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Derby House Hotel

The Derby House Hotel is a historic former hotel building at Main and West Streets in Derby, Vermont. Erected in 1896, it was for many years an important element of the social and commercial life of the small community. Now converted into apartments, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Description and history The former Derby House Hotel stands in the village of Derby Center, at the northwest corner of Main Street (Vermont Route 105) and West Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a dormered mansard roof providing space for a full third floor. The main facade is three bays wide, with windows set in surrounds with slightly gabled lintels. The most prominent feature of the building is its two-story porch, which is a near replica of the original, as seen in an early 20th-century photograph. The ground floor porch is open, with square posts that lack bracketing found in the original. A short skirt of angled slats runs around the base. The second-floor porch balustrade has elements in a figure-eight pattern, and there is a spindled valance above. The porch wraps around to the side facing West Street. An ell extends to the rear (west) of the main block. The hotel was built in 1896 by L.A. Rickard, to meet a demand that was primarily for visitors conducting business in the local industries. This is different than many other 19th-century Vermont hotels, which were built for the tourist trade. This hotel had some of the same trappings as tourist hotels, most notably the porch, which was a common feature on Vermont hotels of the time, and is the only one to survive in the northeastern part of the state. Its business was always somewhat precarious, and it ceased to serve as a hotel after foreclosure in 1932. It was converted into apartments in 1946. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont References
Red Covered Bridge (Morristown, Vermont)

The Red Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Cole Hill Road across Sterling Brook in Morristown, Vermont. Built in 1896, it is the only surviving 19th-century covered bridge in the town, and one of the last to be built during the historic period of covered bridge construction in the state. It is of queen post truss design, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Description and history The Red Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of southwestern Morristown, just north of the junction of Cole Hill Road, Sterling Valley Road, and Moren Loop. It is a single-span queen post truss, 64 feet (20 m) long and 18.5 feet (5.6 m) wide, with a roadway width of 15 feet (4.6 m), carrying one lane of traffic. The bridge is covered by a red metal roof, and its exterior is clad in red-painted vertical board siding, which extends around to the insides of the portals. The siding does not extend all the way to the roof, leaving an open strip between the two. The bridge rests on abutments of stone and concrete; the north abutment includes a large granite outcrop. The bridge deck is supported by steel I-beams installed in 1971 to carry the active load. The bridge was built in 1896, one of the last known to be built in the 19th century in Vermont. Its construction is somewhat unusual, with distinctively thicker bottom chords on the trusses, built out of twelve layers of planking. See also Transport portal Engineering portal National Register of Historic Places portal List of covered bridges in Vermont National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamoille County, Vermont List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont References External links Media related to Red Bridge (Vermont) at Wikimedia Commons
Jerry E. Dickerman House

The Jerry E. Dickerman House is a historic house at 36 Field Avenue in the city of Newport, Vermont. Built in 1875 for a prominent local lawyer and customs collector, it is a prominent regional example of residential Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Description and history The Jerry E. Dickerman House is located in downtown Newport, just north of the Goodrich Memorial Library on the east side of Field Avenue. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a clapboarded exterior and dormered mansard roof, which provides a full third floor. The main facade is three bays wide, with the outer bays housing projecting polygonal window bays with bracketed roofs at each level. The central bay projects slightly, and is capped by a larger facade dormer with a bellcast roof outline surrounding a round-arch balcony door opening. The main entrance is at the ground level of this bay, sheltered by a porch with bracketed posts. The interior of the main section of the house retains much of its original woodwork, despite a mid-20th century conversion to apartments. The house was built in approximately 1875, and was originally set facing Main Street, which was then lined by similarly fashionable houses of the community's upper class. It was moved to its present location in approximately 1930 to make room for a commercial building, and was converted into apartments in the 1940s or 1950s. Maps of the period show roughly half a dozen Second Empire houses, of which only two are known to remain. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont References
District Number Four School

The District Number Four School is a historic district school building at 116 North Craftsbury Road in Craftsbury, Vermont. Built about 1859, it saw continuous use as a school building until 1980, and was soon afterward converted into a private residence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Description and history The former District Number Four School stands on the western outskirts of Craftsbury village, on the north side of North Craftsbury Road across the street from the former Methodist church, which has been enlarged to serve as the village's elementary school. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and 20th-century concrete foundation. It has a central chimney, and an open square belfry at the street-facing gable end. It has Greek Revival styling, consisting of corner pilasters and an entablature that runs beneath the eaves. Windows are arranged on the gable ends as bands of sash windows. The interior, originally housing two classrooms, retains a number of original features despite the residential conversion, including bead-board wainscoting. The entrance is located near the center of the south side, sheltered by a gable-roofed porch supported by bracketed posts. The school was built about 1859, most likely not long after Craftbury's fourth school district purchased the land on which it stands. The principal alterations during its use as a school came in the late 1920s, when its original window pattern was replaced by the present one in order to meet new state standards for lighting and ventilation. In 1963 the adjacent Methodist church building (built 1854) was taken over by the town after it was vacated by the congregation, and was adapted for use to meet increasing enrollment in the school; the original school building continued to serve the lower grades until 1980. It was converted into a residence in 1982. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont References
Fox Hall (Westmore, Vermont)

Fox Hall is a historic summer estate house in Westmore, Vermont. Built about 1900 by the then-mayor of Yonkers, New York, it was the first major summer resort property built in the remote town on the shores of Lake Willoughby. It is architecturally a distinctive blend of Colonial Revival and the Shingle style; the latter is a particularly uncommon style for northern Vermont. The house, along with a period icehouse, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Description and history Fox Hall stands overlooking the northern part of Lake Willoughby, on a terrace above its western shore. It is accessed via Fox Lane, a private road extending east from Peene Hill Road, south of Vermont Route 16. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side gambrel roof and clapboarded exterior. The front facade, oriented toward the lake, is defined by a broad central cross-gable gambrel dormer and flanking circular projections capped by bell-cast roofs. A porch extends across the width of this facade, but is only covered in the central section beneath the dormer by a shed roof. The interior retains original woodwork, most of which is modest in style and scale; the most ornate elements are found on the main staircase. The town of Westmore was relatively remote and nearly inaccessible until 1852, when the road on Lake Willoughby's eastern shore (now Vermont Route 5A) was built. This led to an increase in population, and eventually also brought tourists to the area. By 1883, the town had a hotel in its center on the eastern shore. John and Ava Peene (he being the mayor of Yonkers, New York), began buying land on the northwestern shore of the lake in the 1899, and the house was probably completed by the following year. Ava Peene sold it after her husband's death in 1919, to a swindler who never paid her. He tried to operate a summer camp for children on the property, without success. Later owners of the property also operated summer camps, including the Keewaydin organization, which briefly had a girls camp here. The last camp to operate here closed in 1975. It has since also been operated as a bed and breakfast. During that time, the camp's former “mess hall” was converted to a makeshift theater, where well-acclaimed productions of “Biloxi Blues”, “The Rainmaker” and “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” were performed. The property is now in private ownership. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont References
Fox Hall (Westmore, Vermont)

Fox Hall é uma casa histórica de veraneio localizada em Westmore, Vermont. Construída por volta de 1900 pelo então prefeito de Yonkers, Nova York, foi a primeira grande propriedade de resort de verão erguida nessa cidade remota às margens do Lago Willoughby. Arquitetonicamente, apresenta uma combinação distinta dos estilos Colonial Revival e Shingle, sendo este último particularmente incomum no norte de Vermont. A casa, junto com uma casa de gelo da mesma época, foi incluída no Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos em 1984. Descrição e história A Fox Hall está situada com vista para a parte norte do Lago Willoughby, em um terraço acima da margem oeste. O acesso é feito pela Fox Lane, uma estrada particular que se estende para leste a partir da Peene Hill Road, ao sul da Vermont Route 16. A casa é uma estrutura de madeira de dois pavimentos e meio, com telhado gambrel lateral e revestimento externo de tábuas horizontais (clapboard). A fachada frontal, voltada para o lago, é marcada por uma ampla mansarda gambrel central em forma de cruz e por projeções circulares laterais encimadas por telhados em forma de sino. Um alpendre se estende por toda a largura dessa fachada, mas é coberto apenas na seção central sob a mansarda, por um telhado de uma água. O interior preserva a marcenaria original, em sua maioria de estilo e escala modestos; os elementos mais ornamentados se encontram na escadaria principal. A cidade de Westmore era relativamente remota e quase inacessível até 1852, quando foi construída a estrada ao longo da costa leste do Lago Willoughby (atualmente a Vermont Route 5A). Isso levou a um aumento da população e, eventualmente, também atraiu turistas para a região. Em 1883, a cidade já contava com um hotel no centro, na margem leste do lago. John e Ava Peene (ele era o prefeito de Yonkers, Nova York) começaram a adquirir terras na margem noroeste do lago em 1899, e a casa provavelmente foi concluída no ano seguinte. Ava Peene vendeu a propriedade após a morte do marido, em 1919, para um vigarista que nunca efetuou o pagamento. Ele tentou operar um acampamento de verão para crianças no local, sem sucesso. Proprietários posteriores também tentaram manter acampamentos de verão na propriedade, incluindo a organização Keewaydin, que chegou a manter brevemente um acampamento para meninas no local. O último acampamento a funcionar ali foi fechado em 1975. Desde então, a propriedade também funcionou como uma pousada. Nesse período, o antigo "refeitório" do acampamento foi transformado em um teatro improvisado, onde foram encenadas produções aclamadas de "Biloxi Blues", "The Rainmaker" e "Um Estranho no Ninho". Atualmente, a propriedade é de posse privada. Veja também Listagens do Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos no Condado de Orleans, Vermont Referências
House at 68 Highland Avenue

68 Highland Avenue is a historic apartment building in the city of Newport, Vermont. Built about 1919, it is a well-preserved example of typical Vermont multi-unit housing of the period, retaining a number of distinctive Colonial Revival features, including pressed-metal siding. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Description and history Highland Avenue (Vermont Route 105) is a major secondary road leading from the center of Newport to the rural communities to its west. Number 68 is located at the northwest corner of Highland with West End Avenue, in a residential area west of the downtown. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, set on a steeply sloping lot that fully exposes most of the basement level on three sides. It is covered by a flat roof, and is finished in original pressed metal siding. The street-facing front facade has a false-front corniced parapet that exaggerates the building's height. The front facade is three bays wide, with windows occupying all of the bays except the rightmost ground floor bay, which houses the building entrance. The rightmost bays form the fronts of an enclosed three-story porch and stairhouse, its openings enclosed in bands of sash windows, with skirting of wooden clapboards between the levels. The interior retains original woodwork and finishes. The construction of 68 Highland Avenue was prompted by demand for worker housing at the Newport's growing industries in the early 20th century. The area where it stands was at the time a working-class residential area, and its early occupants were generally employed in Newport's industries. The building has had a succession of private owners. The pressed metal exterior, which was fairly common in these sorts of uses in the period, is a rare surviving original. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont References
Irasburg Town Hall

Irasburg Town Hall is the center of the town government of Irasburg, Vermont. Built in 1911, it is located facing Irasburg Square on the site of original county courthouse of Orleans County, of which Irasburg was the shire town of until 1884. The town hall is a prominent local civic and social venue, its auditorium featuring fine painted backdrops. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Description and history Irasburg Town Hall occupies a prominent position in the center of Irasburg village, on the east side of Irasburg Square, between the public library and the general store. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a dormered hip roof and clapboarded exterior. Its front facade is three bays wide, with a single-story porch extending across the front, with tapered round columns supporting a hip roof. The main entrance opens into a foyer that has stairs leading up at the sides, and provides access to a dining hall and kitchen on the ground floor. The upper-level houses an auditorium with stage at the far end, and a vaulted ceiling created by arched panels. Among the theatrical fixtures are five painted backdrops, created by local artists and depicting scenes of northern Vermont. The hall was built in 1911, and is stylistically similar to a typical American Foursquare house, except on a larger scale. It was built on the site of the former county courthouse, which was destroyed by fire in 1910. In addition to housing civic functions, the hall has been home to traveling and local theatrical productions, social events such as weddings and dinners. Its use for such functions declined in the 1970s but has since been revived. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont References
Old Schoolhouse Bridge

The Old Schoolhouse Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the South Wheelock Branch of the Passumpsic River in Lyndon, Vermont. It is located just south of South Wheelock Road, which it formerly carried. Built in 1871, it is one five similar bridges in Lyndon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Description and history The Old Schoolhouse Bridge is located south of downtown Lyndon, and just west of the interchange of Interstate 91 (I-91) and U.S. Route 5 (US 5). South Wheelock Road travels to the west from US 5 just south that interchange, quickly crossing the South Wheelock Branch. The covered bridge is located just south of the modern bridge carrying that road. It is a single-span king post truss, 42 feet (13 m) in length. It is covered by a gabled metal roof, which extends beyond the trusses. The bridge originally had walkways on both sides, but the southern one has been removed. The trusses are clad in vertical board siding both on their outsides and insides, as is the half-wall on the outside of the walkway. Posts rise from that half-wall to the edge of the roof. The bridge was built in 1871, and is believed to be the only surviving 19th-century covered bridge with covered walkways on both sides. It is one of five bridges in Lyndon, the only one to have its interior clad in siding. It was in active service until 1973, and is now open only to pedestrian traffic. See also Transport portal Engineering portal National Register of Historic Places portal List of covered bridges in Vermont National Register of Historic Places listings in Caledonia County, Vermont List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont References
L. P. Jenne Block

The L.P. Jenne Block is a historic commercial-residential building at the junction of Vermont Route 105 and West Street in the village of Derby Center in Derby, Vermont, United States. Built about 1870, it is a well-preserved example of a late-19th century general store. Now completely converted into residential use, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Description and history The L.P. Jenne Block stands in the village of Derby Center, at the southwest corner of Main Street (Vermont Route 105) and West Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. The most prominent feature of the building is its recessed two-story porch, which is supported by square posts. It is open on the ground floor, and has a simple yet multi-raied balustrade on the second floor. The ground floor is divided into two parts, each having a three-part picture window on the right and an entrance on the left. The leftmost entrance is particularly elaborate, with sidelight windows, pilasters, and a multi-paneled header. The original main block of the building is extended by a two-story ell with a slightly lower roof pierced by broad shed-roof dormers. The block was built about 1870, on a site that has seen retail activity since the late 18th century. It was probably built by its first proprietors, Parker and Robbins, but is best known for a long-time owner, Lucien P. Jenne, who ran the general store on the ground floor between 1882 and 1913. The building is structurally similar to other surviving general stores of the period in northern Vermont, with living space for the proprietor above the shop, and a vernacular Greek Revival exterior with two-story porch. It was converted entirely into apartments in 1945. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont References
Brighton State Park

Brighton State Park is a state park in Island Pond, Vermont. The park features a campground on the 102-acre Spectacle Pond, which is mostly undeveloped. There is also a day use beach and bathhouse located on 600-acre Island Pond just a half mile from the campground. Activities includes boating, swimming, camping, fishing, hiking, picnicking, wildlife watching and winter sports. Facilities include two sandy beaches, bathhouse, boat rentals, 5 cabins, 61 tent/RV sites and 23 lean-tos, flush toilets, hot showers, and a dump station. There is a nature center and park rangers offer interpretive programs including night hikes, campfire programs, amphibian explorations, and nature crafts and games. The state has designated the 15-acre Spectacle Pond Natural Area, which features a natural stand of mature red pines that are uncommon in Vermont. References External links Official website
Thetford Hill State Park

Thetford Hill State Park is a state park in Thetford, Vermont. It is a day-use park within the southern tract of Thetford Hill State Forest. The park includes paths for hiking and the 5-km Woods Hill Trail, a world-class cross-country running and skiing trail. Activities includes hiking, cross-country running and cross-country skiing. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 for its historic facilities, some of which were developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It is currently under the care of Thetford Academy. Setting Thetford Hill State Park is located in south-central Thetford, south of the village of Thetford Hill, and directly abutting the campus of Thetford Academy to the north. It occupies part of the eastern slope of a short ridge of hills, extending to the summit areas of Sunset Hill near the northern end of the ridge. The park is bounded on the east by Academy Road, from which the main access road rises to the west. Facilities Although the park was originally developed with a campground, it is now a day-use park with hiking trails. The road passes through a CCC-built gate, and runs nearly directly west, passing a wood-frame ranger contact station, near which a road branches south to a campground area formerly used by a summer camp. From the contact station, a road reaches Sunset Hill, a former picnicking area that now houses an outdoor classroom for Thetford Academy. The road is crossed and recrossed several times by the Woods Hill Trail, a multi-use hiking and cross-country ski trail that extends onto the Thetford Academy campus. Near the parking area are also the fragmented remains of a CCC-built campground, in which little more than stone fireplace and dilapidated restrooms are to be found. History Before the park was created, the land was somewhat open, having been logged in the 19th century and only partially replanted. The state acquired the land in 1931, donated by Thetford local Dwight Goddard, and it was developed in the mid-1930s by crews of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Facilities built out then include the road and gate, and the campground near the summit. In 1964, a new camp loop was built near the present contact station, which was also built around that time, and the old campground was abandoned. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont References External links Official website