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Stone Tower at Ethan Allen Park (1905) - arched entry التي كتبها origamidon

North Street, Burlington, Vermont USA • <i><b>Ethan Allen</b> made a significant contribution to the early history of Vermont, at that time called the New Hampshire Grants, which then constituted the northern frontier of the New England colonies. In 1902, <b>William J. Van Patten</b> bought the property in Burlington that was once Ethan Allen's for $20,000. Appreciating its historical significance, Van Patten set apart about 12 acres, including the ledge of rock now enclosed by the park, and offered it to the Sons of the American Revolution on condition that a stone tower, a memorial to General Ethan Allen, be erected on the top of the ledge and a road built leading to the tower and to Ethan's former house. Accepting the offer, the S.A.R. Built and dedicated the present tower in 1905. … The Norman-style Tower in Ethan Allen Park, built in 1905 to honor Ethan Allen's life and deeds and as a memorial to him and his Green Mountain Boys. Van Patten himself designed the tower. … In later years Van Patten told of his reason for buying the land: I was first interested in the property through Mr. Edward P. Hatch, who about five years ago asked me if I had ever visited it and if I knew what a beautiful view was obtained from what was then known as <b>Prospect Rock</b>. Although I had lived 30 years in Burlington, with the great majority of our people I had never been on the spot and knew nothing of the beauties of it, but upon Mr. Hatch's recommendation I visited it, and was at once struck with the desirability of the property as a park for our citizens. At that time we had no place where people could go and freely enjoy themselves without trespassing on private property. I became so much interested in the matter that when I found that Col. H. J. Brookes had placed the property in the hands of Mr. E. P. Shaw for sale, I feared it might be sold to some person who would be unwilling to sell it to the city or who would cut off the woods so as to spoil it for park purposes. Because of this fear and my great desire that it should be available to Burlington, I purchased the farm of which it was part, paying Colonel Brookes $20,000 for the same. </i> ••• From the terrific <a href="http://womenhistory.blogspot.com/2009/05/frances-montresor-buchanan-allen.html" rel="nofollow">website</a> of <b>History of American Women</b>. ••• Another very informative link, is this <a href="http://www.ethanallenhomestead.org/Ethan-Allens-Burlington-Home-1787-1789.html" rel="nofollow">essay</a>, by David Bow at the website of the <b>Ethan Allen Homestead Museum</b>. ☞ Part of a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donshall/sets/72157621954778240/">series</a> of photos documenting my new <b>home &amp; neighborhood</b>, in the heart of Vermont's largest town: <b>Burlington 05401</b>. • After almost a dozen years in rural Cornwall, 40 miles to the south, I have moved to one of the true <b>outposts of optimism</b>, on the eastern shore of <b>Lake Champlain</b> (the <a href="http://www.dencities.com/champlain.html" rel="nofollow">6th Great Lake</a>).
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