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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2285_stencil-house_Shelburne-VT.html
The Stencil House is typical of small side-gabled homes common in New York and New England. The floor plan groups four rooms around a central chimney. A central front door, flanked by pairs of double-hung windows, opens into a small entrance hall.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM227V_general-store_Shelburne-VT.html
For many years, this building served as the Shelburne village post office before it was moved to the Museum intact, on a specially designed railroad track running down Route 7. The ground floor re-creates a late 19th-century general store, post of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM227R_apothecary-shop_Shelburne-VT.html
The Apothecary Shop represents a late 19th-century druggist's shop. Prior to the Civil War, druggists gathered and dried herbs, grinding, distilling, and mixing them with a variety of substances to create medicinal remedies. By 1900, druggists dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM227A_meeting-house_Shelburne-VT.html
Charlotte Meeting House was built by the community's Methodist congregation. The building's architectural details reflect Greek design influences, including the triangular pediment created by cornice moldings. During the building's 112-year histor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2271_blacksmith-shop_Shelburne-VT.html
In the 18th and 19th centuries communities depended heavily on the village blacksmith as the primary source for tools, utensils, hardware, vehicle parts, and many other items. Many blacksmiths also served as farriers, manufacturing and fitting sho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226W_hat-and-fragrance-textile-gallery_Shelburne-VT.html
The earliest portion of this building was constructed by Captain Benjamin Harrington as a distillery, used to provide alcohol for the Captain's nearby inn. Constructed of hand-hewn timbers and rough planks, the building later served as Shelburne's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226V_stone-cottage_Shelburne-VT.html
Stone Cottage is constructed of limestone laid in straight courses rather than in the more common scatterstone technique. It was originally built as a farmhand's house; the first tenants were a family of five, including husband and wife, two child…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226U_toy-shop_Shelburne-VT.html
Built adjacent to the Variety Unit to reflect the "continuous architecture" building style common throughout New England, the Toy Shop displays an array of children's playthings: transportation toys, mechanical banks, an operating model train, dol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226S_variety-unit_Shelburne-VT.html
This brick farmhouse is the only historic structure at the Museum original to the site. A rambling building, its complex structure consists of a series of one- and two-room additions to the original farmhouse in the New England "continuous archite…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226R_schoolhouse_Shelburne-VT.html
The one-room Schoolhouse was the first structure moved to the Museum. The building has several distinct classical architectural features, including a projecting bell tower, arched door opening, and sash windows. The structure originally stood on l…
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