The Hurst Trees (Minnehaha Avenue)

Looking down Minnehaha and O’Neills Avenues, you can see oak trees protruding over the road. The trees were thought to have been planted in the 1860s by William Hurst to frame his house. The effect of the two trees now large enough to meet in an archway can still be seen today by walking a little down Minnehaha Avenue and turning back to look at the Hurst homestead. When the road was built in the early 1920s, Mrs. O’Neill, who owned property on the cliffs, successfully campaigned to preserve the two trees on O’Neills Avenue.

Continue walking along Hurstmere Road.