The riverfront in Mt. Vernon, IN. Today this area is called Sherburne Park, with the bandstand and the brick building to the right (Eagles Home) still standing. The white house on the left is gone (SEE MSS 087-013). There is still a playground there, with newer equipment, and parking where the stones are. If this sign still exists, it cannot be seen on a Google maps view. This park, at 151 W Water St., was born out of the loss of a son. Sherburne Cronbach was born November 29, 1886. He was born prematurely, the first and only child of Jacob and Nellie(Blunt) Cronbach. He was named after his grandfather, Dr. Marcus Sherburne Blunt, a prominent physician in this city, who had died five years earlier. Jacob and Manuel Cronbach, the boy's father and uncle, owned and operated a popular drug store in downtown Mt.Vernon. They were the sons of German immigrants, Marcus and Betty Cronbach, clothing merchants, who first lived in Ohio and later in Mt.Vernon. Little Sherburne grew into a model young man, well-liked and respected by all who knew him. On February 24, 1903, his friends were saddened to learn that he had died of a lingering illness of typhoid fever. He had reached the age of 16 and would have graduated from high school the following year. Certainly the sympathy of the whole community was with the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cronbach's lasting contribution to Mount Vernon came in 1912 when they deposited $1500 with People's Bank to be used in the building and equipment of a park on Mount Vernon's riverfront, which was to have the name SHERBURNE PARK in memory of their deceased son. By November 1912 the park was near completion with a total cost of $2882.40. The dedication of Sherburne Park was on May 28, 1913. According to The Western Star, about five hundred people attended the ceremony which included speeches by Mayor Moeller, Judge Herdis Clements, and a few words by Jacob Cronbach. An orchestra entertained the crowd with music and children tested the new playground equipment as they romped and played until late into the evening. Concrete walks, well-lit lamp posts and a shelter house completed the new park which would bring joy to Mount Vernon's young and old for many generations to come. Although Mr. and Mrs. Cronbach moved to Santa Monica, California shortly after the dedication of Sherburne Park, their contributions over the years helped to install new swings, merry-go-rounds and other equipment to the public playground. (http://www.mountvernon.in.gov/egov/documents/1346973263_9307.pdf)