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The Kent Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a little-altered early 19th-century rural neighborhood of Dorset, Vermont.Centered at the junction of Dorset West Road and Nichols Hill Road, the area is also historically significant as the site in 1775 of the first meetings that culminated in Vermont's period of independence prior to become the 14th United States state.
Ye Olde Tavern is a restaurant in Manchester Center, Vermont, US, that is listed on the Vermont Register of Historic Places. [1] It was built by Aaron Sheldon from Dorset, Vermont, in 1790, making it the oldest inn in the state of Vermont.
The Gen. Lewis R. Morris House is a historic house and farm property at 456 Old Connecticut River Road in Springfield, Vermont.Its main house, built in 1795, is well-preserved local example of Federal architecture with later Greek Revival features.
The Dorset Village Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the village center of Dorset, Vermont.Centered at the junction of Church Street, Kent Hill Road, and Vermont Route 30, the village was developed between the late 18th and early 20th centuries, and has a number of well-preserved unusual features, including sidewalks of marble from local quarries.
Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.The population was 2,133 at the 2020 census. [3] Dorset is famous for being the location of Cephas Kent's Inn, where four meetings of the Convention that signed the Dorset Accords led to the independent Vermont Republic and future statehood.
On March 4, 1791, President George Washington appointed him the first U.S. Marshal of the District of Vermont. He served as Marshal until 1794 and was succeeded by his deputy, Jabez G. Fitch. [5] [6] Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and major general of the First Division from 1795 to 1817. [7]
The Bill Wilson House is a historic 19th-century hotel at 378 Village Street in East Dorset, Vermont, United States.Built in 1852, it is the birthplace and living memorial of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson.
Brigadier-General John Randolph Lewis (September 22, 1834 – February 8, 1900) [1] [2] was an American dentist, soldier, administrator, and postmaster, known for his work with the Freedmen's Bureau. Early life