Description
Matted & ready to pop into a standard frame: This interesting 8 in. x 10 photo is from about 1906 showing Bancroft Tower in Institute Park in Worcester, MA. This is a contemporary reprint made directly from a high resolution digital scan of the vintage photograph. The piece is crisply printed on matte finish photo paper & placed in a white acid-free matte, ready to be popped into a standard 11 in. x 14 in.; frame, which can be bought anywhere locally. From the web: George Bancroft was a politician, statesman & writer. His list of achievements is exceedingly long, ranging from cultivator of the American Beauty Rose & eulogist at Abraham Lincoln's funeral, to Secretary of the Navy (founder of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis) & author of a scholarly ten-volume history of America. But, Stephen Salisbury III built the memorial to Bancroft because Bancroft & Salisbury's father had been childhood friends. A plaque marks Bancroft's birthplace just below the park on Salisbury Street. Honorable Stephen Salisbury III became a member of the Parks Commission in 1887. Mr. Salisbury owned a great deal of land in the northern part of the city & was always eager to improve that section. He was involved in the donation & development of a plot of land on the south side of Salisbury Pond, soon to be named Institute Park. Initially Stephen Salisbury set aside 20 acres of land along Massachusetts Avenue which included Bancroft Hill. in 1900, he erected a tower on the summit of this hill to honor George Bancroft, the famous historian whose birthplace was just below on Salisbury Street. The tower is 56 feet high & is constructed of boulders, cobblestones & is trimmed with a rock-faced granite. It looks like a miniature feudal castle. The construction cost was about $15,000. Stephen Salisbury opened it to the public during this time. Some of the finest views in the City could be seen from this tower. It is named on the National Register of Historic Places. When Mr. Salisbury died, this property was left to the Worcester Art Museum who in turn presented it to the City in 1912. No rights are granted or implied other than for personal collectible use. Makes a terrific gift for the graduate, alumni, Clark University, Worcester, MA, nostalgic collector or an addition to your other historic collection! pub PLACES dir Matted Photograph | 8x10 - C.1906 Bancroft Tower Institute Park, Salisbury St, Worcester, Ma Massachusetts
