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 Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth - Greenfield, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 35.224 W 072° 36.061
18T E 696846 N 4717750
A monument honoring the "father of American beekeeping", Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, is located on the grounds of the Second Congregational Church at 16 Court Square, Greenfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WM13FKK
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2020
Views: 2
A monument honoring Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth contains a granite base which has a relief of a beehive and a bronze plaque which is inscribed:
LORENZO LORRAINE
LANGSTROTH
DECEMBER 25, 1810
OCTOBER 6,1895
PASTOR OF THE SECOND
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS,
1843 - 1848
INVENTOR OF THE
MOVBABLE-FRAME BEE-HIVE
MADE MODERN BEEKEEPING
POSSIBLE, 1851
SCHOLAR, OBSERVER, AUTHOR,
FRIEND OF MANKIND
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
AS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE DEBT
OF BEEKEEPERS OF THE WORLD
TO HIS SKILLS AND
UNSELFISH LEADERSHIP,
JULY 18,1948
Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth was born in Philadelphia, PA on December 25, 1810. He graduated from Yale University in 1831 and then served as the pastor of various congregational churches in Massachusetts, including the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield, MA. He was awarded a United States patent for the movable frame beehive on October 5, 1852, a design that is still commonly used today. He is the author of the The Hive and the Honey-Bee which was published in 1853. The book is still available in print, in the public domain, as the 40th edition of Langstroth on the Honey Bee.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Second Congregational Church, Greenfield, MA
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