Lichgate Traditional Geocache
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There is a Letterbox container under the Lichgate. IF you should find it then you did not find the Geocache container. PLEASE do not confuse them. They are not the same thing. I will be checking the geocache logbook to verify that if you actually logged the correct one.
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This has been one place I have been looking forward to sharing with ya'll for a while. It has been placed with permission.
Lichgate is thought of as Tallahassee's version of Walden Pond. Laura Jepsen visioned this three acres of woods with a Tudor-style cottage. It is surrounded by apartment complexes, traffic and general development, but it's a sanctuary from all that. Jepsen's home suggests peace. Construction began in March 1956 and took two years to complete. Starting from a floor plan Jepsen had drawn, a North Carolina master-craftsman named Bascom Hoyle built the house.
The property includes one of Florida's oldest patriarch live-oak trees, flower gardens, the almost-fairy-tale cottage and, of course, a lichgate, for which the house was named.
In medieval England, a lichgate was a place where coffin bearers might rest the coffin before entering the church. The priest and clerk sometimes came to the lichgate to begin the burial service.
Jepsen left the house and property to the Nature Conservancy, which sold it to the Laura Jepsen Institute. The purchase agreement ensures that the property's historical features will be maintained, and the agreement guards against future development. The purpose of the Jepsen Institute is to "celebrate, memorialize and perpetuate the life's work, personal commitments, professional achievements" of Laura Jepsen.
Lichgate was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Anyone interested in Lichgate can write to the Laura Jepsen Institute, P.O. Box 11305, Tallahassee, Fla. 32302 or call 850/383-6556. The facility is available for meetings, showers & weddings.
If you find a "letter box" then you did not find the cache.
PLEASE show respect to the patriarch tree, garden, house & gate.
PLEASE do not hunt for the cache at night. The property is only open to visitors from DAWN TO DUSK. The police are aware that no one is allowed on the property after dusk and you may be arrested.
PLEASE bring a picnic lunch, a sketch pad or a book & enjoy the most enchanting spot in Tallahassee.
FTF bragging rights go to HBunch/Tallahassee
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