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The town of Shelburne was chartered in 1763, [2] and first surveyed by Ira Allen. Early settlers fled the area during the American Revolutionary War , and permanent settlement resumed in the 1780s. Benjamin Harrington, an early settler, owned and farmed the land where the village is located.
Shelburne's Old Village Hill is located in a rural setting north of Massachusetts Route 2, at the top of a hill east of Dragon Brook traversed by Old Village Road.The cemetery occupies about 2 acres (0.81 ha) on the west side of the road, with the Hubbard House on an adjacent parcel to its north.
Location of Chittenden County in Vermont. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chittenden County, Vermont.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.
The Lee Tracy House is a historic house on United States Route 7 in the village center of Shelburne, Vermont.Built in 1875, it is one of a small number of brick houses built in the town in the late 19th century, and is architecturally a distinctive vernacular blend of Gothic and Italianate styles.
In Shelburne Mrs. Webb sought to create "an educational project, varied and alive." [2] Shelburne's collections are exhibited in a village-like setting of historic New England architecture, accented by a landscape that includes over 400 lilacs, a circular formal garden, herb and heirloom vegetable gardens, and perennial gardens.
The Shelburne Railroad Station and Freight Shed are two exhibit buildings at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, United States.. In 1890 Rutland Railroad Station President Dr. William Seward Webb commissioned the building of the railroad station near the center of Shelburne village to conveniently serve passengers on the Central Vermont and Rutland Railroads.
Shelburne is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Located along the shores of Lake Champlain, Shelburne's town center lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of the city center of Burlington, the largest city in the state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population of Shelburne was 7,717. [3]
Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education center for sustainability, 1,400-acre (570 ha) working farm, and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. The property is nationally significant as a well-preserved example of a Gilded Age "ornamental farm", developed in the late 19th century with architecture by ...