Hackley-Holt House

Joseph Hackley came to Michigan from Wisconsin in 1850 to serve as superintendent of construction for the Durkee, Truesdell and Company sawmill, and in 1860 he purchased this house, which had been built in 1857. He and his first wife, Salina Fuller Hackley, were the parents of Charles Hackley, who became one of Michigan's most successful lumbermen and a prominent Muskegon philanthropist. Salina Hackley died in 1864, and in 1867 Joseph married Catherine Palmer. Joseph died in this house on January 8, 1874. Henry Holt, a native of New York, came to Michigan in 1852, soon returned to New York to attend law school, then came back to Michigan to practice law in Grand Rapids. In 1858 he moved to Muskegon, was elected prosecuting attorney of Ottawa County, and began a long political career that included two terms as lieutenant governor, five terms in the state legislature, and two terms as mayor of Muskegon. In 1878 Henry Holt married Catherine Palmer Hackley, and they lived in this house until Henry died there in 1898.

Muskegon, Michigan · United States