Historic Charlton Park
Introduction Main Street at Charlton Park'''Historic Charlton Park''' is a historically oriented local facility and museum in Barry County, Michigan, that sits on  along the Thornapple River.The village is made up of a number of nineteenth and early-twentieth century structures that have been 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 Township Hall. Besides the historic village and museum, there is a swimming beach on the Thornapple River, along which the park is located.Bristol_Inn.jpg|Built in 1848 was used as a stagecoach stop.Lee_District_No._7_School.jpg|Built in 1869.Children attended the Lee School until 1923.Barber_Shop-Charlton_Park.jpg|Barber Shop - built between 1889-1907.Upjohn_House.jpg | Constructed in 1852.William E. Upjohn started the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Co.Charlton_Center_Church.jpg | Carlton Center Church built in 1885.Seamstress.jpg | Built in the late 1880s, this house is the home of the village seamstress.Hastings_Township_Hall.jpg | Hastings Township Hall in use until 1988.Blacksmith_Shop-Charlton_Park.jpg | Blacksmith Shop - donated in 1968.Carpenter_Shop.jpg | Carpenter ShopGerald_Sixberry_House.jpg | Built by John and Rachel Dillon in Maple Grove in 1858.Irving_Charlton_Museum.jpg | Built by Irving Charlton. Completed in 1950.Hastings_State_Bank.jpg |Hastings Mutual Insurance Co. operated in this building from 1908-1924.
External links * Charlton Park Historic Village and Museum - official site