Murphy Park - Glendale AZ
N 33° 32.384 W 112° 11.039
12S E 390072 N 3711751
This is one of two different plaques with the same name in the same park . This one is located at the northeast corner of the park, and contains different wording from the other "Murphy Park" plaque. 58th Avenue & Glenn Drive
Waymark Code: WMKJ4K
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2014
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MURPHY
PARK
ESTABLISHED 1909
ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "THE PARK" OR "CITY PARK", MURPHY
PARK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CENTER OF DOWNTOWN GLENDALE.
THE PARK'S NAMESAKE, W.J. MURPHY, ESTABLISHED GLENDALE IN
1892 AND DONATED THE PARK TO THE TOWN IN 1909. RESIDENTS
PROTECTED THE PARK AS A COMMUNITY SPACE, ALLOWING ONLY A
PUBLIC LIBRARY TO BE BUILT HERE (THE FIRST IN 1917, A SECOND
IN 1938, AND THE CURRENT ONE IN 1971). IN 1912, PATRIOTIC
RESIDENTS INSTALLED A 110-FOOT WOODEN FLAGPOLE HERE.
THE TALLEST FLAGPOLE IN THE STATE STOOD UNTIL 1964. THAT
SAME YEAR THE GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL RENAMED THE PARK
FOR MURPHY.
Marker Name: Murphy Park
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Maricopa
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
Glendale Historical Society
Year placed: Unknown
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