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The Peacham Historical Association (PHA) has been preserving records since 1916. The PHA has published a number of works on the town and has archives which chronicle the town's history from 1776. [8] The Peacham Library is a private library founded in 1810 as a resource for the debating team of the Caledonia County Grammar School.
The town of Peacham was first settled in 1776, partly as a consequence of the construction of the Bayley-Hazen Military Road during the American Revolutionary War.In the Peacham Corner area that became the town center, that road, now the major north–south route through the town, skirted around a hill on which the early town center was laid out.
Peacham is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census . The Peacham Corner Historic District , listed on the National Register of Historic Places , occupies the four roads extending outward from the crossroads at ...
1909 Caledonia, Missouri. This circa 1909 country store aims to transport visitors back to a "simpler time" with nostalgic touches like its homemade ice cream, antique gallery, Amish-made fudge ...
The Josiah and Lydia Shedd Farmstead is a historic farm property at 1721 Bayley-Hazen Road in Peacham, Vermont. Established in 1816, the property evokes a typical 19th-century Vermont hill farm. Its oldest surviving buildings, the main house and two barns, survive from the second quarter of the 19th century.
He was also involved in several other ventures, including farming, sheep raising, and a partnership in a general store. [5] He also served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1823 to 1827. [6] In 1828, he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention. [7]
The Elkins Tavern is a historic house on Bayley-Hazen Road in Peacham, Vermont. Built in 1787 by one of Peacham's first settlers, it has one of the best-preserved 18th-century interiors in the state of Vermont. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
It has partnered with local cheesemakers and other farmers to help promote and distribute Vermont products. [4] [5] Frank Henry Gillingham, who worked as clerk in a general store in the building, purchased the store with a partner in 1884. By 1886, he bought out his partner and renamed the operation F. H. Gillingham's General Store.