Ira Allen - Burlington, Vermont
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Vermontish
N 44° 28.666 W 073° 11.997
18T E 643154 N 4926515
One of Vermont's Founding Fathers
Waymark Code: WM6VCG
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
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Revolutionary, Surveyor General of Vermont, land speculator (several towns in Vermont are named for him), youngest brother of Ethan Allen. Founder of the University of Vermont on land he donated.

Bronze on a granite base, sculpted by Sherry Edmundson Fry in 1921, standing appropriately on the University Green, which is ten acres of land he specified should remain undeveloped.

Text in base:

Ira Allen
Founder of the State of Vermont Founded This University 1791

SIRIS #VT000008

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