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The Justin Smith Morrill Homestead is the historic Carpenter Gothic home of United States Senator Justin Smith Morrill (1810–98) in Strafford, Vermont, and was one of the first declared National Historic Landmarks, in 1960. [2] [3] It is located at 214 Justin Morrill Highway, south of the village green of Strafford.
Strafford's village center is defined by a triangular green, formed by the Y-shaped junction of the Justin Morrill Smith Highway (running north-south) and Brook Road (running roughly northwest). At the large northern end of the triangle stands the 1799 meetinghouse, a fine example of Federal period architecture externally, with late 19th ...
The Morrill Homestead in Strafford, Vermont. The Justin Smith Morrill Homestead in Strafford is a National Historic Landmark. [30] Many colleges established under the Morrill Act created a 'Morrill Hall' in his honor. [31] Morrill was initiated into the Delta Upsilon fraternity as an honorary member in 1864. [32]
The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference runs through Saturday, Aug. 24, giving Vermonters the chance to attend free talks and readings by some of today’s top fiction authors, nonfiction writers and ...
Strafford is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,094 at the 2020 census. [3] The town of Strafford was created on August 12, 1761, by way of a royal charter which King George III of Great Britain issued to Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire. The town was named after the Earl of Strafford. [4]
Vermont National Guard Library and Museum: Colchester: Chittenden: Military: History of the Vermont National Guard, both Army and Air Force, and the military heritage of the State of Vermont and its veterans [73] Vermont Scale Museum: Weston: Windsor: Commodity: Located in the Vermont Country Store, collection of scales and measures [24]
While structurally sound, the three-level house needed a serious overhaul to be functional. It’s presumably 100 to 200 years old and was likely renovated once around the 1960s or ’70s.
Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3. Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie ...