Brokaw Hall Memorial Bird Feeder for Heritage Society Fundraiser Created by Snick Farkas
Bird Feeder by Snick Farkas
The bird feeder is an homage to the recently demolished city-owned historical structure at the Monarch Grove Sanctuary. The structure was built in 1914, and served as living quarters for the Del Monte Military Academy during the 1920s and housing for a forestry work camp in the 1930s.
After the city obtained the building in the 1990s as part of the Butterfly Bond acquisition, it sat vacant until it fell into serious disrepair. After a decade of neglect, the city decided it was an attractive nuisance and a danger to visitors to the butterfly habitat. Shortly before demolition, while the building was surrounded by chain-link fence, the historic plaque was stolen. It remains at large (the base of the bird feeder is a facsimile).
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