Willard Park, circa 1897

dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-25T15:48:26Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-25T15:48:26Z
dc.date.issued	1966-00-00
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000515
dc.description	Willard Park, shown here in 1897 not long after the park was developed, was one of several gifts bestowed upon Battle Creek by Charles Willard, for whom Willard Library also is named. Enquirer and News columnist Amy South wrote on April 13, 1975, that Willard was a farmer who lacked a college education but loved reading and had "a great admiration for brainy women." Before his death on Jan. 31, 1897, at age 69, Willard deeded 16 acres of oak woods bordering Goguac lake to the city. In his will, he left $20,000 to the city for public parks. Willard also left $37,500 for a library building, $36,500 for a YMCA, $30,000 to hire professors of Latin and literature at Kalamazoo College, $40,000 to the Michigan Baptist Association and another $40,000 for a scholarship fund for poor students of Michigan.	en_US
dc.format.medium	4x5 BW negative
dc.subject	Charles Willard parks Goguac Lake YMCA	en_US
dc.title	Willard Park, circa 1897	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	HISTORICAL: '66 GOGUAC LAKE BATHING BEACH & PAVILIAN 1897?
dc.description.photographer	Submitted
dc.description.taxonomy	Geographic\|Battle Creek Area Places\|Goguac Lake	en_US