PERRY HANNAH STATUE

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
T.J. Carroll pulls a sheet covering the statue of Traverse City founding father Perry Hannah as it was unveiled by a group of those involved in the project on Monday at the Union Street plaza entrance to Hannah Park. Hannah, who was born in 1824 and died in 1904, first came to what is now Traverse City in 1851 as president of the Hannah, Lay and Company in Chicago. He served as the city's first mayor and spent a term in the state legislature. The six-foot tall statue and plaza were funded entirely by sponsors and donors in collaboration with the city and History Center of Traverse City, including proceeds from the book ""Perry Hannah's Gifts - Then and Now," by Peg Jonkhoff and Fred Hoisington. The statue was sculpted by Verna Bartnick and cast by T.J. Carroll.

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