Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-13
LIGHTHOUSE TO HIS NAME
Champlain VIII BE Remembered
When the Sailors See Crown
Points Lamps.

The commissioners of New York and
Vermont who conducted the Champlain
tercentenary celebration in the summer of
1909 have united to erect a permanent
memorial TO Champlain at Crown Point. on
Lake Champlain. and have adopted a de-
sign that combines this object with a
unitarian purpose. in the form OF me-
mortal lighthouse. Many European light
houses have been given a more or less
architectural character internationally,
some. like Smeaton's Eddystone, are mon
umental as a result Of a strict adoption to
conditions. and some such as the Eddy
stone, have become memorials to their
builders; but none has been erected as a
memorial TO any particular event or per-
SON
The acts of New York and Vermont which
created the commissions for the celebration
provided that part OF the funds appro-
priated should be reserved for the erection
OF a permanent monument. and after some
delay in arranging to combine their re-
sources In order to erect q joint memorial,
and in deciding on a site, the combined
commissions have chosen the lighthouse
reservation at Crown Point as offering
greater advantages than any other of the
many available situations about the lake.
Crown Point lies near the southern end
OF the lake, between the wide mouth OF
Bullwaga bay on the New York side, and
the narrow channel that leads down from
Iiconderoga on the Vermont side Though
actually in New York, II seems, from
either shore, to lie between the two
states. Il is visible from both shores, and
from the trains OF the Delaware & Hud.
son railroad, and from the lake itself foI
10 I'll. =,
water traffic passes within 600 feet Of It
The lighthouse itself is built at the ex.
tremity of Crown Point. on the site of ar
ancient battery whose earthworks are still
visible, and is not far from the ruins Of
Forts Frederick and Amherst. dating from
1881 TO 1850
The style Is that of France OF the tim,
OF Champlain. as used in parts of Fon
tainebleau and other royal hunting lodge.
situated in comparatively wild places
Eight robust columns on a high base sur
round the central shaft and carry a boldly
decorated entablature: above the entabla.
ture is a visitors gallery. separate from
the gallery about the light itself, which
is carried up on the continuation Of this
stair shaft The whole has a sharply &C.
centuated silhouette, and strong vertica
lines OF light and shade, which will diff
ferentiate It, and make its monumental
character unmistakable At any distance a
which It can be seen.
AT the front is a bronze statue OF Cham
plain. placed high. so as to be above III,
trees. At one side OF him is an Indian anc
ON the other a courier du bois. Just be
low the group Is the prov OF a oonven
tionaltzed canoe. laden with the product
of the country. broad flight OF grant
steps leads from the landing wharf up Z
the circular terrace on which the strue
ture stands. with two pyramidal memoria
obelisks at either side. bearing the arm
OF New York and Vermont.
Construction will be commenced thi
spring. and Il Is intended 70 dedicate tn
memorial in 1912 on the anniversary o
the discovery OF the lake. The oonstruc
ton must be carried on without inter
fering with the maintenance OF the IiRh
in it's exact present position. To shift
or extinguish II would cause confusion
As the present tower must be remove
before building the new one, the ia.