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The Southview Housing Historic District encompasses a collection of World War II-era residences on Stanley Road in Springfield, Vermont.They were built in 1942 to provided housing for workers producing militarily important materials, and have survived with remarkably little alteration since then.
The house was built in 1795 for Lewis R. Morris, one of Springfield's early settlers and a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. The Morrises had extensive landholdings, some of which were confiscated due to the support of Morris's father Richard for the claims of New York for the territory that is now Vermont. Morris descendants owned the ...
Roughly centered on Parker Hill Road in northern Rockingham and southern Springfield, the district exhibits a history of 200 years of farming, including a collection of Federal period farm housing. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
The Springfield Downtown Historic District encompasses the historic central business district of the town of Springfield, Vermont.Located in a narrow valley on the banks of the Black River, the town's architecture is primarily reflective of its importance as a manufacturing center in the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries, with a cluster of commercial buildings surrounded by residential ...
Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the main settlement within the town of Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population of the CDP was 3,979 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] compared with 9,373 for the town as a whole.
Although Springfield's alluvial flats made it among the best agricultural towns in the state, the Black River falls, which drop 110 feet (34 m) in 1 ⁄ 8 of a mile (200 m), helped it develop into a mill town. [5] Springfield was located in the center of the Precision Valley region, home of the Vermont machine tool industry.
The Hartness House is located on the northeastern outskirts of central Springfield, at the northern end of Orchard Street. The original main portion of the house is a T-shaped 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story gable-roofed wood-frame structure, its main facade facing to the south. The facade is busy with a variety of projections and cross gables of various ...
North Springfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the town of Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. [3] As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 573. [4] It lies at an altitude of 495 feet (151 m). [5] A post office has been operated in North Springfield since 1832. [6]