Vermont - Bennington County - Historic Districts
Bennington County Vermont (Historic Districts) has 18 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 16 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Arlington Village Historic District, Bennington Fish Hatchery, Center Shaftsbury Historic District, Dorset Village Historic District and Dorset Village Historic District (Boundary Increase).

The famous person Carl Ruggles is associated with one of more of the Bennington County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bennington County places including Lambert & Burrington, Harlow Huntington, Josiah Child, William H. Buck, James M. Tynan, Hobbs and Sons, John Ivan Sesow, Frank L. Wagner, Gunson & Emery; Nevins-Morrisseyetal and Harvet & Son; Harding & Seaver;Turne. Prominent architectural styles found in Bennington Country are Greek Revival, Federal and Colonial Revival.

Arlington Village Historic District (added 1989 - - #89001936)
Roughly Main St., School St., E. Arlington Rd., and Battenkill Dr. , Arlington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Passman,William
Architectural Style:
Federal, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Ruggles,Carl
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Bennington Fish Hatchery (added 1994 - - #94000376)
Also known as Bennington Fish Culture Station
South Stream Rd. , Bennington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lambert & Burrington
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Fishing Facility Or Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Fishing Facility Or Site
Carrigan Lane Historic District (added 1998 - - #98001152)
Roughly along Carrigan Ln., from Division St. to Safford St. , Bennington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Center Shaftsbury Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002052)
Also known as See Also:Galusha, Gov. Jonas, Homestead
VT 7A , Shaftsbury
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Huntington,Harlow
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Processing, Single Dwelling
Dorset Village Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000868)
Also known as see also:Dorset Village Historic Distrct (Boundary Increase)
Roughly bounded by Main and Church Sts. and Dorset Hollow Rd. , Dorset
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Late Victorian, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Dorset Village Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1997 - - #97000040)
Also known as see also:Dorset Village Historic District
Jct. of Church St. and West Rd. , Dorset
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Natural Feature, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Natural Feature, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Downtown Bennington Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000327)
Also known as NR Control No. 823764006
U.S. 7 and VT 9 , Bennington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Taylor, James Knox, Hobbs and Sons
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Other, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Courthouse, Manufacturing Facility, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Courthouse, Professional, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Downtown Bennington Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2008 - - #08000454)
North, Main & Silver Sts. , Bennington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Harvet & Son; Harding & Seaver;Turne, Gunson & Emery; Nevins-Morrisseyetal
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation, Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Religious Structure, Road-Related, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Religion, Social, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, Library, Professional, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
East Arlington Village Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000689)
Roughly bounded by Old Mill, Ice Pond, E. Arlington, and Warm Brook Rds., Maple and Pleasnt Sts., and the Lane , Arlington
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tynan, James M., Buck, William H.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Equinox House Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000384)
Also known as NR Control No. PH0053368
Main and Union Sts. , Manchester
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce, Entertainment/Recreation, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Hotel
Furnace Grove Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000646)
VT 9, 1 mi. E. of jct of VT 9 and Burgess Rd. , Bennington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Federal, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture, Agriculture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing Site, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
Holden--Leonard Workers Housing Historic District (added 2011 - - #11000296)
121--139, 124--150 Benmont Ave. & 105--115, 117--123 Holden St., Bennington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Johnny Seesaw's Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000686)
3574 VT 11 , Peru
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Hotel, Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant
Kent Neighborhood Historic District (added 1978 - - #78003203)
S of Dorset at Dorset West and Nichols Hill Rds. , Dorset
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Manchester Village Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003438)
US 7A, Union St., and Taconic Ave. , Manchester
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
North Bennington Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000328)
Also known as NR Control No. 0604074;040372477
VT 67 and VT 67A , North Bennington
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Old Bennington Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000030)
Also known as N.R. Control Nos. PH0053341;PH0053376
Roughly bounded by Rutland RR, Monument Ave. and Circle, West Rd., Seminary Lane, Elm and Fairview Sts. , Bennington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Orchards, The (added 2000 - - #00000384)
Also known as Sputhern Vermont College, Everett Estate
982 Mansion Dr. , Bennington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Totten, George Oakley, Jr., Wagner, Frank L.
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Education, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
College, Garden
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