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Wood Avenue Historic District:

A residential neighborhood primarily developed between 1880 and 1930.

The district contains elaborate Queen Anne, classic Georgian Revival and the more modest Bungalow styles of architecture as well as two homes of the Plantation Cottage style dating from the 1820’s.

Notable residents of Wood Avenue, formerly Market Street, were Tom Stribling- Pulitzer Prize winning author, George Goethals- Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal and Helen Keller- who resided on Wood Avenue while attending public school. The neighborhood has experienced very little change since the early 1900’s. An area of hidden treasures, a walk through Wood Avenue Historic District reveals protected historic architecture and gems, all blocks from Wilson Park with lush, cool grass that serves as home to free summer concerts and annual festivals and events.