Stone Folly

Here you will find an interpretive sign:

Have you ever wondered about the pile of gray rocks set close to the sidewalk at the second curve in the road? Look more closely and you will see that they form a kind of a room or grotto. This garden folly is a very tangible remnant of the Frederick and Marie Russ estate and its landscaped grounds. Water was an important part of the folly. The grotto surrounded the well head and water pipes doused the structure with a spray of water when the paddle wheel in the well was turned by quacking ducks. Waterfalls ran down among rockery plantings and miniature carved stone castles and towers. The basin was used as a water trough for horses as they drew carriages along the driveway that is today Oakvale Avenue.—Anthony Bruce (Printed on the sign)