Moments Project – Pliny Park
Pliny Park Brattleboro Vermont.
Pliny Park was completed in 2005 and named in honor of local businessman Pliny Burrows.
This was the site of the Hooker Mansion. Civil War hero George Hooker died here in 1902. Among those having been here are Brattleboro’s first physician, Jonathan Hunt and his wife. Daniel Webster visited the Hunts. William Morris Hunt and Richard Morris Hunt were Hunt’s sons. Richard is known for designing the Vanderbilt estates and the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
In 1920, a Ford Sales and Service Garage was here. Manley Garage and Apartment Building was behind. The mansion was rented to an undertaker, restaurant, chiropractor’s office, and St. Michael School.
The mansion was torn down in 1929 and replaced over time by
a service station, information booth, Red Cross, Dunkin’ Donuts.
