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Bennington in 1887. First of the New Hampshire Grants, Bennington was chartered on January 3, 1749, by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth and named in his honor. It was granted to William Williams and 61 others, mostly from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, making the town the oldest to be chartered in Vermont and outside of what is now New Hampshire, though Brattleboro had been settled earlier as a ...
Location of Bennington County in Vermont. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Prominent civic buildings are the town hall (an 1846 Greek Revival building), the county courthouse (1936, Colonial Revival), and the Old Bennington Post Office (1914, Classical Revival, now the police station). [2] The town of Bennington is the largest town in southwestern Vermont, and is one of two shire towns of Bennington County. It has ...
Bennington is the oldest county in Vermont still in existence, created by the first general assembly on March 17, 1778. [4] Vermont was organized into two original counties, with Bennington in the west and Unity (a few days later renamed Cumberland) in the east. [5] On February 16, 1781 Rutland County was created from Bennington County. [6]
Old Bennington is a village in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is located entirely within the town of Bennington. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 156. [4] The village and its surrounding area were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as Old Bennington Historic District. It is roughly ...
The First Congregational Church of Bennington, also known as the Old First Church, is a historic church in Old Bennington, Vermont.The congregation was organized in 1762 and the current meeting house was built in 1805. [2]
The Julius and Sophia Norton House is a historic house at 300 Pleasant Street in Bennington, Vermont. Its main block, completed in 1846, is one of the state's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. [1]
The Bennington Museum is an accredited museum with notable collections of art and regional history. It is located at 75 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont , USA. The museum's history dates to 1852 when the Bennington Historical Association was first incorporated.