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Ed Harris Jr., a prolific horse breeder in the 19th century, would most likely enjoy a plan put forth by the Moorestown Garden Club for a brand new public park at the intersection of High Street and Main Street.

Gina Zegel, a member of the appearances committee but representing the garden club, shared several preliminary drawings with the members of council for Percheron Park, named for a hardy breed of workhorse that was first brought to America by a Moorestown resident.

Margo Foster, a member of the garden club, explained that Ed Harris Jr. of Moorestown visited France in 1839 and first encountered the Percheron breed. The sturdy horses, he found, were great for pulling carriages and farm equipment and the Moorestown citizen brought the first two Percherons to America.

“Nobody else in this country can say they had the first Percheron horse,” Foster said.

The piece of property was acquired by the township in 2008 from Puritan Oil, which had previously used the land as a gas station and an automobile repair facility. The township purchased the property for a price of $350,000 and assumed responsibility for any
environmental remediation costs which exceeded $360,000, but less than
$410,000.

The park, explained Rebecca Zellner, a professional that created the preliminary plans, would be ringed by local vegetation and a tree planted in the middle of the property. It would have an etching in the middle dedicated the park and a small track of horse shoe prints, she said.

The property would also be ringed by a retaining wall to create the “pocket” park, Zellner said. Small lights could be installed on the retaining wall if a lighting element is necessary, she said. The park would be hard scape in the center, she said.

These are the basic designs for the park, Zegel said. The total cost would likely be about $110,000 if the township bid out the work.

More features could be installed if the funding could be found, she said, including a labyrinth or a statue of a Percheron.

“This looks great in a lot of ways,” Mayor John Button said.

Right now the township is still running tests on the property to see if the piece of land is contaminated, Zegel said. 15 test pits are currents in the property and will have to remain for 18-months.

Button said the proposal will likely be a discussion item for the council to discuss at a later date. No action was taken at the meeting.