Peter Bent Brigham
Philanthropist Peter Bent Brigham was born in Bakersfield on February 4, 1807. At the age of 17, he left to seek his fortune in Boston. With little formal schooling, he became a self-made millionaire, with success as a . . . — — Map (db m177612) HM
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
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
The production of pre-packed pharmaceutical products, known as patent or proprietary medicines, flourished in the late 19th century. Dr. Burney James Kendall (1845-1922) opened a drug store in 1870 and soon sold his own remedies. Here in 1880, the . . . — — Map (db m177611) HM
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
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
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
Born in 1742 in West Africa, Boyrereau Brinch was sold into slavery at age 16. Renamed Jeffrey Brace, he fought in the Seven Years War as an enslaved sailor and endured the cruelty of masters in Connecticut. About 1768 he was sold to Mary Stiles, . . . — — Map (db m230581) HM
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
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
Completed originally in 1890, Fuller Covered Bridge was the last of the many covered bridges constructed by Savanard and Sheldon Jewett in Montgomery. The brothers used the Town lattice truss system, a design patented in 1820 by architect/civil . . . — — Map (db m201054) HM
The Episcopal Union Church was the first religious edifice built in Montgomery. John Henry Hopkins, the first Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, consecrated the new church in 1835. Originally designed as a traditional meeting house, extensive renovations . . . — — Map (db m201055) HM
Constructed in 1863, Longley Covered Bridge is the oldest known extant covered bridge built by Sheldon and Savanard Jewett of Montgomery. It utilizes a wooden truss system of crisscrossed diagonals connecting horizontal top and bottom chords to form . . . — — Map (db m201058) HM
Built in 1883, Comstock Covered Bridge is an illustration of the Town lattice truss, one of the most significant American timber truss types of the 19th century. Patented in 1820 by architect Ithiel Town, the truss system consists of a rectangular . . . — — Map (db m201056) HM
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 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
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
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
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
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 this spot in the year 1839 Lawrence Brainerd shot a grey wolf which had been ravaging the northeast part of Franklin Co. The great beast measured six feet in length. — — Map (db m177399) HM
The Central Vermont Railroad was founded by John Smith with the first trains arriving in St. Albans in 1850. The original station was replaced in 1866-7 by this structure designed and built by William Howe. The shed was 88 feet wide and covered . . . — — Map (db m176673) HM
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
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
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
Vermont had two governors from St. Albans – a father and son named Smith – and both lived nearby. John Gregory Smith was governor from 1864-65, as thousands of young Vermonters fought in the American Civil War. He was married to Eliza Brainerd, the . . . — — Map (db m177182) HM
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
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
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
The Swanton Route 78 Archaeology Project This beautiful setting of the Missisquoi Delta is the traditional homeland of the Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe, many of whom still reside in the area today. Archaeological sites identified all along the river . . . — — Map (db m200631) HM
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
