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Mar 16, 2021 · It looks as it did in 1910, when Colonel E. Parmelee Prentice and his wife Alta Rockefeller Prentice built it on 1400 acres. Elm Tree House at Mount Hope Farm in 1954. Photo courtesy Williamstown Historical Museum. Col. Prentice, a Chicago lawyer, married the daughter of John D. Rockefeller Sr., reputedly the richest man in the world.
Jan 3, 2019 · Many know Parmalee Prentice from his development of Mount Hope Farm in Williamstown with his wife, Alta Rockefeller Prentice. Though the farm and its owners are renowned for establishing scientifically based breeding methods, Prentice had numerous interests beyond livestock and crops.
When Alta Rockefeller was born on 12 April 1871, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, John Davison Rockefeller Sr., was 31 and her mother, Laura Celestia “‘Cettie” Spelman, was 31. She married Ezra Parmalee Prentice on 17 January 1901, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Sep 5, 2023 · Named after Rockefeller's daughter, Alta Rockefeller Prentice, Alta House provided clubs, classes, and a community center, as well as a nursery. During the settlement's early years, Rockefeller provided operating funds and added to the physical plant.
Sep 8, 2017 · The gravesite of Alta Rockefeller Prentice (B. April 12, 1871, Cleveland, OH; D. June 21, 1962, New York, NY; aged 91) is next to her husband’s, tucked under an 8-foot-high lilac bush.
Prentice, Alta Rockefeller. Person. Found in 2 Collections and/or Records: Rockefeller family photograph album, including prints of Mount Hope farm. Unprocessed. Identifier: 2022-150. Dates: 1917 - 1924. Found in: Williams College Archives. Hedwig M. Snook papers. Collection. Identifier: MC-43.
Alta Rockefeller Prentice (April 12, 1871 – June 21, 1962) was an American philanthropist and socialite. She was the third daughter of philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller (1839—1937) and Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman (1839—1915). Alta married attorney Ezra Parmalee Prentice (July 29, 1863 — 1955), son of Sartell Prentice and ...
