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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Middlebury, Vermont
Middlebury is the county seat for Addison County
Middlebury is in Addison County
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Vermont is crossed by a complete system of ancient major routes from the Lake Champlain Valley to the Connecticut River Valley leading eventually to the sea. Paths were first made by migrating herds of animals searching for salt, and later by Native . . . — — Map (db m144471) HM
Born in Middlebury on October 4, 1887, Ray Lyle Fisher grew up on farms along Otter Creek and Creek Road. Ray starred in baseball and football at Middlebury High School and Middlebury College before joining the New York Yankees in 1910. He pitched . . . — — Map (db m75987) HM
In this house, the home of SAMUEL MILLER, ESQ. September 30, 1798 Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College, counseled with Gamaliel Painter and other citizens of Middlebury concerning the founding of Middlebury College. This conference led to the . . . — — Map (db m76001) HM
From 1796 to 1814 Court Square was the site of the first Addison County Courthouse, which also served as the seat of the Vermont Legislature (1800, 1806), and home of Middlebury’s first female academy (1800). Here in June 1804 a New York slaveholder . . . — — Map (db m135859) HM
Emma Hart came to Middlebury in 1807 to take charge of the Female Academy. After her marriage to Dr. John Willard, the town’s first physician, she gave the earliest collegiate instruction for women in America at a Seminary in her home, during the . . . — — Map (db m244752) HM
Front side of marker In memory of Emma Hart Willard who wrote at Middlebury in 1818 the Magna Carta for higher education of women in America.
Rear side of marker
Education should seek to bring its subjects to the perfection of . . . — — Map (db m136530) HM
John Deere learned the blacksmith trade here as an apprentice in the shop of Capt. Benjamin Lawrence from 1821 to 1825. The shop was located below this spot on Mill Street, in what is known as "Frog Hollow". In 1836 Deere removed to Grand Detour, . . . — — Map (db m77845) HM
The Marble Works Memorial Bridge was constructed and generously donated by the Marble Works Partnership to the citizens of the town of Middlebury for their use and enjoyment.
The bridge is dedicated to the memory of the mechanics of Middlebury . . . — — Map (db m144478) HM
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Middlebury
In The
1861—Civil War—1865
Joseph Alexander • Henry W. Bennett • Merrill Bentley
Bertrand W. Billings • John Brunelle • Michael Burke
John Caffrey • Roderick A. Champlin • . . . — — Map (db m136571) WM
In this house, the home of Samuel Miller, Esq., Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College, counseled with Gamaliel Painter and other citizens of Middlebury concerning the founding of Middlebury College.
This conference led to the granting of the . . . — — Map (db m136473) HM
In 1792, the Vermont Legislature ensured Middlebury’s future prominence by choosing it as the site for Addison County courts. Three courthouses have been built in this area. The original clapboard courthouse shown on the right in the photograph, was . . . — — Map (db m136662) HM
Built from the Ashes
Middlebury's Main Street has been the commercial center of the town
since its founding, but its character has changed many times, largely due
to that great public enemy of the era-fire. In the first half of the . . . — — Map (db m136661) HM
The Shire Town
Middlebury was chartered in 1761 as one of New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth’s land grants. The first settlers claimed land in the town in 1766, but were forced back to southern New England during the Revolutionary War. . . . — — Map (db m136535) HM
