Hackley Park Explained

Hackley Park
Photo Alt:	Postcard of Hackley Park, Muskegon
Location:	Muskegon, Michigan
Area:	2.3 acres
Operator:	City of Muskegon^[1]
Status:	Always open
Module:	Embed: yes Hackley Park Nrhp Type: cp Nocat: yes Partof: Muskegon Historic District Partof Refnum: 72000647 Designated Nrhp Type: 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

The "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.

There are three works by Charles Henry Niehaus in the park: a bust of Charles Hackley (1890), the Abraham Lincoln Monument (1900),^[3] and the David Farragut Monument (1900).^[4]

External links

• Hackley Park

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hackley Park . geonames.org.
2. Web site: Bissell . Joel . Looking back at Hackley Park, a gift to the city in the late 1800s . mlive.com . 2016-11-23.
3. Replicas of Niehaus's Abraham Lincoln are at the Buffalo History Museum in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Lincoln from Buffalo History Museum.
4. Web site: Farragut Monument . https://web.archive.org/web/20140802073031/http://sirismm.si.edu/saam/scan2/S76007311_b.jpg . August 2, 2014 . SIRIS.