Tichenor Place

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $8.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:688616
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Bennington
State: Vermont (VT)
County: Bennington
Publisher: E.T. Griswold
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Home of Gov. Isaac Tichenor. Born Feb. 8, 1754, in Newark, NJ. Came to Bennington in 1777 as Deputy Commissary of the Continental Army. He was one of the most honored men of the country in his day. Was Governor eleven years, United States Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The bell in the Old First Church was presented to him and still bears his honored name. Died Dec. 11, 1838. Near the northwest corner of the house, David Redding was publically hanged in 1778 for "Enemical conduct."

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