This was the site of the county's home for indigent senior citizens, also known as Monroe County Colored Folks Home. In 1986 the City created a park to honor the memory of William Bill Butler, a musician and founding father of the Key West Junkanoos and member of the Welter's Coronet Band. The park is the site of the New Year's morning Junkanoo Parade, a celebration with African roots which began in the Bahamas in the 17th century to preserve African cultural traditions in danger of being lost in the displacement process of the slave trade.

Information provided by the Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State

Photo courtesy of Gary Thomas.