Charles Trumbull Hayden Memorial

In honor of Charles Trumball Hayden, a statue was designed, built, and placed on 5th Street by the Courts and Police Building. Hayden is considered the founding father of the city of Tempe and the statue sits on the location where he stood when he began the survey for the flour mill he built in Tempe. The sculpture was paid for by the City of Tempe Improvement Project Percent for Arts. Clarke C. Riedy was the artist who designed and created the statue and he works by the Salt River in Phoenix, Arizona. A statewide contest was held to determine who would be the artist commissioned to build Hayden's memorial and Riedy was the winner. He has worked with other well-known Arizona artists including sculptor John Waddell. The statue is eight feet tall and includes a base featuring bas-relief work that depict scenes from Hayden's life. In addition to founding Tempe, Hayden was an educational promoter, he helped raise money for the Arizona school system, and he served as the president of theTerritorial Normal School Board of Education. Hayden was married in 1876 and the couple had a son who later served as an Arizona Congressman and Senator. The couple also had three daughters.