Fairfield Memorial Park

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Fairfield Memorial Park, originally The Plaza is an urban park located on Block 42 of the Fairfield Land Company's first subdivision of Fairfield (originally named "Corey"). It was intended as the municipal center of the planned city, facing Gary Avenue at Crawford Street, where the No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line passed.

The park was planted with four rows of shade trees and a tiled fountain with benches was built at the northeast end. The park presently has four wooden gazebo structures.

The city's first important buildings were erected flanking the park. The First Bank of Corey and Plaza Hotel to the south, and the Stowers Furniture Company to the north. A town hall was proposed for the southwest end of the park, on the site of the present baseball field in the neighboring Fairfield City Park. Both have since been demolished.