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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 —————————————— 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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM228T_prentis-house_Shelburne-VT.html
This two-story saltbox home is built around a massive central chimney with seven flues that meet on the second floor in a beehive-shaped form. John Dickinson built Prentis House on four acres where he and his family farmed broomcorn. Prentis Hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM228S_vermont-house-gallery_Shelburne-VT.html
This intimate stone structure is a conjectural restoration and reconstruction of an original log framed house built in Shelburne in the late 18th century. Vermont House features Something Old, Something New: Continuity & Change, American Fine Fur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM228R_locomotive-220_Shelburne-VT.html
Locomotive 220 was the last coal-burning steam ten-wheeler used on the Central Vermont Railway. As a medium-sized engine it moved both freight and passenger trains and became known as the [sic] "The Locomotive of Presidents" for its use on special…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM228Q_locomotive-220_Shelburne-VT.html
The Rail Locomotive No. 220, built in 1915 by the American Locomotive [C]ompany of Schenectady, New York, was the last coal-burning, steam ten-wheeler used on the Central Vermont Railway. As a medium-sized 4-6-0 engine (4 leading wheels, 6 driving…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM228O_ticonderoga_Shelburne-VT.html
History The steamboat Ticonderoga is America's last remaining side paddlewheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine. Commissioned by the Champlain Transportation Company, the Ticonderoga was built in 1906 at the Shelburne Shipyard on Lak…
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…
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