Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-06-28
Troy's Summer Representatives at
Bennington.

DR.. H. c. Day writes to the Troy
Times:
Bennington has been pleasantly watch
full of the completion of the additions
and improvements to the summeE resi-
dences of Harry c. Shields, George B.
Wellington, Seymour Van Santvoord and
others, of Troy. The Bennington homes
of these gentlemen,a las recently improved,
have contributed to the attractions OF
the neighborhood.
Mr.. Wellington owns the Vanderpool
house, so called, in bennington Centre.
Among the recent Improvements are a
roomy addition to the ell part of the
house, with additional sleeping rooms on
the second floor and number of changes
in rooms on the first floor. The interior
is arranged with a view to comfortable
living and is convenient The house,
which is painted white, with green
blinds, is in the midst of well-kept
grounds, stands almost under the shadow
of the Bennington Battle monument, is
swept by every breeze and commands
view to the lofty mountain ranges that
skirt the valley of the WalloOmsac.
The house of Mr.. Shields has been adj
ded to, taken from and altered until it is
of an architectural style in which the
that between s., 900 and $4,000 was eX-
pended in making the changes. The
house, which was built few years ago,
was the home OF the late Hon A. b.
Gardner, prominent Vermont lawyer,
and was considered one of the attractive
dwellings at the Centre village. The re-
cent repairs give the house as pleasing a
general aspect as any in town, being well
proportioned and with graceful Orna-
nation.
Mr.. Van Santvoord evidently considers
| The building of a new home or extensive
alteration as one of the chief delights of
| life. The sound of hammer and saw
may almost always be heard in the
spring at his home at Furnace Grove, two
miles east of the Bennington depot.
Last year he had an attractive cottage
containing twenty-three rooms and seven
gables. To-day the house presents an
altogether different appearance. About
100 feet of veranda fourteen feet wide,
extend around the main building on
three sides. Over the veranda several
sleeping rooms have been added. Two
of the pillars supporting the roof of the
yeranda were among the stone columns
of the old court. house in Troy. 1t is
said that Mr.. Van Santvoo"d has eXpend-
ed this season nearly S3, 600 on these and
other repairs. The house, which is sug-
gestive of Colonial breadth and comfort,
is in the midst of wild scenery and is an
ideal place for idling when the warmth
and brightness of summer come. There
is another great charm of the place-the
old and the new are everywhere seen al
most side by side. The ruins of che old
furnace, the origin of which is almost
lost in mist of traditions, figure in al
most every book of local views.
Samuel b. Sanford has done little in
the way of repairs or alterations on his
property at Bennington Centre, having
expended large amount in that line
last year.
John Wool Griswold is going steadily
forward with improvements on his farm.
The largest outlay he has made so far
this season is the purchase of the Alonzo
Rand house and lot, which adjoined the
farm.
Bennington people manifest much
pride in these evidences of interest which
citizens of other States take in the town,
and as the years pass by the promise is
stronger that more will come to build
and stay through the summer.