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Fort Massachusetts (?) replica wooden footstool - $60 (Albany)

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Washington Ave. near Eagle St.
condition: good
make / manufacturer: unknown
model name / number: 1933-1952
size / dimensions: 14" x 6" x 8"

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For sale for $60.00 is this good condition, rough hewn, small wooden footstool. Can be picked up in Bennington. The person I purchased it from (about 1998 at North Adams Library lawn sale) said it was a replica stool from the recreated Fort Massachusetts in North Adams which closed in 1952. One corner has a large chip on the underside. *** Note: Fort Massachusetts was the westernmost in a line of forts built by British colonists to protect the northern border of Massachusetts from French and Indian forces in 1745. It was constructed along the banks of the Hoosac River in what is currently North Adams, Massachusetts by a company of Massachusetts militiamen led by Captain Ephraim Williams. It consisted of a wooden stockade with a guard tower at each corner and a central blockhouse which was designed to be defensible if the walls were breached. *** The first attempt to commemorate Fort Massachusetts’ history took place in 1897 when the Fort Massachusetts Historical Society bought the site for $1,000 and erected a flagpole to mark the site of the fort. This remained the only commemoration of the fort until the 1930s, when primarily female members of the society launched a public appeal to rebuild the fort as a historical museum. In 1933, construction finished on the Fort Massachusetts’ replica museum, which was made to be an exact replica of the one that was invaded and burned by the French and Native American troops. The Fort Massachusetts Historical Society opened a museum at the fort and hoped that this new museum would be a big tourist attraction in the area. Unfortunately, the museum did not gain the following the historical society had predicted during construction and quickly fell victim to several acts of vandalism. In 1952, the replica fort was sold to Herbert J. and Arthur C. Mausert and who briefly operated a restaurant at site. The land was then sold in 1959 to Central Markets chain who built a supermarket next to the fort. Finally, in 1970, the fort, which had become surrounded by weeds, was demolished. However, visitors to the site today can still see the replicated Fort’s fireplace and chimney, along with the Perry Elm tree stump, all that remains of the tree planted by Professor A. L. Perry of Williams College in 1859.
~~ ***~~ I'm now breaking up my personal 60+ year collection of original artwork and 10,000+ records; (33s, 45s and 78s), audio tapes and CDs, and 400+ rare and collectible books including sets and first editions, some signed by the authors. Also sports cards, ephemera, philatelic items, foreign and U.S, single stamps, collections, plate blocks, line and number coil strips, FDCs, flown covers and postal history. Most can be mailed. Send want lists to John B, POB 757, North Bennington, VT 05257.
*** JULY 25 *** Plan ahead *** Vintage Vinyl LP Records for sale @ $ 2.00 each (also some $5.00 books)
North Bennington Village Tag Sale ~ Saturday, July 25 9 am - 5 pm ~ Good Weather Only ~
Rain Date: Sunday, July 26 ~ Good Weather Only ~ All genres ~ 1950s- 2000s ~ Almost all in excellent condition.
Send pre-event want list to John B, POB# 757, N. Bennington, 05257 and I'll try to find them.

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