Alameda Park

[1] However, an 1853 map of the City of Santa Barbara drawn by civil engineer Vitus Wackenreuder indicates six blocks as Garden de Alameda, which further include blocks 58 and 59 adjoining to the northwest between East Micheltorena and East Arrellaga Streets.

What was indicated in the Wackenreuder map as block 58 is the present day site of Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens.

[1] In 1874, picket fences were installed around the plazas and trees were planted within the park; however it was quickly overrun by weeds.

A plaque was erected in 1929 in his honor, which is located at the northeastern corner of East Sola and Santa Barbara Streets.

Stephenson, homeless at the time, was sleeping on the gazebo platform when he was attacked and stabbed to death by two students of a nearby private school.

The Canary Island Date Palms in East Alameda Plaza are estimated to have been planted between 1910 and 1925. [ 5 ]