South End in Burlington in Chittenden County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)

Grasse Mount

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 4, 2024

1. Grasse Mount Marker

Inscription. This property Grasse Mount has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1804.

Location. 44° 28.54′ N, 73° 12.173′ W. Marker is in Burlington, Vermont, in Chittenden County. It is in South End. It is at the intersection of Summit Street and Main Street (U.S. 2), on the right when traveling south on Summit Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 411 Main St, Burlington VT 05401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Champlain Valley.

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: General William Wells / Dr. H. Nelson Jackson (about 600 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); John Dewey (about 700 feet away); Andrew Harris 1814-1841 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Samuel de Champlain (approx. 0.2 miles away); Grace Goodhue Coolidge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Chittenden County Courthouse (approx. half a mile away); Exchange Block (approx. half a mile away); Church Street (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Burlington.

Regarding Grasse Mount. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

Erected by Thaddeus Tuttle in 1804, Grassemount was later the home of Cornelius P. Van Ness, Governor of Vermont from 1823 to 1826. In 1895 the mansion was acquired by the University of Vermont and has been utilized since that date as a women's dormitory.

Grassemount is one of the finest and most elaborate examples of a large, Adamesque-Federal styled mansion in Vermont. The structure, along with H. H. Richardson's Billings Library, is one of the outstanding landmarks in the architecturally and stylistically rich University district of Burlington.

Also see . . .
1. Grassemount (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which was listed in 1973. (Prepared by Chester H. Liebs, Vermont Division of Historic Sites; via National Park Service)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 4, 2024

2. Grasse Mount Marker

(Submitted on November 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Grasse Mount. Wikipedia entry on the historic mansion named after French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse by Heman Allen, who occupied the estate while Van Ness was U.S. Ambassador to Spain in the 1830s. (Submitted on November 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

3. Grasse Mount. This is the most conceptually sophisticated extant example of Federal domestic architecture in Vermont. (Glenn M. Andres and Curtis B. Johnson, SAH Archipedia, Society of Architectural Historians) (Submitted on November 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 155 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.