Historic Districts
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Vermont - Rutland County - Historic Districts
Rutland County Vermont (Historic Districts) has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 20 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Benson Village, Brandon State School, Brandon Village Historic District, Castleton Village Historic District and Danby Village Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Rutland County historic places including Timothy K. Horton, A.W. Gray and Nichols Montgomery Powers.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Rutland County places including Arthur H. Smith, William Towne, Timothy K. Horton, Frank Lyman Austin, Cummings, H.P., Construction Co., Payson R. Webber, Nichols Montgomery Powers and Olcott Sherman. Prominent architectural styles found in Rutland Country are Greek Revival, Federal and Italianate.

Aldrichville Mill Village Historic Archeological District (added 2002 - - #02000829)
Green Mountain National Forest , Wallingford
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
French Canadian, Anglo-American
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Village Site, Water Works
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Benson Village (added 1978 - - #78000240)
Stage and Benson Landing Sts. , Benson
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Federal, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
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, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Brandon State School (added 1999 - - #99001346)
Also known as Vermont State School for Feeble Minded Children, Brandon Training School
US 7 , Brandon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cummings, H.P., Construction Co., Austin, Frank Lyman
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, School
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Brandon Village Historic District (added 1976 - - #76000145)
U.S. 7 , Brandon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Federal, Mid 19th Century Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Invention, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Castleton Village Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000225)
Also known as NR Control No. 710350001
Irregular pattern along Main and South Sts. , Castleton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, College, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Library, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Danby Village Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003219)
Main St., Mt. Tabor Ave., Depot St., and Borough Hill Rd. , Danby
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Church School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Church School, Hotel, Single Dwelling
East Poultney Historic District (added 1978 - - #78000241)
Village Green and environs , East Poultney
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Religious Structure, Road-Related, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Fair Haven Green Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000339)
Park Pl., Adams and Main Sts. , Fair Haven
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Industry, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, School, Single Dwelling
Gifford Woods State Park (added 2002 - - #02000414)
VT 100 , Killington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Outdoor Recreation, Park
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Outdoor Recreation, Park
Hosford--Sherman Farm (added 1995 - - #95000572)
Also known as Home Among the Hills
VT. 30 , Poultney
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sherman, Olcott
Architectural Style:
Early Republic
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Kingsley Grist Mill Historic District (added 2007 - - #07001170)
Also known as Vermont Historic Sites & Structures Survey #1105-9
East St. & Gorge Rd. , Clarendon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Powers, Nichols Montgomery, Horton, Timothy K.
Architectural Style:
Federal, Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Horton, Timothy K., Powers, Nichols Montgomery
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Agriculture, Engineering, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Natural Feature, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Storage, Water Works
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Natural Feature, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Marble Street Historic District (added 1990 - - #90000338)
87--132 Marble St. and 10 Smith Ave. , West Rutland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Classical Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Business, Department Store
Middletown Springs Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003239)
East, North, South, and West Sts., Montvert Ave., and Schoolhouse Rd. , Middletown Springs
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Gray,A.W.,et al.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1850-1874, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Plaza, Resort, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Plaza, Single Dwelling
Mission of the Church of Our Savior (added 1992 - - #92001479)
Also known as Mission Farm;Wood,Josiah,Jr.,Farm
Mission Farm Rd. , Sherburne
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,Arthur H.
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Mountain View Stock Farm (added 1989 - - #89001817)
Also known as Smith,Chauncey,Farm;Tylord Farm
VT 22A, N of Lake Rd. , Benson
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Poultney Main Street Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000649)
Roughly Main St., E. Main St., Depot St., Knapp Ave., Beaman St., Grove St., Maple Ave., and College Ave. , Poultney
Magicpiano, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Towne,William
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Post Office, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Rural Otter Creek Valley Historic District (added 1987 - - #86003212)
Roughly US 7 W of Otter Creek , Wallingford
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Rutland Courthouse Historic District (added 1976 - - #76000148)
U.S. 7 , Rutland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Post Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Rutland Downtown Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000387)
Roughly bounded by Strong Ave., State, Wales, Washington, Pine and Cottage Sts. , Rutland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Mixed
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Extractive Facility, Financial Institution, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution
Smith, Simeon, Mansion (added 1991 - - #91001675)
Smith Rd. W of jct. with VT 22A , West Haven
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Webber,Payson R.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Tinmouth Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000425)
VT 140 and SR 2 , Tinmouth
Magicpiano, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture, Communications
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Wallingford Main Street Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000424)
Main and School Sts. , Wallingford
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
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