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George Bucknam Dorr (December 29, 1853 – August 5, 1944) was an American preservationist. Known as the "father of Acadia National Park," he spent most of his adult life overseeing the park's formation and expansion.
George Bucknam Dorr, (December 29, 1853-August 5, 1944) known as the father of Acadia National Park, spent most of his adult life bringing the park into being, caring for the park, and expanding it.
The creation of what is known today as Acadia National Park was spearheaded by a wealthy Bostonian, George Bucknam Dorr, A.B. 1874, who also served as its first superintendent. Dorr’s Brahmin family lived in bucolic Jamaica Plain until he was seven, and he wrote later, “My earliest recollections are concerned with gardens….”
21 de dic. de 2023 · Prominent members Charles W. Eliot and George B. Dorr joined philanthropist and summer resident John D. Rockefeller in pursuing national park status, and in 1916, presented 5,000 acres to the American people in the form of a national monument, penned into existence by President Woodrow Wilson.
8 de oct. de 2021 · George B. Dorr Quick Facts. Profession: Conservationist. Education: Harvard University and University of Oxford. Place of Birth: Massachusetts. Place of Death: Bar Harbor, Maine. Date of Death: 1944. Associated Landscape: Sieur de Monts Spring, Acadia National Park, Maine
29 de may. de 2016 · The more than 2 million visitors a year who come from across the country and around the world to admire the beauty of Acadia National Park have George Dorr, in large part, to thank. Yet Dorr’s story and the role he played in shaping Acadia, conservation, Mount Desert Island and beyond, have been largely untold – until now.
10 de feb. de 2022 · In 1909, George B. Dorr, Acadia's first superintendent, built an octagonal tile-roofed structure over a spring at the south end of Great Meadow. On a nearby rock he carved "The Sweet Waters of Acadia." He named the spring "Sieur de Monts" in honor of the French noble man who was commissioned Lieutenant Governor of New France by King ...
