[1] Fort Zumwalt Park hosts O'Fallon's annual Celebration of Lights, a drive-through display of light decorations, every Christmas season,[2] and is home to the St. Charles Model Railroad Club.[3] The site also includes the Darius Heald Home.[4] Formerly a state park since 1939, the State of Missouri sold the property to the City of O'Fallon in 1978 for one dollar.[5] The Heald Home was restored in 2001, and reconstruction of Zumwalt's fort was completed in 2015.