Lancaster in Guildhall in Essex County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)

Vermont

Major cross-state route

Photographed by Kevin Craft, September 25, 2014

1. Vermont Marker

Inscription.
U.S. 2 is the major highway between the Atlantic and Lake Champlain. It leads through St. Johnsbury, the maple sugar center, down the Winooski River to Montpelier, through the tallest mountains at Bolton Gorge to Lake Champlain at Burlington, University center and the state’s largest city.

Erected 1949 by Vermont Historic Sites Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Markers series list.

Location. 44° 29.766′ N, 71° 35.768′ W. Marker is in Guildhall, Vermont, in Essex County. It is in Lancaster. It is at the intersection of U.S. 2 and Vermont Route 102, in the median on U.S. 2. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Guildhall VT 05905, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Connecticut River Valley

and in the Northeast Kingdom.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lancaster N. H.: Stories of People and Places (approx. one mile away in New Hampshire); Wilder-Holton House (approx. one mile away in New Hampshire); Stone House (approx. 1.2 miles away in New Hampshire); Lancaster War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away in New

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Hampshire); a different marker also named Vermont (approx. 1.3 miles away); Col. Edward Cross (approx. 1.4 miles away in New Hampshire); Lancaster Main Street Program’s (approx. 1.4 miles away in New Hampshire); The Thompson Legacy (approx. 1.4 miles away in New Hampshire).

Wideview of Vermont Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Craft, September 25, 2014

2. Wideview of Vermont Marker

(Bridge to Lancaster NH in the background)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 1, 2014, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. This page has been viewed 575 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 1, 2014, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.