RARE ARCHITECTURAL CORNERSTONE - Historically Important
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RARE ARCHITECTURAL CORNERSTONE - Historically Important Geneva, New York Marble Plaque Engraved "EAGLE TAVERN, Erected in 1830 by WILLIAM TIPPETTS", with border and fan bracket corners. 18" x 33 1/2" x 2", on museum stand. Very heavy. Good condition, corner chips, the largest loss to the lower left fan. From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931; "William Tippets was a prominent merchant in Geneva; he was one of the incorporators of the Geneva Academy, was once postmaster, owned considerable real estate, was proprietor of the land where T. C. Maxwell & Bros. nursery on Castle street was later located and built the Eagle Tavern on the southwest corner of Castle and Exchange streets where the Kirkwood Hotel now is, which latter building was erected after the destruction by fire of the building that preceded it."
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RARE ARCHITECTURAL CORNERSTONE - Historically Important
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