The Boy With The Boot
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Vermontish
N 43° 28.304 W 072° 58.625
18T E 663619 N 4815189
Unique fountain (water comes from toe of boot)
Waymark Code: WM417T
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2008
Views: 17
The Boy With The Boot was a gift to the Town of Wallingford in 1898, in memory of Arnold Hill, by his children. One of his sons, who lived in Chicago, had seen a similar statue there, and the siblings all agreed that such a statue would be a fitting memorial to their late father, who had been the owner of the Wallingford Inn from 1861-1871.
It is presumed that damage of some sort (c1910) prompted him being stored away and seemingly forgotten until the Inn's new owner found him in the attic in 1920. He was restored, and has occupied this same position in front of the Inn ever since.
He has become enough of a local icon to have been adopted as the official logo of the town.
Waymarkers NB: taken inside during winter months to avoid weather damage.