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Settlers House

The Settlers' House was built in 1845 in East Charlotte, Vermont. The house is set up at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, to show visitors life in the 18th century. The barn situated next to the house was built as a working demonstration in 2001. History French Canadian lumberjacks probably built the Settlers' Cabin in East Charlotte in about 1800. Constructed of hand-hewn and dovetailed beech and pine timbers, Settlers' Cabin is typical of the type of structure that Vermont settlers, loggers, and trappers often built as temporary homes. When the Shelburne Museum acquired the structure in 1955, clapboard facing obscured the log structure beneath. After moving the building's exterior walls to the grounds intact, the museum provided a new foundation, replaced the roof, and restored the cabin's single interior room, stone fireplace, and sleeping loft. The structure, in combination with the adjacent hay barn, which the museum constructed in 2001, now houses the museum's only living exhibition that reveals how early Vermont settlers lived. In 1959 the museum constructed the sawmill adjacent to the Settlers' Cabin. In colonial America wood was needed to construct everything from sailing ships to storage kegs, and lumber, forested by loggers like the French Canadians who built the Settlers' Cabin, quickly emerged as the most important cash crop of 18th-century America. The museum's sawmill illustrates how this cash crop was prepared for market. Swiftly moving water can create energy powerful enough to run machinery. While in operation, the water's motion forced the sawmill's saw blade up and down, enabling it to cut through logs directed into its path. At full speed, the saw cut two strokes per second, which allowed a sawyer to cut a 10-foot (3.0 m) board in eight minutes. Historically the term "sawmill" referred both to the mill building and to the machinery it contained. Shelburne's Sawmill was built to house equipment from a South Royalton, Vermont, sawmill that was operated by Jeremiah Trescott and his partner Captain Stevens from the late 18th century. The Shepard family, descendants of Trescott, continued to operate the mill until the early 20th century and later donated its contents to the museum. References External links Shelburne Museum website
Shelburne Farms

Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education center for sustainability, 1,400-acre (570 ha) working farm, and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. The property is nationally significant as a well-preserved example of a Gilded Age "ornamental farm", developed in the late 19th century with architecture by Robert Henderson Robertson and landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. Description and history Shelburne Farms was created in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate, using money inherited from railroad magnate William Henry Vanderbilt. They commissioned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to guide the layout of 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) of farm, field and forest, and New York architect Robert Henderson Robertson, to design the buildings. The estate was created by purchasing a large number of mostly agricultural properties, and then adapting the existing roads and lanes (some of which were public ways the Webbs petitioned to have closed) to fulfill the Webbs' vision for the estate. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2001. Shelburne Farms was incorporated as a nonprofit educational organization in 1972 by descendants of the Webbs. Nearly 400 acres (160 ha) of sustainably managed woodlands received Green Certification from the Forest Stewardship Council in 1998. The farm's grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows. Their milk is made into farmhouse cheddar cheese. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont National Register of Historic Places listings in Chittenden County, Vermont References External links Shelburne Farms Website A Pastoral Preserve Faces the Future in Smithsonian Magazine by Chris Granstrom, May 1998. Opulence and comfort on a Vanderbilt scale in The Boston Globe By Patricia Harr and David Lyon, September 12, 2004
Shelburne Museum Round Barn

The Round Barn serves as a gallery space for special exhibitions at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. History Fred "Silo" Quimbly constructed the Round Barn, a three-story building measuring 80 feet (24 m) in diameter, in 1901 in Passumpsic, Vermont. Round barns enjoyed a brief period of popularity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Shakers designed and built the first round barn in America in 1826 in Hancock, Massachusetts. The publication of the building's plans in a nationally distributed farm journal in 1896 sparked the construction of approximately 24 comparable barns in Vermont beginning in 1899. Economy of labor was the fundamental aim of a round barn's design. Feed chutes connecting the upper and middle levels allowed for easy distribution of hay, stored in the spacious loft, and silage, stored in the central silo. Farmers could stanchion up to sixty cows around the center silo for feeding and milking and easily remove manure through trap doors that opened to the basement below, where it could be collected and removed by horse-drawn wagons. In 1985 and 1986 the Shelburne Museum relocated the Round Barn to the museum grounds. A helicopter flew the upper segment of the silo, which weighs nine thousand pounds, from Passumpsic to Shelburne, while workmen dismantled the remainder of the building piece-by-piece and transported it on flatbed trucks to museum grounds. After reconstruction, new materials replaced what had aged beyond use. While the roof of the barn was being replaced in April 2009, workers noted the signature of a painter, John Morency, on the silo. Bibliography Wilson, Robert and Victoria Blewer. Vermont Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Globe Pequot Press. 2008, ISBN 978-0762746699 Hill, Ralph Nading, and Lilian Baker Carlisle. The Story of the Shelburne Museum. 1955, ASIN B0007F20PQ Shelburne Museum. 1993. Shelburne Museum: A Guide to the Collections Shelburne Museum, Inc., Example Product Manufacturer, ISBN 978-0939384198 References
Shoreham Congregational Church

Shoreham Congregational Church is a historic church on School Street in Shoreham, Vermont. Built in 1846 by a local master builder, it is one of the state's finest examples of ecclesiastical Greek Revival architecture, and also housed local town meetings for more than a century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Description and history The Shoreham Congregational Church is situated prominently in the village center of Shoreham, at the southwest corner of School and Main Streets. It is a single-story brick building, with a gabled roof and stone foundation. Its front has a tall projecting portico, with four fluted Doric columns rising to a full entablature. The door and window bays on the front and sides are articulated by brick pilasters. The gable above the portico is finished with multiple levels of trim. The tower that rises above the front is elaborately styled, with a clock in the first stage and belfry in the second. Its stages are basically square, with chamfered corners featuring panel sections on the clock stage and paired miniature Ionic columns on the belfry stage. The tower is capped by an octagonal slate roof and weathervane. The first church congregation was organized in Shoreham in 1794, and its first meeting house was built in 1800. In the first half of the 19th century, Shoreham became a remarkably prosperous agricultural community, its success derived from widespread cultivation of merino sheep. In 1846, the present edifice was constructed under the supervision of Jacob Lamb, a regionally well-known master builder, whose other credits include the Wilcox-Cutts House in Orwell, another of the state's finest Greek Revival buildings. The building's design is an original combination of designs taken from the publications of architect Asher Benjamin. The building's location on the town green was approved by the town, which requested permission to hold town meetings in the new building's basement. This use continued until 1956, when the meeting was moved to the local school. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont References
Silk Covered Bridge

The Silk Covered Bridge is a covered bridge, carrying Silk Road across the Walloomsac River between downtown Bennington, Vermont and the village of North Bennington, United States. A Town lattice truss bridge, it was built in 1840, and is one of three covered bridges across the river in fairly close proximity. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Description The Silk Covered Bridge is located roughly midway between downtown Bennington and North Bennington, on Silk Road, which connects Vermont Route 67A and Vermont Route 279. The bridge has a relatively rural setting. It is oriented north–south across the west-flowing Walloomsac River. Its northern abutment is original stone slab, which has been faced in concrete, while the southern abutment is a reconstructed concrete structure. The bridge is a Town lattice truss, 88 feet (27 m) long, with a single-lane roadway 15 feet (4.6 m) wide. The sides of the bridge are clad in vertical boards, as are the insides of the portals, while the outside portal ends are finished in flush horizontal boards. In the center part of the bridge, the boards do not rise the full height of the truss. History The bridge was probably built in 1840 by Benjamin Sears, who was from a family of well-known bridge builders in the region. The family is also credited with construction of the Paper Mill Village Bridge (1889), downriver a short way from this bridge; the Burt Henry Covered Bridge is also nearby, the three bridges all on a 2-mile (3.2 km) stretch of the river. On August 28, 2011, the Silk bridge was damaged by flood waters as a result of Hurricane Irene. The bridge was repaired and reopened. See also List of covered bridges in Vermont National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont References External links Media related to Silk Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
South Starksboro Friends Meeting House and Cemetery

The South Starksboro Friends Meeting House and Cemetery is a historic Quaker meeting house and cemetery on Dan Sargent Road in Starksboro, Vermont. Built in 1828 and last significantly updated in the 1870s, it is the oldest Quaker meeting house in Vermont, and continues to see regular use. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Description and history The South Starksboro Friends Meeting House stands in a rural area of southern Starksboro, on the east side of Dan Sargent Road. It is a modest rectangular wood-frame structure, with a metal roof, clapboarded exterior, and modern concrete foundation. Its front facade has three bays, with sash windows flanking a minimally adorned entrance flanked by wide moulding and topped by a cornice. The side walls each have two windows, and the rear wall has a single window in the half story, providing the sole means of access to the attic. The interior has an entry vestibule across its width, which leads into the main hall, now typically arranged with pews in a circular configuration. The interior has original bead-board wainscoting, but most of its modest stylistic elements date to the late 19th century, including kerosene lamps for lighting and a small organ. Most of the 0.5-acre (0.20 ha) property is taken up by the cemetery, which has modest headstones and burials dating from the early 19th century to the 1970s. The Starksboro area was one of earliest places in Vermont to be settled by Quakers, drawn by Joseph Hoag, who had established a meeting at Danby. The Starksboro Meeting was organized in 1799 as the Lincoln Preparative Meeting, a subordinate group to that at Danby. In 1825, it was renamed as the Creek Meeting, and the present building was constructed the following year. Prior to that, the meeting had met at the home of David Morrison, which still stands several hundred yards north on Dan Sargent Road. In 1871 the building was enlarged by the addition of the entrance hall, and stylistic changes were made to its interior. The congregation supported a minister until 1923, and the building is still the site of regular meetings, albeit on a less frequent basis than in the past. The only other 19th-century Quaker meeting house still in use in the state is in nearby Monkton. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont References External links Short Documentary on the meeting House South Starksboro Friends Meeting
Gare de Saint Albans

Gare de Saint Albans, est une gare ferroviaire située à Saint Albans, dans l'État du Vermont. Elle est le terminus de la ligne d'Amtrak le Vermonter en provenance de Washington DC Situation ferroviaire Histoire la gare de Saint Albans est mise en service le 10 janvier 1851. Service des voyageurs Accueil Desserte Notes et références Voir aussi Article connexe Vermonter Liste des gares d'Amtrak Liens externes (en) « St. Albans, Vermont », sur https://www.amtrak.com. (en) « St. Albans, VT (SAB) », sur https://www.greatamericanstations.com. (en) « Saint Albans Vermont (SAB) », sur http://www.trainweb.org. Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail du chemin de fer en Amérique du Nord Portail du Vermont
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Montgomery, Vermont)

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church is a historic church building located on Vermont Route 118 in Montgomery, Vermont in the United States. Its congregation was formed in 1821 as Union Episcopal Church. Church construction began in 1833 and was completed in 1835, when it was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hopkins, first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. In 1897 its name was changed to St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. The congregation disbanded and the church was deconsecrated in 1974. It is owned by the Montgomery Historical Society and is now known as Pratt Hall. On October 1, 1988, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The building is a prominent early example of Gothic Revival architecture in the state. Description and history Pratt Hall stands in the village of Montgomery, just southwest of its triangular common on the northwest side of Vermont 118. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and square tower. The tower projects from the otherwise unadorned front facade, with a Gothic-arched entrance at the base, with narrow lancet-arch windows on the sides, and an oculus window above the entrance. The second stage houses the belfry, and is separated from the clock stage by a cornice. The tower is topped by a crenelated parapet. The interior contains elaborate woodwork in the Gothic style. Montgomery's Episcopal congregation was one of the first in the town. This was its first church building, erected from 1832 to 1835 on land purchased in 1829. The church is one of Vermont's oldest examples of Gothic Revival architecture. Its construction began not long after completion of the first documented example of this style in Arlington. Originally a union church (shared by multiple congregations), this was soon used exclusively by the Episcopalians, as other denominations built their own churches. With its congregation in decline, in 1927 the church reduced its services to summer only, when more visitors came to town. In 1972 the diocese decided that the building was no longer safe for use and was going to demolish it. The Montgomery Historical Society bought the building in 1974, and has restored and maintained it since then. In addition to using Pratt Hall for its own meetings, the society makes it available for others to use as a venue for weddings, small concerts, talks, or other community gatherings. The society named the building in honor of its founder, Lawrence Pratt, who was the driving force in rescuing the building from destruction. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont St. Bartholomew's Church (disambiguation) Union Church (disambiguation) References External links Media related to St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Montgomery, Vermont) at Wikimedia Commons Montgomery Historical Society Restoration of building
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (often written St. Johnsbury Athenæum) is a combined library and art gallery, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The building in which it is housed is architecturally and historically significant because of its construction. The Athenaeum is also noted for the American landscape paintings and books in its collection and its having been funded by Horace Fairbanks, manufacturer of the world's first platform scale. The art collection contains a number of Hudson River School paintings. This building retains a strong Victorian (French Second Empire) flavor of the 19th century. History When the library opened, the collection consisted of 8,000 books selected by bibliographer William F. Poole. Art Gallery In 1873, Fairbanks added a small art gallery. This is now one of the few art galleries in the United States that features late 19th century Victorian-style design which highlights intricate paint/stencil schemes, detailed moldings, creative natural lighting, and unique painting installations. The walls and floor are black walnut. The art gallery is lighted naturally from an arched skylight in the ceiling. Cases on two sides of the room contain art books in tooled leather bindings. Gilt-framed paintings are displayed. One hundred works of art are on display. Besides originals by American artists, there are also copies of European masterpieces. The major part of the collection is by American and European artists from the late eighteenth century to the middle nineteenth century. Hudson River School painters include Asher B. Durand, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Sanford Gifford, a Luminist painter, James and William Hart pastoral landscapes with cattle. Western scenes are portrayed by Samuel Colman and Worthington Whittredge. Dominating the room is a canvas, ten by fifteen feet, of the Domes of Yosemite, by Albert Bierstadt. European painters represented by original works of art include: Bouguereau ("Raspberry Girl"), Félix Ziem ("Venice"), Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg, and Louis Pinel de Grandchamp. Library The Athenaeum's library shares a unified catalog and circulation system with over 50 other Vermont libraries through the Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Caledonia County, Vermont List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont Footnotes External links Official website Photos of Athenaeum St. Johnsbury Community Archives
Starksboro Village Meeting House

The Starksboro Village Meeting House is a historic church and town hall on Vermont Route 116 in the village center of Starksboro, Vermont. It was built in 1838 as a cooperative venture between three church congregations and the town, and is a fine local example of Gothic Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Description and history The Starksboro Village Meeting House is located near the center of Starksboro Village, on the west side of Vermont 116 a short way south of its junction with Big Hollow Road. It is a single-story rectangular wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and a high stone foundation. A two-stage belltower rises above the roof ridgeline, with corner pinnacles at the top. The main facade is symmetrical, with tall Gothic-arched windows flanking the main entrance, which is itself topped by a Gothic-pointed window. A smaller arched window is set in the gable above. The entrance is framed by simple Greek Revival styling. The interior has an entry vestibule leading into the sanctuary, which is finished in plaster with simple vertical wainscoting. A kerosene-powered chandelier hangs at the center of the sanctuary. The basement of the building, originally one large space used for town meetings, has been divided into two, but retains many original features. Prior to the construction of this building, Starksboro's town meetings were generally held in the village schoolhouse. Three church congregations, Methodist, Free Will Baptist, and Christian, each typically met in the homes of their members. In 1838 these groups came together and agreed on the construction of this building, which was completed in 1840. In 1868, the Free Will Baptists built their own church on the south side of the village, and the Christian dwindled and eventually died out, leaving the Methodists as the sole religious occupants. The town moved its offices and facilities into a new town hall (the present one) in 1910, and the Methodist formed a new union with the Free Will Baptists, using the larger edifice of the latter. This building then stood largely unused, with occasional use for community functions and services. Beginning in 1957 it has been maintained by the Starksboro Village Meeting House Society. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont References External links Starksboro Village Meeting House website
Stellafane

Le Stellafane (traduction latine de sanctuaire pour les étoiles) est le nom de l'observatoire construit par le club de Springfield Telescope Makers le 8 août 1926 en haut de la colline de Breezy à Springfield (Vermont). C'est un lieu de rencontre annuelle des constructeurs de télescopes amateurs et astronomes amateurs. Histoire Les Springfield Telescope Makers sont nés d'une réunion chez Russell W. Porter le 12 août 1920. Les membres décident alors de fonder le 7 décembre 1923 un club astronomique qui en 1924 devient le Stellafane, observatoire construit sur un terrain de 120 000 m2 appartenant à Porter. En 1926, d'autres bâtiments sont ajoutés comme une salle de réunion, une cuisine ou un atelier. L'observatoire était alors équipé d'un télescope de type Cassegrain, d'une lunette méridienne, d'un télescope solaire et d'un cadran bifilaire. Le site comprend aussi une tourelle télescopique de Porter équipée d'un réflecteur de Newton comportant une monture équatoriale qui a été achevé en 1931. L'observatoire a été déclaré monument historique national en 1989. La Convention La Stellafane Convention est organisée chaque année dans les bâtiments du club. La première a été lancée par Porter en 1926. Il s'agit pour les constructeurs de télescopes amateurs de comparer leurs inventions et d'échanger des idées. C'est la plus ancienne convention astronomique du monde. Des milliers de fabricants de télescopes amateurs du monde entier se réunissent pour partager leurs innovations, participer à des concours et profiter du ciel nocturne. La Stellafane Convention est organisée un week-end de nouvelle lune le plus proche possible des Perséides (août). Depuis les années 1980, elle a lieu dans une annexe du Stellafane, le Stellafane East, à l'Observatoire McGregor, qui dispose d'un télescope Schupmann (en). Hommage Un astéroïde, le 3140 Stellafane a été nommée en son honneur. Bibliographie Oscar Seth Marshall, Eva M. Douglas, Journeyman Machinist en Route to the Stars, 1979, p.88-89, 136 Peter L. Manly, Unusual Telescopes, 1995, p.151 Howard Mansfield, The Same Ax, Twice : Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age, 2001, p.19-21 Günter D. Roth, Handbook of Practical Astronomy, 2009, p.299 Duane S. Nickell, Guidebook for the Scientific Traveler, p.217 Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Registre national des lieux historiques Site officiel Histoire du Stellafane Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de l’astronomie Portail du Vermont