Windsor Village Historic District (Windsor, Vermont)

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Windsor Village Historic District
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Main Street on a 1910 postcard
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LocationCenter of Windsor, Vermont
Coordinates 43°28′50″N72°23′13″W / 43.48056°N 72.38694°W / 43.48056; -72.38694
Area50 acres (20 ha) (original)
1.2 acres (0.49 ha) (size of 1997 increase)
NRHP reference No. 75000212 [1]  (original)
97000828  (increase 1)
14001036  (increase 2)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 23, 1975
Boundary increasesJuly 25, 1997
December 1, 2014

The Windsor Village Historic District is a historical district in the center of Windsor, Vermont. It includes several dozen properties which were built in the 18th, the 19th, and in the beginning of the 20th centuries, built in different architectural styles. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 23, 1975. [2]

Contents

Originally, the district was designated along Main Street, Depot Avenue, and State Street through and including Court Square. Later, Phelps Ct. was added.

History

In 1777, in the Old Constitution House, which is a part of the district, the constitution of the Vermont Republic was drafted. Initially, Windsor was a part-time capital of the Republic, and it remains the seat of Windsor County. This guaranteed an influx of population to the town. Many of newcomers were highly educated professionals. The location of Windsor on the banks of the Connecticut River provided an easy access to transportation routes, and this access was further reinforced by the construction of a railway in 1847. In the 19th century, Windsor was a prosperous industrial and administrative center. This resulted in intensive construction, with industrial-related buildings concentrated on the Main Street and Depot Avenue, including the railway station, and residential buildings located on State Street and in the northern end of Main Street. By the end of the 19th century, the major industrial enterprises in Windsor were producing water pumps, firearms, machine tools, and cotton. [2]

Properties

As of 1975, the list of properties included the properties listed below. [2] In 1997, three properties on Phelps Court and State Street were added. [3] It was again enlarged in 2014.

#NameImageAddressYear builtStyleNotes
1House9 Main Streetcirca 1900Vernacular Queen Anne
2House15 Main Streetcirca 1900Vernacular Queen Anne
3Jesse Lull House Jesse Lull House Windsor.jpg 17 Main Street1806 Federal
4Carlos Coolidge House21 Main Street1806Federal
5Naham Trask House Nahum Trask House, 25 North Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT HABS VT,14-WIND,1-1.tif 25 Main Street1796Federal
6House29 Main Streetcirca 1890Vernacular Queen Anne
7Samuel Patrick Jr. House33 Main Streetcirca 1825Federal
8Luther Mills House35 Main Streetcirca 1840 Gothic revival
9House37 Main Street
10House39 Main Street
11Congregational Parsonage41 Main Street
12House43 Main Street
13House49 Main Street
14Unitarian ChurchMain Street1846Gothic revival
15United States Post Office57 Main Street1856-1859 Italianate Revival It is the oldest active post office building in the United States. [4]
16Tuxbury Block61 Main Street1898High Victorian Italianate
17Stone Tracy Block65 Main Street1888Italianate revival
18Amsden Block23 Depot Avenuecirca 1890Italianate revival
19Central Vermont Railway Freight Stationcirca 1850
20 Central Vermont Railway Station Windsor Railway Station.jpg Depot Avenuecirca 1905 Vernacular Romanesque
21Putnam Block85-89 Main Street1914
22Colby Block105 Main Street1831Federal
23Sherman Block107-113 Main Street
24House133 Main Street Greek Revival
25Windsor Diner135 Main Street1955Moved to Windsor in 1958
26House137 Main Street
27House139 Main Street
28House145 Main StreetVernacular Queen Anne
29Municipal Building (Windsor Fire Station) Windsorfirehouse.jpg 147 Main Street1929 Georgian Revival
30House149 Main Street1790Colonial
31House151 Main Street
32House153 Main Street
33Reuben Dean House161 Main Streetcirca 1770Rebuilt in 1899
34Methodist Parsonage165 Main Street
35Rachel Harlow Methodist ChurchMain Street1895 High Victorian Gothic
36Clement Pettes House156 Main Streetcirca 1825Federal
37Shubael Wardner House150 Main Streetcirca 1825Federal
38Old South Congregational Church Old South Congregational Church Windsor.jpg 128 Main Street1798FederalVermont's earliest Federal church, designed by renowned architect Asher Benjamin in 1797. Reconstructed in 1844, 1879, and 1922.
39Old Apothecary Shop (Old Bank Building)108 Main Street1804
40Isaac Green House (Knights of Columbus)106 Main Street1792
41Nathaniel Leonard House (Masonic Lodge)104 Main Street1785 Georgian
42Bianchi Block88-94 Main Street1915
43Merrifield Block82-86 Main Street1849
44Stiles-Billings Block (Rexall Drugs)80 Main Streetcirca 1870
45Miller-Stuart Block9 State Streetcirca 1830
46Old Windsor Savings Bank Block15 State Streetcirca 1820
47Annex to Old Windsor Savings Bank Block15 State Streetcirca 1870
48St. Paul's Episcopal Church27 State Street1820-1822 Classical style An early work by the Boston architect, Alexander Parris. The building survives essentially unaltered and is in good condition. [5]
49Episcopal Parsonage37 State Street
50House39 State Street
51Windsor Library43 State StreetGeorgian Revivalcirca 1905
52Rufus Emerson-Gilbert Davis House (Davis Home)45 State StreetFederal1831
53House46 Court SquareFederalcirca 1800
54Johonnot House44 Court SquareFederalcirca 1830
55House40 Court Square
56McIndoe House McIndoe House Windsor.jpg 5 Court StreetGothic Revival1840
57House10 Court StreetVernacular Queen Annecirca 1890
58House8 Court StreetGothic Revivalcirca 1860
59House6 Court StreetGreek Revivalcirca 1840
60Windsor Town Hall (American Legion Hall)Court StreetRomanesque1888
61Old Windsor County Courthouse (Carleton Hall)24 State Street1786Moved to the current location in 1888
62Commercial Block16 State Street
63Commercial Block12 State Street
64Commercial Block10 State Street
65Tontine Block (Windsor News Co.)70 Main Streetcirca 1825
66J. J. Newberry Co.64-68 Main Street1929
67Pettes-Journal Block (Vermont National Bank)60 Main StreetFederal1824
68Old Namco (National Acme Machine Company) ArmoryMain Streetcirca 1910
69 Windsor House Windsor House Vermont.jpg 54 Main StreetGreek Revival1836A separate NRHP listing
70Thomas Emerson-Edwin Stoughton House (Old Windsor Hospital)48 Main StreetFederal1836Served as Windsor's hospital from 1933 until the opening of the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in 1972. [6] [7]
71Baptist ChurchMain StreetPseudo Gothic Revival1943
72Abner Forbes House Cox Evarts House.jpg 38 Main StreetFederal1796
73Zebina Curtis-William Maxwell Evarts House Cox Evarts House.jpg 34 Main StreetGeorgian1796
74John Skinner House John Skinner House Windsor.jpg 26 Main StreetFederalcirca 1820
75Joseph Hatch (Edminster) House Joseph Hatch House Windsor.jpg 24 Main StreetFederalcirca 1825
76Simeon Ide House Simeon Ide House Windsor.jpg 20 Main StreetFederalcirca 1825
77Susan Bishop House18 Main StreetGreek Revival
78 Old Constitution House Old Constitution House Windsor.jpg Main Streetcirca 1776A separate NRHP listing

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