{"nrhp_refnum":"83003907","name":"Teal Park","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Steuben, Pine, and W. Main Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Horseheads","county":"Chemung County","state":"NY","lat":42.16412855600004,"lon":-76.81935166999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Teal Park is a three-quarter acre landscaped public park on the east side of Pine Street, south of Steuben Street, in the village of Horseheads, Chemung County, New York. Land was deeded in 1807, and the Zim Bandstand was built in July 1910.","why_significant":"The park is significant for its link to early settlement, as land donated by founding settler Nathan Teal in 1807 and used continuously as public open space. It is also tied to Eugene Zimmerman, the cartoonist and prominent local citizen who designed and donated the bandstand in 1910. The bandstand is an original design and a rare surviving example of a once-common village feature.","narrative":"Teal Park is a three-quarter acre public green in a residential part of Horseheads, New York. Nathan Teal, a founding settler, donated the land in 1807 as a possible site for a cemetery, meeting house and other public buildings. Whether it served those purposes is unknown, though a schoolhouse once occupied part of it, and the land has been used as open space ever since. Concrete walks, benches, tall shade trees and two stone monuments fill the grounds. Its focal point is the wooden Zim Bandstand of 1910, designed by Eugene Zimmerman and built by his father-in-law, Alvah Beard. The octagonal structure has ten square columns topped with lyre-shaped capitals, a tent roof, and a carved pediment showing two horn-playing grasshoppers and a bass-fiddling frog. It has not been altered since construction apart from a 1979 roof and a village restoration. The park is valued for its early settlement history, its tie to Zimmerman and its rare bandstand.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Designed by Eugene Zimmerman; built by Alvah Beard (Zimmerman's father-in-law)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent; used as a public park. The bandstand was recently repainted, missing railings were replaced, and an asphalt shingle roof was added in 1979 as part of a village restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.060558-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83003907.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003907/01297b4189-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003907/01297b4189-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teal_Park.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teal_Park.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312285","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teal_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7691384"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chemung-county/teal-park-83003907/"}