Curving streets lined with Craftsman Bungalows recall the horse-and-buggy era for this subdivision laid out in 1907.

The Park was designated a Historic Landmark District in 1982, just shortly after the City recognized the need to preserve Long Beach’s treasured communities.

* The Park's unique circular layout gives it a seclusion that is unlike any other historic district in Long Beach.

(See map, https://web.archive.org/web/20061006110320/http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=5344] Carroll Park is a residential neighborhood of single family and duplex homes, some modest, some quite impressive, but all well maintained.

Historians indicate that the Park was planned in this circular fashion with its complex maze of streets to deter the farm and ranch wagons on their way to town.