George W. Childs designed this park according to contemporary ideals that held nature and natural scenery to be restorative. At a time when cities were crowded, dirty, and dominated by industry, public parks were places where everyone could mingle, stroll, contemplate, and enjoy being outdoors. After Childs' death, his wife Emma managed the public park for eighteen years, and in 1912 she deeded the land to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1983, George W. Childs Park became part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The park is home to a trout stream flowing through a lush ravine, three rushing waterfalls, ruins of the Brooks Woolen Mill, and several structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, fulfilling Childs' vision of a public woodland paradise.
