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The Bennington Battle Monument is just over 306 feet high and was completed in 1891 to commemorate the Aug. 16, 1777 Battle of Bennington, considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
Bennington in 1887. First of the New Hampshire Grants, Bennington was chartered on January 3, 1749, by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth and named in his honor. It was granted to William Williams and 61 others, mostly from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, making the town the oldest to be chartered in Vermont and outside of what is now New Hampshire, though Brattleboro had been settled earlier as a ...
Park-McCullough House: October 26, 1972 : Southwestern corner of West and Park Sts. North Bennington: 42: Pratt-McDaniels-LaFlamme House: Pratt-McDaniels-LaFlamme House: July 11, 2002 : 501-507 South St.
The Bennington Battlefield is the Rensselaer County, New York, location where the Battle of Bennington occurred on the 16th of August 1777. It is located on New York State Route 67 in Walloomsac, New York , a historic route between Bennington, Vermont and the Hudson River .
Today the Bennington Battle Monument is a Vermont State Historic Site. [ 5 ] From its observatory level at 200 feet (61 m), which can be reached by elevator (but not the 417 stairs, which are closed), one can see Vermont along with the other U.S. states of Massachusetts and New York.
Bennington is the oldest county in Vermont still in existence, created by the first general assembly on March 17, 1778. [4] Vermont was organized into two original counties, with Bennington in the west and Unity (a few days later renamed Cumberland) in the east. [5] On February 16, 1781 Rutland County was created from Bennington County. [6]
Lake Shaftsbury State Park is located in the northern part of the town, around Lake Shaftsbury. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 43.2 square miles (111.8 km 2), of which 43.1 square miles (111.6 km 2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km 2), or 0.21%, is water. [6]
The Henry Covered Bridge is located on northwestern Bennington, southwest of the village of North Bennington and the campus of Bennington College. It carries River Road across the westward-flowing Walloomsac River, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of its junction with Vermont Route 67A. The historic Henry House stands just south of the bridge.