The Dam at Spring Brook

One of the outdoor winter pleasures of old Resthaven was ice skating on the pond created by a dam at Spring Brook. One can see the remnants of the old dam, and where it once stood, as well as a nearby dug-out area which once served as the ice house, in which blocks of ice were cut and stored to last through-out the summer. Ice skating on the pond is mentioned as a winter activity in both the 1916 Resthaven School for Girls brochure, as well as an article written about Resthaven in "The Churchman" (the pre-eminent newspaper for the Episcopal Church) in 1924. I'm not sure whether it was Mother Nature or man which caused the eventual collapse of the dam, or when it burst, but the pond no longer exists, and the days of ice skating there remain only in the memories of the those who once shared in the winter-time fun.