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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Franklin County, Vermont
Adjacent to Franklin County, Vermont
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| On School Street 0.1 miles east of Vermont Route 105, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Larry Gardner was born in the house at 14 School Street on May 13, 1886. After leading Enosburg Falls High School to the 1905 state baseball championship and starring at the University of Vermont for three seasons, Gardner joined the Boston Red Sox . . . — — Map (db m77847) HM |
| On Depot Street west of Pleasant Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1892 the proprietors of the Dr B.J. Kendall Company funded construction of the Opera House as a performance venue for opera, plays, and as a meeting place. Queen Anne in style, the building cost $10,000 to erect and included a grand hall known . . . — — Map (db m153340) HM |
| On Vermont Route 36 at North Road, on the right when traveling west on State Route 36. |
| | Although the exact location is debated, Chester A. Arthur was born on Oct. 5, 1829 in Fairfield. He became a New York lawyer and politician and was elected Vice-President in 1880. Upon the assasination of James Garfield, Arthur became president on . . . — — Map (db m36935) HM |
| On Chester Arthur Road 0.5 miles east of Duffy Hill Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Research indicates Chester Alan Arthur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, on October 5, 1829. When he was less than a year old his parents moved to a new parsonage built at this site. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Union College, he became a . . . — — Map (db m36936) HM |
| On Park Street at South Road, on the right when traveling south on Park Street. |
| | Side A Born in Fairfield in 1899 at her family farm, Consuelo Northrop attended grade school in Sheldon and high school in St. Albans. In 1921 she graduated from the University of Vermont. Later she entered Boston University Law School, . . . — — Map (db m65132) HM |
| On Highgate Road (Vermont Route 207) at Baker Road, on the right when traveling north on Highgate Road. |
| | Built in 1887 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., this structure is one of the few surviving examples of a bridge type popular in the 1880s and 1890s. The parabolic or lenticular truss, developed by William Douglas of Binghamton, NY, used less metal than . . . — — Map (db m109270) HM |
| On St. Armand Road at Ballard Road, on the left when traveling east on St. Armand Road. |
| | Here in 1786 John Saxe, (Johannes Sachse) a Loyalist from Rhinebeck, N.Y, built the area's first gristmill. His sons added a sawmill, potashery, general store, post office, and tavern. They incorporated the town of Highgate in this house in 1805, . . . — — Map (db m74652) HM |
| On Main Street 0.2 miles north of Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1776, at the request of General Washington, Elisha Sheldon was commissioned by Congress to raise a regiment of cavalry. Named the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, the unit served with distinction throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1791, Colonel . . . — — Map (db m43774) HM |
| On Bridge Street 0.2 miles east of Sheldon Creek Road (Local Road 4), on the left when traveling east. |
| | On their retreat to Canada after an attack on St. Albans, a 22-man Confederate detachment rode into Sheldon near dark. Crossing a covered bridge which stood on the site, they set it on fire, but alert village citizens saved the bridge. In great . . . — — Map (db m76883) HM |
| On Vermont Route 105 0.1 miles west of Sheldon Creek Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | After Civil War, two attempts of Irish patriots to invade Canada and set up a free Irish republic were repulsed between Franklin and Cook's Corners. Fenians gathered in St. Albans, marched via Sheldon to the border but were stopped by Canadian arms . . . — — Map (db m74434) HM |
| On Old Orchard Road at Swanton Road (U.S. 7), on the right when traveling west on Old Orchard Road. |
| | This site, the former Henry Seymour farm, became a Civil War camp named in honor of Vermont’s second Civil War Governor, Frederick Holbrook. Over 1000 men of the 5th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment camped on this land and were mustered in to . . . — — Map (db m86591) HM |
| Near Main Street (Route 7) at Lake Street when traveling east. |
| | Dedicated
to
Veterans
In memory of
and appreciation to
all those men and
women of Franklin
County who have
served, are serving
and will serve in the
armed services of
this country
Their service, dedication
and . . . — — Map (db m140781) WM |
| On Church Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | For more than a century, the students
of St. Albans made this building
a center of scholarship, sports
and citizenship. Constructed in
1860 in the Renaissance Revival
style, the building replaced two
schools-the first built in 1800,
the . . . — — Map (db m140482) HM |
| On S Main Street (U.S. 7) at Lake Street, on the right on S Main Street. |
| | To Those Brave Men of St. Albans who Fought in the Civil War
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we . . . — — Map (db m140579) WM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 7) north of Fairfield Street (Vermont Route 36), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Civil War entered Vermont, October 19, 1864, when 22 Confederates spread terror from the north, robbed three banks and shot up the town. Stealing horses, they fled back into Canada. There, after trial, they were freed and the banks partially . . . — — Map (db m61958) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 7) at Lake Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | In Memory Of Those
Who Sacrificed Their
Lives For Democracy
That They Shall Not
Have Died In Vain
W.W.I
Albert A. Bushey · Walter Clark · Frederick T. Coleman · Lynus Crandall · Walter T. Finn · Paul R. Grandfield · Carlton B. Hawley · . . . — — Map (db m140574) WM |
| On S Main Street (U.S. 7) at Lake Street, on the right on S Main Street. |
| | In Honor of
Those Citizens
of St. Albans
Who at the Call of
Their Country
Gave Their Lives in
the World War
1917-1918
This Memorial is
Dedicated by
A Grateful Community — — Map (db m140578) WM |
| Near Lake Street (Vermont Route 36) at Georgia Shore Road. |
| |
When the Champlain Canal was
completed in 1823 and shipping to
the south opened up a huge market
to the West, St. Albans merchants
benefited from the boom. Canal
boats sailed south up the Lake to
Whitehall, and once the sails . . . — — Map (db m140057) HM |
| Near Vermont Route 78, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Lake Champlain: An Important Fishery for the Abenaki
Native peoples have been fishing the waters of the Champlain Valley for more than 10,000 years. The
first evidence of humans here dates from a time when the salty Champlain Sea . . . — — Map (db m140016) HM |
| On Spring Street (U.S. 7) at Monument Road, on the left when traveling north on Spring Street. |
| | The ancient Missisquoi / Mazipskoik Abenaki village was the region's focal point into the 1760's. In 1744, Jesuits built a cabin which served into the 1790's as the first longterm Christian mission in Vermont. Speculators took much of the Abenaki . . . — — Map (db m44655) HM |
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