National Register of Historic Places - Vermont (VT), Washington County

Washington County Vermont (Historic Districts) has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 17 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Barre Downtown Historic District, Currier Park Historic District, Goddard College Greatwood Campus, Kents Corner Historic District and Kents Corner Historic District Boundary Increase.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Washington County places including James T. Kelley, Daniel Ralph, Walter Bagley, Arthur Shurcliff and Everett Marshall. Prominent architectural styles found in Washington Country are Greek Revival, Italianate and Federal.

Barre Downtown Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000227)

Also known as NR Control No. 0610751069

VT 302 , Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Transportation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Currier Park Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001454)

Also known as Chubb Park

Properties bordering Currier Park on Park, North, East and Academy Sts. and adjacent properties on Averill and Cliff Sts, Barre City

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Goddard College Greatwood Campus (added 1996 - - #96000253)

Also known as Goddard College;Greatwood Farm

Jct. of US 2 and VT 214 , Plainfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Shurcliff,Arthur, Kelley,James T.

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, College, Horticulture Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Kents Corner Historic District (added 1973 - - #73000199)

Kent's Corner , Calais

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Museum, Research Facility, Single Dwelling

Kents Corner Historic District Boundary Increase (added 2006 - - #06000534)

Kent Hill Rd., Old West Church Rd., Robinson Cemetery Rd., Fowler Rd. Bliss Pond Rd. , Calais

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private, Local, State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, City Hall, Hotel, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Capitol, Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Processing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Mad River Valley Rural Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000836)

Also known as See Also:Pine Brook Covered Bridge

Roughly, along VT 100 and 100B from Waitsfield to Moretown and parts of North and River Rds. , Moretown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, School, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Hotel, Single Dwelling, Storage

Mad River Valley Rural Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000836)

Also known as See Also:Pine Brook Covered Bridge

Roughly, along VT 100 and 100B from Waitsfield to Moretown and parts of North and River Rds. , Waitsfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, School, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Hotel, Single Dwelling, Storage

McLaughlin Farm (added 1996 - - #95001556)

Also known as Day Farm;Colby Farm;Knoll Farm

Town Hwy. 17 (Bragg Hill Rd.) , Fayston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Marshall, Everett

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Hotel

Mill Village Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000229)

Roughly bounded by VT 100, I-89, and Stowe St. , Waterbury

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Montpelier Historic District (added 1978 - - #78000246)

Also known as NR Control Nos. 0401750587;PH0074781;0109750030;See Also:Mon

U.S. 2 and VT 12 , Montpelier

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Federal, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Mixed

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Post Office, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Montpelier Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1989 - - #89000248)

Also known as See Also:Montpelier Historic District

70--101 E. State St. and 1 West St. , Montpelier

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

College, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

North Calais Village Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000772)

N Calais Rd, Foster Hill Rd, Upper Rd, Moscow Hills Rd, G.A.R. Rd, Calais

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Plainfield Village Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003223)

High, School, Main and Water Sts., and Brook Rd. , Marshfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Financial Institution, Single Dwelling, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Theater

Plainfield Village Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003223)

High, School, Main and Water Sts., and Brook Rd. , Plainfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Financial Institution, Single Dwelling, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Theater

Roxbury Fish Hatchery (added 1994 - - #94000177)

Also known as Roxbury Fish Culture Station

W side VT 12A, about 1.O mi. S of Roxbury , Roxbury

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Fishing Facility Or Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Fishing Facility Or Site

Vermont State Hospital Historic District (added 2016 - - #16000765)

Waterbury, Waterbury

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1891-1949 AD

Waitsfield Common Historic District (added 2001 - - #01001227)

Joslin Hill Rd, North Rd., East Rd., and Common Rd. , Waitsfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Waitsfield Village Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003224)

VT 100 and Bridge St. , Waitsfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Warren Village Historic District (added 1992 - - #92001532)

Also known as See Also:Warren Covered Bridge

Along Town Hwys. 1, 4, 16 and 17 , Warren

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ralph,Daniel, Bagley,Walter

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Second Empire, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, City Hall, Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Waterbury Village Historic District (added 1978 - - #78000249)

Also known as NR Control Nos. PH0503550;PH0500861

U.S. 2 , Waterbury

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal, Other

Historic Person:

multiple

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation, Community Planning And Development, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Library, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling