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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 ...
Shelburne Museum is a museum of art, design, and Americana located in Shelburne, Vermont, United States. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the museum grounds. It is located on 45 acres (18 ha) near Lake Champlain.
The Shelburne Village Historic District encompasses the central portion of the main village of Shelburne, Vermont.Centered on the junction of United States Route 7 with Harbor and Falls Roads, the district's architecture traces the town's history from the 18th to early 20th century.
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. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Billings Farm and Museum: Woodstock: Windsor: Agriculture: working dairy farm, restored late 19th century period farmhouse, museum displays of cycle of rural life and work [10] Birds of Vermont Museum: Huntington: Chittenden: Natural history: Displays more than 475 biologically accurate woodcarvings of Vermont birds Black River Academy Museum ...
Shelburne Museum's collection of horse-drawn vehicles includes examples of 19th and early 20th century carriages, farm and trade wagons, stagecoaches, sleighs, early firefighting equipment, and almost every other type of vehicle used in New England in the 19th century. One of the most comprehensive collections in the country, it is particularly ...
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Shelburne Farms was created in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate. They commissioned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to guide the layout of 3,800 acres (15 km2) of farm, field and forest, and New York architect Robert Henderson Robertson, to design the buildings.