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William Pryor Letchworth acquired the home he named Glen Iris in 1859. Upon his death in 1910 the property and surrounding area now known as Letchworth State Park were willed to the people of New York.
William Pryor Letchworth acquired the home he named Glen Iris in 1859. Upon his death in 1910 the property and surrounding area now known as Letchworth State Park were willed to the people of New York.
The Glen Iris Inn, the former home of William Pryor Letchworth within Letchworth State Park, Castille, New York.
Snow/Ice cone/column behind the Glen Iris Inn, Letchworth State Park, New York. A manmade, gravity fed fountain which flows during the winter creates the snow/ice cone/column.
There had been a summer thunderstorm shortly before this picture was taken. The resulting run-off created these rivulets on their way to the Genesee River.
The historic Glen Iris Inn, located on the top of a cliff overlooking Middle Falls in Letchworth State Park, is the former home of businessman (and founder of Letchworth State Park) William Pryor Letchworth (1823-1910).
This fountain by the Glen Iris Inn in Letchworth SP is always fascinating to visit in the winter and early spring. The ice buildup was undoubtedly much higher than this since we have had a lot of "melt days" recently. It was really fun to walk around this piece of evolving sculpture. At every turn it looked different. I took lots of other pictures, one of which can be seen below.
Snow/Ice cone/column behind the Glen Iris Inn, Letchworth State Park, New York. A manmade, gravity fed fountain which flows during the winter creates the snow/ice cone/column.
The Middle Falls of the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park, generally considered the most impressive of the three cataracts in Letchworth State Park known collectively as Portage Falls, drops 107-feet from a 285-foot wide crest. The Seneca Indians believed that the sun stopped at midday to gaze in awe at the great beauty of Ska-ga-dee (the Middle Falls).
Letchworth State Park, a 14,427-acre park following along a 17 mile stretch of the Genesee River as it flows north through a deep gorge and over several large waterfalls called Portage Falls. The territory of the park was long part of the homeland of the Seneca people, which they called Sehgahunda, the "Vale of the three falls," until they were forced north into Canada following the Revolutionary War. In 1859, Buffalo industrialist William Pryor Letchworth began purchasing land around Middle Falls, where he build his Glen Iris Estate. In 1906, he bequeathed the 1,000-acre estate to the state, which became the core of the newly created public park. In 1914, Letchworth's home was made into a country inn, offering in-season meals and overnight accommodations.
This is what the fountain next to the Glen Iris Inn in Letchworth SP usually ends up looking like on all sides when winter is over. A frozen, then thawing cone, more or less like this all around.
But as you can see below the thaw has produced some really remarkable sculptures as spring arrives.
Taken on our daytrip to "The Grand Canyon Of The East" Letchworth State Park. This is the fountain located at the Goldfish pond at the Glen Iris Inn.
Snow/Ice cone/column behind the Glen Iris Inn, Letchworth State Park, New York. A manmade, gravity fed fountain which flows during the winter creates the snow/ice cone/column.
With no temperature cold enough to add any more ice onto this fountain at the Glen Iris Inn at Letchworth State Park, I guess this now-dirty accumulation will start receding. See below to see where it stood in January.....
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The former house of William Pryor Letchworth, the Glen Iris still stands today as a beautiful retreat to those looking to absorb the beauty of the surrounding park. © Timbo Louer 2012
The Glen Iris Inn, la antigua casa de William Pryor Letchworth, se encuentra en la cima de un acantilado con vistas a Middle Falls en el Parque Estatal Letchworth, en el estado de Nueva York,
The middle falls from the lawn at Glen Iris Inn. You can see the mist rising towards the right that was responsible for the rainbow pictures preceding this one in my photostream.