Teal Park is a public greenspace in

Horseheads Horseheads is a town in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 19,412 at the 2020 census. The name of the town is derived from the number of bleached horses' skulls once found there. Horseheads is north of the city of Elmi ...

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Horseheads 1855 Extension Historic District Horseheads 1855 Extension Historic District is a national historic district located at Horseheads in Chemung County, New York. The residential district includes a rich variety of exceptionally well preserved examples of the vernacular archite ...

History

The land for the park was donated to the town in 1807. In 1910, political cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman, a resident of the town, designed the bandstand still standing today, known as the Zim Bandstand. The park is adjacent to the Zimmerman House, which was Eugene's home.

Usage

During the summer, Teal Park is home to the Horseheads farmer's market which meets on every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A concert series is held in the park every Thursday starting on the last Thursday of June, and ending in August.

References

Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Parks in Chemung County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Chemung County, New York {{ChemungCountyNY-NRHP-stub