Known historically as The Maples, this 22-acre property was once used for small-scale farming and countryside enjoyment. Purchased at the turn of the 20th century, Henry L. Ott and his wife Margaret Klaus Ott named it for the dense maple tree plantings along the former entry from Highway 146. Henry Ott was a philanthropist and partial owner and founder of American Standard Plumbing. Before moving permanently to Crestwood in 1917, the family added many distinctive buildings for farming and country living, and many of these historic structures still remain. The property included barns formerly used for livestock, equipment, and laundry, as well as a garage, greenhouse, two small girls and boys playhouses, and a two-story limestone tea house. In the 1960s, their daughter Mary Louise Ott Fanelli and her husband Vincent Fanelli built a modern home around the original one-story wood-frame house on the same site, and evidence of that earlier home remains within the present residential building at the park. Gardens encircled the tea house, majestic trees were planted, and a small fishing pond lay at the head of the stream near the rear entrance. The City of Crestwood purchased the property in 2009 from Vince Fanelli to provide opportunities for recreation and entertainment for Crestwood.