American Precision Museum
In 1846 a United States Army order for 10,000 rifles transformed a small gun shop on the north bank of Mill Brook into a leader in the field of precision manufacturing. The Robbins & Lawrence Company built this . . . — — Map (db m180356) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m65814) HM
Dinah was taken to Windsor in 1783, identified only as a Negro woman slave about thirty years of age, valued at £40. An ensuing court case would later make her the best known of those to have been enslaved in Vermont despite its 1777 Constitution . . . — — Map (db m202864) HM
Edwin A. Battison
Born in Windsor, Vermont
Curator of Mechanical Engineering
Smithsonian Institution
Founder, First Director and Trustee of the
American Precision Museum
His lifelong interest, scholarship and dedication
made possible . . . — — Map (db m180334) HM
The American Precision Museum
Windsor, Vermont
The museum contains the largest collection of historically significant machine tools in the nation, tracing their evolutionary development from the earliest period. Metal-cutting machine tools bring . . . — — Map (db m180355) HM
On June 28, 1825, General Lafayette
was escorted to Pettes' Hotel where
he was welcomed to the state by
VT Governor Cornelius van Ness. — — Map (db m230078) HM
Mount Ascutney & Its People
Towering over the landscape at 3,150 feet, Mount Ascutney — visible beyond the trees at the back of the cemetery — influenced the economic, social, and cultural life of the town. As early as 1808, granite . . . — — Map (db m180679) HM
Robbins and Lawrence
Armory and Machine Shop
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or . . . — — Map (db m180330) HM
Robbins and Lawrence
Armory and Machine Shop
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This Site Possesses National Significance
In Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1966
National Park Service . . . — — Map (db m180332) HM
Where interchangeable manufacturing became a reality
In fulfilling a contract for 25,000 U.S. Army rifles (Model 1841) and a like quantity for the British government, Robbins & Lawrence was the first to achieve interchangeability of parts on a . . . — — Map (db m180352) HM
[Roll of Honored Dead]
William C. Tracey · Joseph Bickford · Richard F. Rich
William Greenwood · Joseph A. Smith
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Edward Blanchard · Henry S. Blanchard · James Brady · William H. Clayton
Albert Coates · . . . — — Map (db m230914) WM
Douglas J. Wu · Duane Blanchard · Erin L. Franklin · Ralph K. Franklin Jr.
Rosalie A. Gibson · Christopher P. Hebert · Steven A. Hebert
Timothy Hebert · Damon E. Bacon · Steven A. Ducharme · Chad Z. Hickey
Jason D. Richardson · Duane Bedell . . . — — Map (db m230927) WM
Windsor House
This has been Windsor's premier site for hospitality since the early 1800s. Captain Joseph Pettes built a coffee house here in 1801 on the Connecticut River Turnpike, a toll road that ran from Bellows Falls to . . . — — Map (db m230080) HM
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Clifton G. Baker · Wilfred H. Humphrey · Theodore L. Rich
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Lewis I. Adams · Roland C. Adams · Arthur J. Blaine · William L. Blaine · Raymond R. Blake · Frank F. Blanchard Jr. · Frederick . . . — — Map (db m233336) WM
Spanish War Veterans 1898 1902
Army Navy United
USA · Porto Rico · Cuba · Philippine Islands
SAR 1775
Sons of the American Revolution
American Legion
GAR
Grand Army of the Republic — — Map (db m180477) WM
Dedicated to Honor
The Men and Women Who
Served Their Country
In All Wars
Erected by
Windsor Chapter — IV of
World War Mothers
1958 — — Map (db m180560) WM
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Robert E. Blake · David F. Callahan Jr. · John H. Holland
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Allen Willey · James E. Hood · Thomas H. Macleay · David L. Milligan · Dale F. Beaulieu · Terry W. Keay · Daniel J. Mead · Norman . . . — — Map (db m233341) WM
[Roll of Honored Dead]
William I. Audette · Gerald L. Ayers · Richard W. Ayers · Constant J. Baker
Walter O. Bennett · Albert Bergeron · Elwin K. Blaney · Charles G. Craig
Joan J. Franklin · Robert W. Hill · Clarence H. Hoisington · . . . — — Map (db m231154) WM
[Roll of Honored Dead]
William I. Audette · Gerald L. Ayers · Richard W. Ayers · Constant J. Baker
Albert Bergeron · Elwin K. Blaney · Charles G. Craig · John J. Franklin
George E. Gardner Sr. · Robert W. Hill · Wilfred J. Hull · John . . . — — Map (db m233292) WM
Near this spot stood Windsor’s First Meeting House built in 1773 – 1774 Here July 2 – 1777 assembled for its initial session the convention which six days later in the tavern farther north on Main Street adopted the first constitution of . . . — — Map (db m180563) HM