In 1880, Central Park boasted a magnificent fountain. The former town hall which burned in 1904 is in the background. Erected in 1871 and dismantled 1897. Pre-1904 town hall is visible in the background. Cement, iron fence around central park.
Description on back of picture: "Old fashioned garden of Mrs. Radcliffe Hudson as it looked in the ninties. It extended on either side of a central path more than a hundred feet from the rear of her home on Park Place. The house west of Davenport…