On the site at Hagar Brook stood the small clapboarded mint-house in which Reuben Harmon, Jr. coined copper for the Republic of Vermont, 1785-1788. When the Federal Government was instituted in 1789, Vermont abandoned minting. This rare currency of . . . — — Map (db m73639) HM
Bill Wilson was born November 26, 1895, in a room behind the bar at the Wilson House Hotel. From age 11 until entering the Army, he lived at the Griffith House across the church yard from his birthplace. Bill W. wrote the book Alcoholics . . . — — Map (db m94430) HM
Falcomb Knuche "Fred" Nicklewhite was born on the
island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas and moved with
his family in 1898 to Vermont. Trained as a master
tailor. Nicklewhite spent summers working at the
Equinox Hotel in Manchester and winters . . . — — Map (db m268185) HM
Eastward on the hillside can be seen the Manchester estate of Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. He became fond of Vermont, and for over twenty years made this his summer home. He died here July 25, . . . — — Map (db m95552) HM
Following Vermont Route 30, also known since 1933 as the Seth Warner Memorial Highway, the Stone Valley Byway traces the beautiful Mettawee Valley, rich with teeming waterways, verdant agricultural lands, and historic villages, all set against a . . . — — Map (db m304066) HM
Chartered in 1761, Manchester through its strategic location, businesses and people, has played important, and at times, pivotal role in American history.
The Marsh Tavern
The original tavern, built in 1769 by William . . . — — Map (db m314664) HM
This memorial is to honor the lives of the brave men and women lost on September 11, 2001
We will never forget
In appreciation to our fire, rescue and police emergency services who donate their time and lives to all of us each day . . . — — Map (db m304060) WM
Originally called Ondawa by the Iroquois, the Battenkill has wound its way through this valley for more than 3000 years. Kill, meaning river or stream, is a reminder of Dutch settlement along the river 300 years ago.
The 1761 charter for . . . — — Map (db m304021) HM
Manchester has three commercial hubs: the Village, the Center, and the Depot, which owes its name and development to the arrival of the Western Vermont Railroad in 1852. Just south of Route 11/30 (originally called the Flat Road and later Depot . . . — — Map (db m176409) HM
Ethan Allen crossed Lake Champlain to capture Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775 for "America's First Victory." Allen's expedition passed through here on May 5, 1775. Nathan Beman from Manchester guided the expedition into the fort; John Roberts of . . . — — Map (db m78237) HM
Begun in the 1920s as an informal artists' group for the exhibition of painting and sculpture, the Southern Vermont Arts Center has grown to become a leading Vermont institution devoted to performance, exhibition and studio art. It acquired the . . . — — Map (db m78227) HM
In loving memory of all who have served and of the men and women of this valley who gave up their lives and their dreams for this nation and for us, who stand here today to remember and say thank you. — — Map (db m304059) WM
Wait Block
1884
4900 Main Street
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m304069) HM
Marker Front: On September 12, 1886 a group of golfers, principally from Troy and New York City, who summered in Dorset, laid out a nine hole golf course, then known as The Dorset Golf Links on this present site. The Club's first president . . . — — Map (db m77585) HM
The
Alan Strobridge
Recreation Complex
In memory of
Alan R. Strobridge
Lt. Col. U.S. Army Reserves, Retired
Member of Pownal Select Board
The driving force in securing the
Pownal Tannery Lands to benefit the community.
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m284045) HM
This site commemorates the gateway of Vermont’s earliest Dutch settlement, the Rensselaerwyck Manor settlement. The Diel Homestead, built by Bastion Diel in the early 1700s, is considered the second earliest dwelling in Pownal. The property’s large . . . — — Map (db m157547) HM
Here two Presidents taught school at the beginning of their careers. Chester A. Arthur, a graduate of Union College, educated Pownal youth in 1851. Later while an undergraduate at Williams College, James A. Garfield did likewise. When Garfield was . . . — — Map (db m78255) HM
Like many Vermont communities, North Pownal developed around an industry powered by
a waterway. An eighteenth century grist mill and
a mid-nineteenth-century woolen mill were the first
industries to locate here along the Hoosic River. The . . . — — Map (db m248540) HM
Widow Krieger said to escape
drowning in this river when
tried as a witch ca. 1785.
Accusers believed witches
floated. She sank & was saved. — — Map (db m248538) HM
Pownal was the site of one of the state’s oldest white settlement’s when Dutch settlers lived here for a short time after 1724. Up this valley came the pioneers from Connecticut including Ethan Allen, who led the dauntless Green Mountain Boys & . . . — — Map (db m150438) HM
Condemned to death by the N.Y. Assembly, Col. Cochran fought the Yorkers for Vermont land grants. Joining the Green Mt. Boys, he was with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga and Seth Warner at Crown Point. Later he commanded Continental forces in the Mohawk . . . — — Map (db m77947) HM
In grateful remembrance of the men
from the Town of Rupert
who entered the Great War of
1914-1919
to fight for the triumph of
right and freedom
names were not transcribed — — Map (db m138813) WM
Citizens
of Town of Rupert, Vermont
who served their country in World War II
David S.Cramer, John Rafter denoted as having died in service.
further names were not transcribed — — Map (db m138811) WM
Jonas Galusha, born in Norwich, CT in 1753, moved his family to Shaftsbury in 1775. During the Revolutionary War he served with Seth Warner's Green Mountain Boys and was at the Battle of Hubbardton and a Captain during the Battle of Bennington. A . . . — — Map (db m27799) HM
Moving west, Howard became Senator from Michigan, & wrote resolutions adopted by Convention at Jackson, July 6, 1854, on which The Republican Party was founded. He was also the sole author of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. His birthplace . . . — — Map (db m90226) HM
A few feet east of this marker stood the house, removed about 1870, in which Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum died. Commander of the enemy forces, he was mortally wounded in the battle of Bennington and died two days later, August 18, 1777.
He was . . . — — Map (db m58451) HM
In 1817, Silas Hawes patented his metal carpenter's square, created by welding up-and-down saws at right angles. Hawes and Stephen Whipple, blacksmiths by trade, formed Eagle Square Company to produce the carpenter's square. To meet demand, in . . . — — Map (db m303975) HM
Ira Allen lived on this site by the Batten Kill and as Treasurer and Surveyor-General his "Office" helped shape the destiny of the Republic of Vermont. Here Ethan's family lived; here he dictated his freethinking "Oracles of Reason" in 1782. To his . . . — — Map (db m78238) HM
Named for the fine quality chisels and edge tools manufactured on site, the small village of Chiselville lies southwest of this 1870 Town lattice truss covered bridge. In 1853, a group of entrepreneurs led by Norman R. Douglass of Shaftsbury . . . — — Map (db m103815) HM
Prominent economist, socialist, teacher, writer and scholar, Scott and his wife Helen Knothe, lived in Winhall from 1932 to 1952. During the Great Depression they moved from New York City to begin a new life in Vermont. Here in their homestead, . . . — — Map (db m103814) HM
This water-powered mill on the Stevens River was built in 1872 by Alexander Jack. It originally housed a patented woolen print and dye works. In 1893, James Judkins retooled it as a wagon and woodworking shop. Judkins’ Shop was later run by sons . . . — — Map (db m136055) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m77691) HM
Local builder Fred “Silo” Quimby built this round barn, considered a great curiosity, in 1900 for farmer James R. Moore. Popularized by Midwest agricultural colleges in the 1890s, round barns were considered more economical to build and . . . — — Map (db m136060) HM
The Connecticut River, starting at the International Boundary, flows 380 miles to the Atlantic Ocean. In its course the river falls 1640 feet. In 1928, the New England Power Association started a two-year project to build one of the largest . . . — — Map (db m74467) HM
In honor of the brave men of Danville who victoriously defended the Union during the War of the Rebellion
1861 - 1865
Commissioned Officers
Colonel Addison W. Preston •
Captain James M. Ayer •
Captain Charles D. Brainerd • . . . — — Map (db m140332) WM
On this site, in 1849, Benjamin Greenbank converted an existing small mill into a 5-story woolen factory. As many as 45 people worked here to produce up to 700 yards of cloth a day. Greenbank's Hollow, as it became known, included a company store, . . . — — Map (db m61392) HM
Born crippled and poor in Danville in 1792, Stevens was schooled by his mother, Sally Morrill Stevens, and at nearby Caledonia County Grammar School, graduating from Dartmouth College in 1814. He became a brilliant lawyer, committed to racial . . . — — Map (db m20664) HM
This farm was established in 1883 by Elmer A. Darling (1848-1931), a native of East Burke who became part owner/manager of the world famous Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City. After the hotel closed in 1908, Mr. Darling retired to the life of a . . . — — Map (db m75981) HM
In Memory
Of
The Brave Soldiers
Of The
Town Of Groton
Who Served During
The Civil War
1861 – 1865
Left Face:
Groton's Roll Of Honor
In The Civil War
Vermont Infantry Co. Regt.
Sergeant . . . — — Map (db m157719) WM
In memory of William Scott the sleeping sentinel pardoned by Abraham Lincoln Sept. 9th, 1861. Born on this farm Apr. 9th, 1839. Enl. in Co. K, 3rd Vt. Vol. July 10th, 1861. Died of wounds at Lees Mills Apr. 16th, 1862. — — Map (db m155867) HM WM
Dr. Merle Frampton established Camp Wapanacki here in 1938. It was the first camp in the country dedicated to children with blindness and visual impairments. Dr. Frampton and his wife, Iris, managed Wapanacki until 1942, when operations were . . . — — Map (db m136061) HM
Founded in 1780, the Town of Lyndon was home to 59 residents at the time of the 1790 census. In June 1791 the inhabitants and freeholders were invited to the first town meeting, held here at the home of Daniel Reniff.
On July 4, Elder Philemon . . . — — Map (db m177610) HM
The children of Lyndon Center attended school in this wooden building for 43 years. It then served as a cemetery storage garage until its restoration by the Lyndon Historical Society during 2002-2004. Now it is home to an exhibit depicting life in a . . . — — Map (db m136692) HM
Born in Lyndon, Vermont, in a log house, February 21, 1821. Daughter of Samuel Rowell, a farmer and Mary Atwood. Being one of twelve children and brought up under hardships and privations, Elizabeth had little schooling. At age nine she went out to . . . — — Map (db m152259) HM
Built by the Town of Lyndon in the summer of 1809 as a meeting house for the religious services of four congregations – Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, and Universalist – and for town meetings. The “Town House” was . . . — — Map (db m136690) HM
Dedicated to the memory of Theodore Newton Vail (1848–1920), president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a most generous benefactor of Lyndon Institute and Vail Agricultural School – one who had faith in the young people . . . — — Map (db m87926) HM
bought a farmhouse on this site in 1883. Continually enlarged by Vail, it became his permanent residence and office. Conferences held here culminated in the creation of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company with Vail its president, who . . . — — Map (db m75108) HM
Dedicated to all Veterans
of the armed forces of the
United States of America
WW II
F. C. Converse
That others may live
( reverse side )
WW II
★R. F. Kipp · P. E. Kipp · R. W. Irwin · E. G. Hall · I. A. Foran · . . . — — Map (db m157294) HM
Caledonia County was set out from Orange County in 1792. Peacham chose to provide a County grammar school rather than a courthouse. The Caledonia County Grammar School (Peacham Academy) was chartered in 1795, the third County grammar school in . . . — — Map (db m77694) HM
In the style of a Scottish stone croft (farmhouse), this house was erected by James Whitehill, a prosperous farmer and one of a large number of immigrants from Inchinnan Parish, Scotland, who settled Ryegate under the sponsorship of the Scotch . . . — — Map (db m77692) HM
Opened on July 18, 1959 as Vermont’s first organized auto racing track under the guidance of the Northeastern Racing Association, the State’s first motor sports sanctioning body. By instituting formal point and purse structures and focusing on . . . — — Map (db m65865) HM
On June 28, 1790, Jonathan Arnold donated the land now occupied by the courthouse and park to the "South Parish" of the Village of St. Johnsbury for use as a "Buryal Ground."
By 1855 the burial ground had fallen into disrepair.
Families . . . — — Map (db m116650) HM
Line of Duty Death
Eugene “Geno” McDonough
December 6, 1943 – September 5, 1998
19 Years of Service
On September 5th, 1998 Firefighter Eugene McDonough responded on Engine Company 3 to a mutual aid call for a multiple alarm warehouse fire at . . . — — Map (db m180782) HM
After experimenting with new types of farm equipment, plows, and stoves, Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale here in 1830. With his brothers Erastus and Joseph, he founded the company which still bears their name. Many St. Johnsbury . . . — — Map (db m74468) HM
After experimenting with new types of farm equipment, plows and stoves, Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale here in 1830. With his brothers Erastus and Joseph, he founded the company which still bears their name. Many St. Johnsbury . . . — — Map (db m77603) HM
On this site in 1852 the former Cottage Hotel opened for business owned by a Mr. Flint. Later, being part of the Calderwood Family holdings it was sold to Dominico and Maria Costa in 1920. —— By 1935 William T. Costa, Sr. and Joseph Caplan had . . . — — Map (db m180717) HM
Parrot Gun No. 126
Presented To
Chamberlin Post No. 1 G.A.R.
August 1899
By Sec. of Navy on request of
Hon. W.W. Grout.
This gun was in service during
Civil War on U.S.S. Kanawha — — Map (db m180787) WM
Parrot Gun No. 126
Presented To
Chamberlin Post No. 1 G.A.R.
August 1899
By Sec. of Navy on request of
Hon. W.W. Grout.
This gun was in service during
Civil War on U.S.S. Magnolia — — Map (db m180785) WM
In Honor of
The St. Johnsbury Volunteers
Who Sacrificed Their Lives
In Defence of The Union.
Fredricksburgh. · Gettysburg. · Winchester. · Spotsylvania. · Wilderness. · Port Hudson. · Williamsburg. · Cold Harbor. · Petersburg. · Lees Mills. . . . — — Map (db m180784) WM
To the Honor and Glory
of the
Men and Women
of St. Johnsbury
Who Served Their Country in the
1914 World War 1919
and in Memory of
These Noble Dead
Audette Albert A · Bartlett Lowell Arthur · Batchelder Raymond · Birch Arthur B · . . . — — Map (db m180789) HM
This Memorial Erected In
Grateful Memory of Those
Who Died to Preserve Our
Way of Life in World War II
Graydon L. Adams · Glenn C. Badger · Stanley R. Bailey · Kenneth R. Bailey · William W. Balch · Arnold L. Bartlett · Donald R. Bean · . . . — — Map (db m180791) WM
(National Register of Historic Places Plaque)
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This building possesses National Significance
in commemorating the history of the
. . . — — Map (db m116649) HM
Vermont's first and for many years only four year vocational school opened on Western Avenue on September 3, 1918. Needing skilled workers during World War I, Fairbanks, Morse & Co. started an all-day co-operative school where young men could learn . . . — — Map (db m77584) HM
When Eleazer Wheelock founded Dartmouth in 1769, he sought land grants to support the new college. In 1785 the Vermont legislature chartered and named a town of 23,000 acres for Wheelock. In the early 1800's substantial support for financially . . . — — Map (db m87807) HM
1917 World War I 1918
Bemis Carl •
Buik David •
Gregory Frank •
Guyette Arlie •
Larned Charles •
Larned Daniel •
Latullipe Louis •
May George •
Morgan Ralph •
Sweeney Wesley •
Tomlinson Edward •
Thompson George •
Streeter Robert . . . — — Map (db m294503) HM
“Footpath in the Wilderness” extends length of state. This 261 – mile hiker’s trail, built by the Green Mountain club during the years 1910-29, extends along the mountain summits from the Mass. State line to the Canadian border. Convenient shelters . . . — — Map (db m151129) HM
This may be one of the oldest buildings surviving on
Church Street, possibly built in the 1820s and hidden
behind a modern façade applied in the 1980s. Here,
the famous jewelry firm of Pangorn and Brinsmaid was
formed in 1832. Brinsmaid, who . . . — — Map (db m117838) HM
This distinctive building is probably a c.1925 remodeling of an early 19th-century, Federal Style building. Throughout the 19th century, the building was a private residence, and by the turn of the century, it was run as a boarding house. In . . . — — Map (db m246220) HM
On June 24, 1861, the first Vermont soldiers who enlisted for service in the Civil War for three years left Burlington for Washington by rail. Four days earlier, the 866 officers and men from across the state had been mustered into the Union Army . . . — — Map (db m75584) HM
Arahmi
"A place where I would like to be," from the language of the people of the
dawn who lived in harmony in this area for 10,000 or more years, the real
discoverers and explorers of Vermont.
This building was rebuilt from the spirit of . . . — — Map (db m118593) HM
Here in June 1813, a Vermonter, Lieut. Churchill, and men built a parapet and set up a battery. On Aug. 3 a British gunboat and 2 sloops, 1½ miles offshore, began a cannonade. This attack was repulsed in 20 minutes by the American Battery and . . . — — Map (db m75582) HM
Erected by Stannard Womans Relief Corps in memory of our soldier and sailor dead 1861-1865. In honor of the brave men who victoriously defended the Union on land and sea during the war of the great rebellion. — — Map (db m89144) WM
Burlington Waterfront Park and Promenade
A Joint Effort Between the Citizens of Burlington, State of
Vermont, and the Central Vermont Railroad
This park was built by the City of Burlington Parks and Recreation Department, on property . . . — — Map (db m258613) HM
Between June of 1812 and June of 1815, Burlington’s War of 1812 military cantonment stood in this vicinity. Its structures included a guardhouse, stables, barracks, carpenters’ and blacksmiths’ shops, a large general hospital, officers quarters, . . . — — Map (db m200487) HM
In this park on July 22, 1863, Vermont's only ethnic Civil War unit was welcomed home from the battle of Gettysburg. Lonergan commanded Co. A, 13th VT Regiment - the Irish Company - and he received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the battle. . . . — — Map (db m88639) HM
In July 1609, Samuel de Champlain became the first European to set eyes on Lake Champlain. Three hundred years later, in July of 1909, communities around Lake Champlain celebrated the tercentenial of Champlain's expedition. Burlington marked the . . . — — Map (db m91649) HM
This Beaux Arts-style building, with its symmetrical marble facades, prominent cornices, sculptural ancient Greek and Roman details, and arched windows and doors, was designed by famed Boston architects Harper & West at the request of the . . . — — Map (db m93055) HM
Had you stood at this location in the early 1800s, you would have had to lift your skirt off the dirt lane to step up onto the plank sidewalk or guard your hat from the danger of low wooden canopies. Pedestrians competed with horse and carriage on . . . — — Map (db m23579) HM
In 1797, a city planned grid system was laid out for Burlington, incorporating the few transportation routes that existed, including King, Pearl, Church and Battery Streets. At the city’s center, space was reserved for a park (now City Hall Park) . . . — — Map (db m23580) HM
Electricity first came to Burlington in 1885 and was
supplied by a private generating facility on the
Winooski River. In 1905 the Burlington Electric
Department built the first municipal electric plant.
By the 1950s. more power was needed to . . . — — Map (db m290052) HM
This impressive Italianate-style commercial building with a massive five-foot tall cast iron cornice was historically known as the Exchange Block. Designed by local builder William Townsend, the building was intended to stylistically complement the . . . — — Map (db m209095) HM
Imagine yourself back in time...
As you walk up the steps into the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception you are awed by the Gothic building's vaulted ceilings, soaring stained glass windows, marble altars, gilded tabernacles and . . . — — Map (db m200489) HM
First International
Ice Hockey Game
In February 1886 the Burlington Coasting Club hosted a week-long Carnival of Winter Sports. In addition to parades and concerts, activities included coasting (bobsledding), ice skating, and snowshoe races. . . . — — Map (db m151137) HM
In 1983, a group of lesbian feminists began planning for the first Vermont Pride march to be held in Burlington and invited the gay male community to join. At the time, public celebration of pride in Vermont was controversial. Vermonters attended . . . — — Map (db m276668) HM
Howard Bank Building
1902 ---------
This granite-faced brick building, designed and built
by Hiram Salls, is a fine example of Renaissance Revival
Classicism. Constructed for the Howard National Bank
it replaced a smaller, c.1867 bank . . . — — Map (db m118014) HM
Beginning in the early 1900s, the area directly to the east housed numerous emigrants. Many moved here from Italy with hopes to build better lives. Some worked in the lumber mills and railroad yards that bordered the lake. In the process, they . . . — — Map (db m75562) HM
The corner stone of the Masonic Temple was laid in an elaborate ceremony on October 20, 1897. The building was constructed for approximately $80,000 and was designed by John McArthur Harris of Wilson Brothers and Company, an architectural and . . . — — Map (db m200484) HM
"Burlington, a city of beauty, energy and hospitality" - Francis Cain, June 2017
Francis J. Cain served as Mayor of Burlington for three terms from 1965-1971.
"Mayor Cain is an honest and realistic executive who perhaps has accomplished more . . . — — Map (db m200488) HM
Imagine yourself back in time...
As you enter the corner grocery store, your senses are captivated by the aroma of the Italian cheeses- the provolone hanging from the
ceiling, the freshly grated Romano,
the feta and the gorgonzola. . . . — — Map (db m118736) HM
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