Village of Woodstock in Windsor County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)
Charles Marsh Law Office
1797
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 2, 2024
1. Charles Marsh Law Office Marker
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Law Enforcement. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1797.
Location. 43° 37.59′ N, 72° 30.367′ W. Marker is in Woodstock, Vermont, in Windsor County. It is in Village of Woodstock. It is on Hartland Hill Road east of Pleasant Street (U.S. 4), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 72 Hartland Hill Rd, Woodstock VT 05091, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Connecticut River Valley and in the Green Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Next Stop, Woodstock (approx. 0.2 miles away); From Jungle to Jewel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Woodstock Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Justin Morgan (approx. half a mile away); Teagle's Landing (approx. 0.6 miles away); Laurance Spelman Rockefeller and Mary French Rockefeller (approx. 0.6 miles away); Woodstock History Center (approx. 0.6 miles away); Paul Revere Bell (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woodstock.
Regarding Charles Marsh Law Office. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:
TheCharles Marsh Law Office was built about 1797 on Elm Street in Woodstock village. During the following 85 years, the small building was moved three times to different sites in the village, and its use was changed after each of the second and third moves. In 1806, it was moved a short distance northward on Elm Street, where it remained a law office. About 1874, it was moved a somewhat longer distance to eastern Pleasant Street, and adapted to a grain store. Finally in 1880, it was moved for the last time to the eastern edge of the village on the same street; here it was turned 180 degrees relative to the street and adapted to a house.
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The Charles Marsh Law Office holds significance for embodying the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, specifically a small vernacular lawyer's office building dating from c. 1797. The Marsh office holds additional importance for being associated with three prominent members of the Marsh family who occupied it during nearly three-quarters of a century in the legal profession: its original owner, Charles Marsh, who practiced law for a half-century and represented Vermont in Congress, his son, George Perkins Marsh, who studied law in this office before gaining international prominence as a diplomat and scholar, and a second son, Lyndon Arnold Marsh, who succeeded his father in the practice.
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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 2, 2024
2. Charles Marsh Law Office Marker
1. Charles Marsh Law Office (PDF). National Register nomination for the building, which was listed in 1994. (Prepared by Hugh H. Henry; via National Park Service) (Submitted on November 19, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Charles Marsh (American politician). Wikipedia entry on the lawyer, educator and politician who was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society, which sought to repatriate slaves and free Blacks to Africa. (Submitted on November 19, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
3. George Perkins Marsh. Wikipedia entry on the diplomat, scholar and conservationist. (Submitted on November 19, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
From National Register of Historic Places nomination (Public Domain), circa 1865
3. Marsh Law Office
The building when it was Lyndon A. Marsh's law office. It was on Elm Street at the time.
The New England Magazine, March 1898; via HathiTrust (Public Domain)
4. Charles Marsh (1765-1849)
He was the first U.S. Attorney for Vermont and a trustee of Dartmouth College, his alma mater, for 40 years.
Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (Public Domain), 1855/65
5. George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882)
A scholar and diplomat who spoke more than 20 languages, he was the first U.S. ambassador to Italy. His 1864 book Man and Nature was among the first to recognize human impacts on the environment, making some consider him to be America's first environmentalist.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 127 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 19, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
