Sitting in the middle of Tibbetts Brook park by a quiet, still lake is this mysterious structure. It was probably built around the late 1920s when the park was first opened to the public. But Tibbetts Brook has an amazing history. It was once owned by a wealthy land owner named Elias Doughty who sold it to George Tibbetts in 1668. Later the land was confiscated from Tibbetts after it was discovered he had sided with Britain in the revolutionary war.
Later it was the site of The Battle of Kingsbridge or The Battle of Tibbets Brook in 1778 where Ethan Allen joined forces with the Stockbridge indians under the Indian chief Sachem Daniel Ninham. Allied, they led the battle against the Queen's Rangers led by John Graves Simcoe. The battle lasted only a day and in the end, Britain won leaving dead 4 British soldiers and 40 indians.
There is very little information about this Gazebo. But it had to have been constructed around 1927 the same time the park was officially opened to the public.
The structure is a Romanesque design with 9 elegant arches. I can just see the frolicking flappers à la Gatsby running through each arch giggling insanely on the eve of The Great Depression.
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