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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229N_print-shop_Shelburne-VT.html
Constructed from historic timbers, the Print Shop exhibits a range of printing equipment that might have been found in an early 20th-century small-town print shop, from an 1820s handpress to a 1950 high-speed Heidelberg press. Late 19th-century ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229M_horseshoe-barn_Shelburne-VT.html
This building was modeled after a unique horseshoe-shaped dairy barn near Georgia, Vermont. It is constructed of hand-hewn beams salvages from twelve barns and stones from two gristmills. The massive structure incorporates 745 timbers, posts, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229J_veterans-memorial_Vergennes-VT.html
In grateful tribute to the
men and women
of Vergennes Vermont
who served in the
Armed Forces
of our country
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229F_commodore-thomas-macdonough_Vergennes-VT.html
Victorious commander
of the American Fleet
in the naval battle of
Plattsburg
September 11, 1814
A Gallant Officer
An Exemplary Citizen
A National Hero
Memorial
erected to commemorate
the building by
Commodore Macdonough
of the Sarato…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229E_the-bixby-memorial-free-library_Vergennes-VT.html
Erected to the memory of
William G. Bixby
who generously bequeathed the fund
which made this building possible for
the benefit of the citizens of the
City of Vergennes
Dedicated October 1, 1912
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229C_weaving-shop_Shelburne-VT.html
Constructed using historic building materials, the Weaving Shop exhibits a variety of hand-spinning and weaving equipment and interprets American textile traditions practiced in a 19th-century weaving shop.
On view are processing tools, wool and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2297_civilian-conservation-corps-west-river-forest-camp_Weston-VT.html
This site marks the entrance to the west River C.C.C. Camp. This CCC was part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and targeted unemployed men 18-25 whose families were on relief. Nationally, over 2.5 million men were hired and paid $30 a mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2292_dutton-house_Shelburne-VT.html
Built in 1782 by Salmon Dutton, this house—the first dwelling brought to the Museum—was dismantled and moved from Cavendish, Vermont, in 1950. Dutton, who emigrated from Massachusetts, was a surveyor, town official, and toll road owner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM228W_danby-water-fountain-before-1911_Shelburne-VT.html
1911
Danby, Vermont
In commemoration of charter granted
August 27, 1761
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Gift of Danby-Mount Tabor Fire District No. 1,
1953-332
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM228V_shaker-shed_Shelburne-VT.html
This building originally served a large Shaker community in Canterbury, New Hampshire, as a one-story horse and carriage stand. The simple, unadorned commercial structure was expanded in 1850 to provide storage space for brooms made and sold by co…