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Virtual Tour of Springside
Pagoda

(Photo: Vassar College Library)

This oriental-like gazebo-style structure was added after Downing died and does not appear in any Gritten painting, which suggests if was not part of Downing’s vision. In his biography of Vassar, Lossing writes, “lovers … strolled through these beautiful grounds and rested beneath this little roof.”