Bagley Park

Bagley Park is a two-acre municipal park in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1926, the park covers a half-block at northeast Second Avenue and Jackson Street north of the Washington County Courthouse. After a major renovation project ending in 2008, the park includes a picnic shelter, a playground, restrooms, and several sports facilities.HistoryCounty circuit court judge George R. Bagley sold part of his land to the city for a park at the intersection of northeast Second and Jackson streets in the early 1920s. After paying Bagley $1, the city built a half-block park on the site in 1926. This was Hillsboro’s second city park after Shute Park. The park was dedicated to Bagley in the early 1930s and had a baseball diamond.In 1949, donations paid for the addition of playground equipment at the park. Funds were raised through a variety of means, including a ten-act circus from the American Legion staged at Shute Park's pavilion in May 1949. Also that year, voters approved a tax levy to provide for city residents to use school district facilities and fund a summer program at Bagley Park.Hillsboro’s Active 20-30 Club announced plans to refurbish the park in May 1985. The project was to be paid for in part through a newspaper drive. In 1986, the club began the refurbishment project that lasted three years. The group replaced the jungle gym, built a fence, installed a basketball court, built a sidewalk through the park, and cut down diseased trees. They also paid the city to add sidewalks around Bagley. In all, in excess of $25,000 and 1,000 hours of work were expended on the improvements. For a time the park was the starting point for the annual Lil Spooks Parade. The parade was also a costume contest held around Halloween and sponsored by the Active 20-30 Club, and continued until the late 1990s at Bagley.