Instead of watching bulldozers tear down his home and farm buildings, Tenney decided to burn them down himself.

Tenney nailed himself shut in his bedroom and died by suicide, his body burning with his house.

[2] In the early morning hours of September 12, 1964, Tenney released his animals, set fire to his barns and shed, and ultimately barricaded himself inside his burning farmhouse.

[3] The Romaine Tenney Memorial Park is located at the I-91 Exit 8 park-and-ride in Ascutney, Vermont.

The park features a picnic pavilion and the stump of the last large maple tree from Tenney's farm, which was cut down on March 17, 2021, due to its poor health.