Chapman and Lownsdale squares

Chapman and Lownsdale squares Review

During the 1920s, these parks were segregated by sex: Chapman, between Madison and Main streets, was reserved for women, and Lownsdale, between Main and Salmon streets, was for men. The elk statue on Main Street, which separates the parks, was given to the city by former mayor David Thompson. It purportedly honors an elk that grazed here in the 1850s.