Toledo Memorial Park Historic Limestone Wall - destroyed for road widening

Link for more info on the Historic Wall

Local oral history tells the story this way: “Malcolm Lukowski, who owned a 20 acre-farm on Wadsworth Road, one mile due north of Toledo Memorial Park was hired to perform the initial excavation and roadwork. Malcolm also worked for the recently founded Toledo Memorial Park. Each day, Malcolm and his team of horses hauled loads of limestone to the stone masons constructing the limestone wall at Toledo Memorial Park. Each night when he went home, he dropped off his empty cart to be reloaded with freshly blasted bedrock from the creek. 

This daily process continued until the wall was completed two years later. 

It was stated in the 1923 labor union yearbook that “The stone wall is considered the most attractive masonry in Toledo.” 

Limestone pillars have stood sentinel to the entrance to the cemetery as well. The pillars and gates remain fully functional, and just as they have for 100 years, open and close 365 days per year, to offer security to the park. 

Due to a street widening project on Monroe Street, the wall must be moved.