Plainfield Village Historic District
Plainfield Village Historic District | |
44°16′43″N 72°25′32″W / 44.27861°N 72.42556°W / 44.27861; -72.42556 | |
Area | 37.5 acres (15.2 ha) |
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Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 83003223[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 3, 1983 |
The Plainfield Village Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the village of Plainfield, Vermont. Located in northernmost Plainfield on United States Route 2 (and extending a shortway into adjacent Marshfield), the village grew in the 19th century as a mill town and service community for the surround agricultural areas, and has a well-preserved collection of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Description and history
The town of Plainfield is located in the Winooski River valley east of Montpelier, the state capital. Its northernmost corner is crossed by US 2, which follows the river valley. At the river's confluence with Great Brook, a waterfall provided power for grist and sawmills in the late 18th century. The village arose around this mill privilege, lining the main road on the north side of the river, across the river in the area northeast of the confluence. Despite a number of fires and floods that destroyed the mills, they were repeatedly rebuilt, and other industries also arose to take advantage of the water power. Today, only the dam on the river remains as a reminder of this industrial past. The village now acts as a service center for nearby Goddard College, and for commuters to Montpelier.[2]
The historic district extends along US 2 between Towne Avenue in the west and roughly Hillside Drive in Marshfield to the east. It extends across the river along Main Street to Creamery Street, and along River Street just across Great Brook. A modest number of commercial buildings are clustered along US 2 and Main Street, while most of the remaining buildings are residential. The most common architectural styles are the Greek Revival and Italianate styles of the mid-19th century, when the village was at its economic height, and include an unusually large number of brick houses. Public buildings include the town hall (a Greek Revival former Universalist church) and library, as well as the local Methodist church (also Greek Revival, 1852).[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Courtney Fisher (1982). "NRHP nomination for Plainfield Village Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved November 10, 2016. with photos from 1982
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Landmark
- Barre Downtown Historic District
- Beck and Beck Granite Shed
- Currier Park Historic District
- East Calais Historic District
- Goddard College Greatwood Campus
- Kents Corner Historic District
- Mad River Glen Ski Area Historic District ‡
- Mad River Valley Rural Historic District
- McLaughlin Farm
- Mill Village Historic District
- Montpelier Historic District
- North Calais Village Historic District
- Plainfield Village Historic District
- Roxbury Fish Hatchery
- Vermont State Hospital Historic District
- Waitsfield Common Historic District
- Waitsfield Village Historic District
- Warren Village Historic District
- Waterbury Village Historic District
- Aldrich Public Library
- Allenwood Farm
- Athenwood and the Thomas W. Wood Studio
- Barre City Hall and Opera House
- Central Vermont Railway Depot
- Colby Mansion
- College Hall
- Parley Davis House
- East Village Meetinghouse
- Gale-Bancroft House
- Green Mountain Seminary
- Italian Baptist Church
- Jones Brothers Granite Shed
- Jones–Pestle Farmstead
- Joslin Farm
- Lareau Farmstead
- Chauncey B. Leonard House
- Martin Covered Bridge
- Mayo Building
- National Clothespin Factory
- Nichols House
- Old Red Mill
- Old West Church
- Reynolds House
- Scampini Block
- E. L. Smith Roundhouse Granite Shed
- Joshua Twing Gristmill
- Union Co-operative Store Bakery
- Union Meetinghouse
- Waterbury Center Methodist Church
- Wheelock Law Office
- Theodore Wood House
- Woodbury Graded School
- Woodbury Town Hall
- Worcester Town Hall
- Worcester Village School
- Bridge 31
- Bridge No. 27
- Center Road Culvert
- Coburn Covered Bridge
- Great Eddy Covered Bridge
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge
- Middlesex–Winooski River Bridge
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge
- Slaughter House Covered Bridge
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge
- Warren Covered Bridge