WAYNE COUNTY

Statue of former Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard going to museum

Workers take down the statue of former Mayor Orville Hubbard Tuesday morning from in front of the old City Hall building in Dearborn. The statue will be moved to the Dearborn Historical Museum.
Workers take down the statue of former Mayor Orville Hubbard Tuesday morning from in front of the old City Hall building in Dearborn. The statue will be moved to the Dearborn Historical Museum.
Bill McGraw
This is a 2007 photo of the statue of Mayor Orville Hubbard in front of Dearborn City Hall. Many have criticized the monument to a man seen by some as a segregationist.
This is a 2007 photo of the statue of Mayor Orville Hubbard in front of Dearborn City Hall. Many have criticized the monument to a man seen by some as a segregationist.
David Coates, The Detroit News
Former Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard famously refused to allow black families to settle in Dearborn. But when civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy came to Dearborn to give a speech in 1969, Hubbard told him “we'd like to have you living here.”
Former Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard famously refused to allow black families to settle in Dearborn. But when civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy came to Dearborn to give a speech in 1969, Hubbard told him “we'd like to have you living here.”
Detroit News Archive
Irene McCabe and Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard march hand-in-hand in an anti-busing protest in March 1972.
Irene McCabe and Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard march hand-in-hand in an anti-busing protest in March 1972.
Detroit News Archive
Sculptor Janice Trimpe works on a bust of Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard. The statue she sculpted in six weeks in 1989 was the start of a career sculpting well-known works, including one of the UAW Sit Down Strike in Flint and the statue of an old man playing checkers with his granddaughter in Mount Clemens.
Sculptor Janice Trimpe works on a bust of Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard. The statue she sculpted in six weeks in 1989 was the start of a career sculpting well-known works, including one of the UAW Sit Down Strike in Flint and the statue of an old man playing checkers with his granddaughter in Mount Clemens.
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Dearborn Historical Museum acting chief curator Jack Tate said he’s “not sure yet” when the statue will go on display but that it will.
Dearborn Historical Museum acting chief curator Jack Tate said he’s “not sure yet” when the statue will go on display but that it will.
David Coates, The Detroit News
The statue of former Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard lies in the bed of a flatbed truck Tuesday morning after it was removed from the front of the old City Hall building in Dearborn. It will be moved to the Dearborn Historical Museum.
The statue of former Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard lies in the bed of a flatbed truck Tuesday morning after it was removed from the front of the old City Hall building in Dearborn. It will be moved to the Dearborn Historical Museum.
Bill McGraw