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 is at the intersection of North 58th Avenue and West Glenn Drive, on the right when traveling south on North 58th Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
