Hackley Park

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.

Hackley Park
Postcard of Hackley Park, Muskegon
Postcard of Hackley Park, Muskegon
LocationMuskegon, Michigan
Coordinates43.23389°N 86.2525°W / 43.23389; -86.2525
Area2.3 acres
Created1890 (1890)
Operated byCity of Muskegon[1]
StatusAlways open
Websitewww.muskegon-mi.gov/departments/parks/hackley-park
Hackley Park
Part ofMuskegon Historic District (ID72000647)
Designated CPSeptember 27, 1972

Background

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
  1. "Hackley Park". geonames.org.
  2. Bissell, Joel (November 23, 2016). "Looking back at Hackley Park, a gift to the city in the late 1800s". mlive.com.
  3. Margaret Beattie Bogue (1985), Around the Shores of Lake Michigan: A Guide to Historic Sites, University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 321–322, ISBN 9780299100001
  4. Replicas of Niehaus's Abraham Lincoln are at the Buffalo History Museum in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Lincoln from Buffalo History Museum.
  5. "Farragut Monument". Archived from the original on August 2, 2014 – via SIRIS.
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