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The Foster Park Neighborhood, about 150 acres platted in 1924, was one of the last subdivision efforts of Hilgeman & Schaaf, and it carried the firm's City Beautiful program to the edge of Foster Park: curving parkways along West Foster Parkway and Old Mill Road, deep setbacks, and houses built by the firm and by other well-known local builders. The neighborhood association counts 139 households in the blocks of West Foster Parkway, Sheridan Court, West Branning Avenue, West Lexington Avenue, and Old Mill Road. Building ran from 1924 to 1963, the earliest houses along Old Mill Road and West Foster Parkway being the largest, with smaller postwar houses following. Foster Park itself, the green anchor on the neighborhood's west side, is covered with the park system in the Parks and Plans section.
The Foster Park Neighborhood Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 2013, with 222 contributing buildings. The district's buildings are treated in the Architecture section.
Sources: National Register nomination, Foster Park Neighborhood Historic District (Ref. 13000755); Historic Foster Park Neighborhood Association (fosterpark.org); City of Fort Wayne release, October 31, 2013.