Indian Pond, 1926. Tucked away at the end of Livingston Avenue, behind a row of large Fieldston homes, sits Indian Pond, a glacial pond in a private park. Delafield Park is named for Major Joseph Delafield, an attorney, landowner, and veteran of the War of 1812. Delafield established his estate in 1829 in what was then Westchester County. In the early 20th century the family subdivided their property for an upscale suburban development, Fieldston. The plots were designed to follow the existing topographical features of the wooded and hilly land. It is unknown whether Indian Pond is a man made feature, or an altered natural one. The earliest appearance of the water is on a 1873 Parks Department map. While the roads of Fieldston where being created and graded as part of the suburb's development, Livingston Avenue was interrupted for the park and pond. Today the small pond remains surrounded by trees and its quaint low stone wall, cared for by the Fieldston Property Owners Association.