Sky & Telescope - August 2023 - 62

Centennial Milestone
rors and most went on to complete working telescopes. During
the years that followed they got together to observe at various
homes and while on overnight camping outings.
Porter had inherited a small plot of land atop Breezy Hill,
where his family had a rustic shack dating
back to the turn of the century. By the fall of
1923 he offered to lease the land to his group
of telescope enthusiasts, and they soon began
construction of a clubhouse on the site, with
the intent of making it their permanent location
for observing parties. On the December
evening of the club's first official meeting,
they elected Porter president and set a goal
of quickly finishing the clubhouse. By the end of January the
structure was ready for use, and the club accepted Porter's
suggestion that it be named Stella Fane, meaning shrine to the
stars. It soon morphed into the familiar Stellafane.
The clubhouse
and turret
telescope were
designated a
National Historic
Landmark in 1989.
Russell W. Porter
By the time Porter organized his telescope makers he was
already middle-aged and had packed more than a lifetime of
adventure into his 51 years. While in his 20s and studying
architecture in Boston in 1892, he attended a lecture by arctic
explorer Robert E. Peary and immediately became consumed
with a case of " arctic fever. " During the next two decades
Porter participated in nearly a dozen northern expeditions,
often signing on with major assignments as an artist and
PUSHING GLASS Porter, seen here polishing a 10-inch mirror in the
early 1920s, taught himself the art of telescope making from the little
published information available during the previous decade.
Clubhouse Evolution
ASTRO SHANTY Russell Porter owned this crude shack atop Breezy
Hill on the outskirts of Springfield, Vermont. He later leased it and eventually
sold the land it was on to the STMs for $1, with the intent for it to
become a permanent home for the club.
62 AUGUST 2023 * SKY & TELESCOPE
EMERGING SHRINE In addition to electing Porter as president on the
evening of December 7, 1923, when the STMs formally organized as a
club, the membership set the completion of the clubhouse (seen here
during the fall of 1923) as a priority.

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