Barnet in Caledonia County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)

Henry Stevens
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Henry Stevens, Jr.

Henry Stevens Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Craft, September 25, 2014

1. Henry Stevens Marker

Henry Stevens, Jr. marker is on opposite side

Inscription. Henry Stevens Born in Barnet on December 13, 1791, and educated at Peacham Academy, Henry Stevens was at various times a farmer, innkeeper, mill owner, legislator, postmaster, temperance leader, stage line proprietor, and operator of the Passumpsic Turnpike. A dedicated antiquarian who assembled Vermont's first great collection of historical materials, in 1838 he became a founder and the first president of the Vermont Historical Society. Stevens died on July 30, 1867, and is buried in the Stevens Cemetery.

Henry Stevens, Jr.Born in Barnet on August 24, 1819, Henry Stevens, Jr. inherited a love of books and historical research from his father. In 1845 he went to England, where he became his generation's greatest antiquarian book dealer, helping to build the Americana holdings of the British Museum, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, and such eminent collectors as James Lenox and John Carter Brown. Fond of signing his letters "G. M. B." for "Green Mountain Boy," Stevens died in 1886 and is buried in London under a monument made of Barre granite that bears the inscription "Lover of Books."

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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Communications • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Markers series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1339.

Location. 44° 17.822′ N, 72° 2.903′ W. Marker is in Barnet, Vermont, in Caledonia County. It is on U.S. 5, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located adjacent the parking lot of the Barnet town office. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1743 US Route 5 South, Barnet VT 05821, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Connecticut River Valley,

in the Green Mountains,

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.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Vermont Republic.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured

Henry Stevens, Jr. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Craft, September 25, 2014

2. Henry Stevens, Jr. Marker

Henry Stevens marker is on opposite side

as the crow flies: The Comerford Development at Fifteen Mile Falls (approx. one mile away); Ben's Mill (approx. 2.6 miles away); Moore Round Barn (approx. 3.2 miles away); Passumpsic Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.6 miles away); Caledonia County Grammar School (approx. 6.4 miles away); James Whitehill Stone House (approx. 6½ miles away); Greenbank's Hollow (approx. 6.7 miles away); Site of Camp Baxter (approx. 7½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barnet.

Henry Stevens / Henry Stevens, Jr. Marker - Wide View image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Craft, September 25, 2014

3. Henry Stevens / Henry Stevens, Jr. Marker - Wide View

The marker is visible here just at the edge of the grass about 1/3 of the way in on the left of the picture.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2014, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. This page has been viewed 808 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 4, 2014, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

Henry Stevens⎯⎯⎯Henry Stevens, Jr.

Henry Stevens
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Henry Stevens, Jr.