| Hackley Park | |
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 Postcard of Hackley Park, Muskegon | |
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| Location | Muskegon, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 43°14′02″N 86°15′09″W / 43.23389°N 86.2525°W |
| Area | 2.3 acres |
| Created | 1890 |
| Operated by | City of Muskegon[1] |
| Status | Always open |
| Website | www |
Hackley Park | |
| Part of | Muskegon Historic District (ID72000647) |
| Designated CP | September 27, 1972 |
Hackley Park is a municipal park in Muskegon, Michigan. In 1890, it was built on land donated by Charles H. Hackley to honor the memory of soldiers who fought in the Civil War. It is bounded by Clay & Webster, and Third & Fourth in the Muskegon Historic District near Muskegon Lake.
Background
[edit]The 80 foot (24 m) "Victory" statue is the focal point of the park. Local businessman and philanthropist Charles H. Hackley donated the land to the city in 1890 as a memorial to veterans of the Civil War.[2] Each corner of the park features Civil War heroes: David Farragut, William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln.[3]
There are three works by Charles Henry Niehaus in the park: a bust of Charles Hackley (1890), the Abraham Lincoln Monument (1900),[4] and the David Farragut Monument (1900).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hackley Park". geonames.org.
- ^ Bissell, Joel (November 23, 2016). "Looking back at Hackley Park, a gift to the city in the late 1800s". mlive.com.
- ^ Margaret Beattie Bogue (1985), Around the Shores of Lake Michigan: A Guide to Historic Sites, University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 321–322, ISBN 9780299100001
- ^ Replicas of Niehaus's Abraham Lincoln are at the Buffalo History Museum in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Lincoln from Buffalo History Museum.
- ^ "Farragut Monument". Archived from the original on August 2, 2014 – via SIRIS.
