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The Stowe Village Historic District encompasses most of the village center of Stowe, Vermont. Since the 19th century, the village has been one of Vermont's major resort centers, and its center is architecturally reflective of this history. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
Stowe is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.The population was 5,223 at the 2020 census. [4] The town lies on Vermont Routes 108 and 100.It is nicknamed "The Ski Capital of the East" and is home to Stowe Mountain Resort, a ski facility with terrain on Mount Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont, and Spruce Peak.
Stowe Historical Society is a local historical society formed in 1956 to record and study the history of Stowe, Vermont, United States. It is run by fourteen volunteers, and its president is Barbara Baraw. [1] In 1955, members of Stowe's oldest families convened in an attempt to record and preserve the town's past, for fear its legacy would be ...
1863: The Greek Revival village school was built and counterpoint to the Stowe Community Church. They shared the same architect; 1900: Second-story wings added; 1955: Helen Day Montanari died and left a trust fund in the care of her friend, Dr. Marguerite Lichtenthaeler. The two women shared a dream of a new library and art center for Stowe
Stowe Mountain Resort is a ski resort in the northeastern United States, near the town of Stowe in northern Vermont, comprising two separate mountains: Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak. The lift-served vertical drop of Mount Mansfield is 2,360 feet (719 m), the fifth largest in New England and the fourth largest in Vermont.
Vermont Route 108 has its southern terminus in Stowe village and leads north through Smugglers Notch 17 miles (27 km) to Jeffersonville. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Stowe CDP has a total area of 0.81 square miles (2.1 km 2 ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2 ), or 1.02%, are water. [ 1 ]
Montanari and Lichtenthaeler, who shared intellectual interests, loved to travel, and shared a concern for the quality of life in Stowe, left a $40,000 trust to establish an art center and a library in the town. The Helen Day Memorial Library was founded in 1981, [6] in a building formerly used as Stowe Village School from 1863. [7]
The Green Mountain Inn is located on Main Street (Vermont Route 100) in Stowe, Vermont, United States. Built in 1833, it stands near the intersection of Route 100 and Mountain Road ( Route 108 ). The main inn building, the former Depot buildings and Sanborn House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Stowe ...