Addison
Birthplace of Ray Fisher
Middlebury, VT
Born in Middlebury on October 4, 1887, Ray Lyle Fisher grew up on farms along Otter Creek and Creek Road.
Chimney Point
Addison, VT
This strategic point on Lake Champlain was occupied by Native Americans for thousands of years.
Court Square
Middlebury, VT
From 1796 to 1814 Court Square was the site of the first Addison County Courthouse, which also served as the seat of the Vermont...
DAR John Strong Mansion
Addison, VT
General John Strong was a Revolutionary War patriot and a prominent early citizen of Addison County.
Emma Willard -- Pioneer educator gave women first college training here
Middlebury, VT
Pioneer Educator gave Women 1st College Training Here.
Frederick Douglass Launched the One Hundred Convention
Middlebury, VT
On July 13-14, 1843, in the Addison County Courthouse, Frederick Douglass and other prominent abolitionists of the New England...
Granville Corner School
Granville, VT
Granville School District #10 The one-room Corner School, established here at “Codfish Corners,” operated from 1871 to 1951 for grades 1...
Hathorne School -- Bridport District Schoolhouse #1
Bridport, VT
Erected c. 1864, this one-room schoolhouse served hundreds of children in Bridport for nearly a century.
John Deere -- Inventor of "The Plow that Broke the Plains"
Middlebury, VT
Inventor of the plow that broke the plains John Deere learned the blacksmith trade here as an apprentice in the shop of Capt. Benjamin...
Levi P. Morton - Statesman and Banker Lived Early Years in Vermont
Shoreham, VT
Levi Parsons Morton, son of a minister, was born on this site, May 16, 1824, and for 8 years lived in Shoreham.
Macdonough Shipyard
Vergennes, VT
Below the Otter Creek Falls was the site of Thomas Macdonough's shipyard, where the U.S.S. Saratoga was built in 40 days and other ships...
Mt. Independence Military Road -- Route to Hubbardton, 1777
Orwell, VT
This vital American military road to the south of here was built on the September 7, 1776, orders of Gen. Horatio Gates to connect Mount...
Newton Academy & Shoreham High School
Shoreham, VT
In 1811, Newton Academy in Shoreham was chartered by the General Assembly, becoming one of Vermont’s first private boarding academies.
Robert Frost -- 1874-1963
Ripton, VT
A distinguished American Poet by recognition and a Vermonter by preference, Robert Frost was Poet Laureate of Vermont and for many years...
Rokeby' -- Home of Rowland E. Robinson -- Writer of Vermont Folklore
Ferrisburgh, VT
Here in 1833, Rowland E. Robinson was born of Quaker parentage.
Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge
Shoreham, VT
This Howe truss Railroad Bridge is one of only two covered railroad bridges left in Vermont.
Silas Wright -- 1795-1847
Weybridge, VT
Silas Wright 1795-1847 Born at Amherst, Mass.
Stephen Bates
Vergennes, VT
Vermont’s Earliest Known Black Sheriff and Chief of Police Stephen Bates (1842-1907) was born enslaved on the Shirley Plantation in...
The Great Convention
Ferrisburgh, VT
Frederick Douglass delivered a fiery abolitionist speech here in July 1843.
The Ruth Stone House / Green Apples
Goshen, VT
Ruth Stone (1915-2011) purchased this property in 1956, and for the next 55 years it provided inspiration for her writing and a haven for...
The U.S. Government Morgan Horse Farm
Weybridge, VT
The U.S. Government established a Morgan horse breeding program in 1905 at the University of Vermont to study and refine the Morgan horse...
William Slade / The Gag Rule
Cornwall, VT
William Slade 1786-1857 William Slade was one of Vermont’s great public servants and an ardent abolitionist.