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This is a micro hidden in the park in Holland Patent. Bring your own pencil. Some stealth may be required as this is a highly trafficked area. Hopefully more caches will start to be placed in this beautiful and historic area of NY.
The public square has been a focus and symbol of the Holland Patent for the two hundred years of its existence. The square, established by a deed of June 30, 1798,transferred lot number 128 to Pascal C. J. DeAngelis from Seth Johnson, Andrew Craigie and Horace Johnson but reserved ".. seven and [one] half Acres as a Public Square for the use of the Inhabitants on the Patent." The location Of the Public square determined the orientation and land use development of the patent, and the character of this plot of land well drained, level and incorporating a segment of the main road leading cast to Barneveld and west to Floyd and Fort Stanwix --befit it for the public ground upon which the community institutions of schools and meetinghouses would stand. The boundaries of the public square today remain as established, with Main Street lying along the northern boundary, Park Avenue situated on the eastern boundary, Park Street located on the southern boundary and the western boundary lying about half way down the hill that slopes toward Willard's Creek behind the Presbyterian Church. The gazebo was erected about 1880 and limestone walls were laid up on the banks of the narrow creek during 1897-99 by Robert Hughes, who was paid from funds raised through community entertainments. A commemorative boulder was placed by the graduating classes of 1900 and 2000 and another by the Daughters of the American Revolution. On May 30, 1915, the latter dedicated their monument to the Revolutionary soldiers buried in the vicinity. Both monuments continue to provide landscape features to the square. Longtime residents of the patent may remember less solemn features of the square: the cow which Flossie Jones tethered to a tree in the square and the World War I airplane which was parked for years in the sheds behind the Presbyterian and Baptist churches. Today the public square continues to hold a special place in the community as the site of high school graduations, concerts, and the picnics and frisbee games of both travelers and residents. The village's pride in its lovely square has prompted the formation of a group dedicated to maintaining and improving its appearance. The unique historical, architectural and visual character of the square has merited recognition and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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