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
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
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
(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
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
