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Montpelier (/ m ɒ n t ˈ p iː l j ər / mont-PEEL-yər) [6] [7] is the state capital of the U.S. state of Vermont and the county seat of Washington County.The site of Vermont's state government, it is the least populous state capital in the United States. [8]
Vermont (/ v ər ˈ m ɒ n t / ⓘ) [6] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the state had a population of 643,503, [7] ranking it the second ...
The Doric portico of the Vermont State House dates to Ammi B. Young's second 1833 state house. The current structure was designed by architect Thomas Silloway (1828–1910) amplifying the design of an earlier structure designed by Ammi B. Young, (1798–1874) later supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury.
Montpelier was chartered in 1781, and was a sleepy rural community when it was named the state capital in 1805, primarily for its geographically central location and access to road and waterways. This inaugurated a development boom, with State Street forming an important axis between the state complex and the town center.
Thomas Chittenden (January 6, 1730 – August 25, 1797) was an American politician from Vermont, who was a leader of the territory for nearly two decades.He was the state's first and third governor, serving from 1778 to 1789—when it was a largely unrecognized independent state called the Vermont Republic—and again from 1790 until his death.
Montpelier, Vermont was first chartered as a town on August 14, 1781, chosen as the state capital in 1805, and subsequently incorporated as a city in 1894. [1] Under the city charter, the government of the city consists of a mayor, city manager, and city council, in what is called a Mayor–council–manager government. The mayor is elected to ...
The Vermont state capital is Montpelier. In 1791, Vermont joined the United States as the fourteenth state. An in-depth evaluation of government in 2008 ranked Vermont high compared to other states. It ranked highest in "small discrete issues and huge global ones." It performed poorly in the issues in-between and planning for the future. [1]
The state of Vermont acquired the property in 1969. Restoration and reuse of the building was briefly considered, but a pressing need for expansion of state offices in the capital complex area, coupled with a lack of sensitivity for historic preservation, led to the complete razing of the building and the subsequent construction of a new Pavilion.