Westside Park (Chehalis, Washington)
Westside Park is located in Chehalis, Washington in the city's Pennsylvania Avenue-West Side Historic District which was catalogued on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1991. The  park contains basketball courts, a playground, and picnic areas. It is known locally for its blossoming cherry trees, first planted in 1932, and towering conifers. History
The park began in 1894 and the area became a playground and recreation area for the West Side School. Due to damages from the 1949 Olympia earthquake, the school was razed and the park became public. A memorial bench in the park was dedicated in 2007 to Gavin Crandell, a sixteen year-old who died the prior year after being struck by a train at a crossing  away. Westside Park was a popular gathering spot for the teenager. In 2021, a volunteer neighborhood group, the Friends of Westside Park, organized as a non-profit 501(c)(3) and began to oversee improvements to the park. That same year, the group, in collaboration with the Chehalis Foundation, were able to receive a $20,000 earmark for the park from the Chehalis City Council as a beginning funding effort for future renovations. An additional $95,000 in capital was added in 2023. Considered the first of potentially three phases of renovations, the $115,000 total funding is to aid in the purchase of new playground equipment, the construction of a perimeter fence, and to upgrade the sidewalks and parking areas to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Westside Park is unable to qualify for listing with the NRHP due to a loss of records during a 1910 fire at the defunct West Side School. Notes

See also
Parks and Recreation in Chehalis, Washington

References

Chehalis, Washington
Parks in Lewis County, Washington