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

Constitution House

By Don Morfe, May 23, 2013

1. Constitution House Marker

Inscription. Windsor, settled in 1764, became the political center of the Upper Connecticut River Valley. Here the Constitution of the “Free and Independent State of Vermont” was adopted at the tavern of Elijah West on July 8, 1777. This constitution was the first to prohibit slavery and establish universal manhood suffrage. Vermont was an independent republic until 1791, when it was admitted into the Union as the 14th state.

Erected 1990 by Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.

Location. 43° 29.067′ N, 72° 23.117′ W. Marker is in Windsor, Vermont, in Windsor County. Marker is on North Main Street (US 5) just north of Runnemede Lane. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Windsor VT 05089, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cornish-Windsor Bridge (approx. 0.8 miles away in New Hampshire); The Cornish Colony (approx. 0.9 miles away in New Hampshire); The Farragut Monument (approx. 1.4 miles away in New Hampshire); Salmon Portland Chase (approx. 2 miles away in New Hampshire); Winston Churchill

Wideview of Constitution House Marker image. Click for full size.

By Don Morfe, May 23, 2013

2. Wideview of Constitution House Marker

(approx. 2.2 miles away in New Hampshire); First Roman Catholic Church (approx. 6.4 miles away in New Hampshire); Salmond Bridge (approx. 6½ miles away); Union Church (approx. 6.8 miles away in New Hampshire).

Also see . . . Old Constitution House - Wikipedia. (Submitted on June 14, 2013, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

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Constitution House image. Click for full size.

By Don Morfe, May 23, 2013

3. Constitution House

Sign on front lawn of Constitution House image. Click for full size.

By Don Morfe, May 23, 2013

4. Sign on front lawn of Constitution House

Entrance to Constitution House image. Click for full size.

By Don Morfe, May 23, 2013

5. Entrance to Constitution House

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2016. This page originally submitted on June 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 390 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.