Historic Charlton Park
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Historic Charlton Park is a historically oriented local facility and museum in Barry County, Michigan that sits on 310 acres (1.3 km2) along the Thornapple River.
The village is made up of a number of nineteenth and early-twentieth century structures brought together from around the county to recreate a Michigan village from the turn of the 20th century. Buildings include a lawyer's home, blacksmith shop, bank and insurance office, barber shop, inn and stagecoach stop, Church, carpenter/cooper shop, carriage house, general store, hardware store, school, printshop, cabin, sawmill, and the Hastings Town Hall.[1]
Besides the historic village and museum, there is a swimming beach on the Thornapple River, along which the park is located.
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Built in 1848. Was used as a stagecoach stop. -
Built in 1869. Children attended the Lee School until 1923. -
Barber Shop built between 1889-1907. -
Constructed in 1852. William E. Upjohn started the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Co. -
Carlton Center Church built in 1885. -
Built in the late 1880s. This house is the home of the village seamstress. -
Hastings Township Hall in use until 1988. -
Blacksmith Shop donated in 1968. -
Carpenter Shop -
Built by John and Rachel Dillon in Maple Grove in 1858. -
Built by Irving Charlton in 1950. -
Hastings Mutual Insurance Co. operated in this building from 1908-1924.
References
[edit]- ^ "Village & Museum". Historic Charlton Park. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
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External links
[edit]- Charlton Park Historic Village and Museum - official site