Hagelin Park

5.54 acres.

1962-11-09: Voters approved the $150,000 bond issue by a two-to-one margin. The bond money will be added to the $23,000 already on hand for the project. The site of the pool will be city-owned property just south of Fisher Field, near North Seventh and Cedar.

Mayor George A. Fisher signed the resolution for acquiring the land owned by the Cheney School District for use as a park. Originally given the name Dressler Park, after Eastern Washington College of Education professor, Graham Dressler who taught English 1940-1958.

The city pool opened in 1964, about this time the name of the park was changed to Hagelin Park, after Richard “Pete” Hagelin, the council member who had spearheaded the effort to build the outdoor community pool.

In 1966, the Cheney-Medical Lake Rotary club introduced landscaping plans for the area around the pool. A number of civic groups donated trees, shrubs, flowers, and even benches. The Tilicum Club planted a number of trees and shrubs in the park in 1968.

1967-08-03