During the 1880’s, St. Petersburg was a pine scrub village wanting to become a city. Northerner’s relocating to this town transformed it with their new ideas and cultural aspects. In the 1890’s, the location that was soon to become City Park was undesired because of its high grass, mud, puddles, and roaming wild animals. Wanting to make the park part of the community, in 1893 a group of women formed the Park Improvement Association. One of their projects was the William’s Park Bandstand which sits at the front of Heritage Park. Originally, St. Petersburg had no areas specifically for holding performances. As a result, the women of the Park Improvement Association began raising funds for the bandstand, which was to be placed at the north end
