Elgin certainly owes a debt to the man whom Lord’s Park is named after. George P. Lord was, among other things, a business manager at the watch factory, a dairy farmer, president of the board of education, president of The First National Bank and the mayor of Elgin from 1879 to 1880. In addition to these esteemed positions, he also engaged in numerous philanthropic endeavors, including Sherman Hospital, The YMCA, Elgin Academy and Lord’s Park.