The Marshfield House

Title

Description

Wallace and Alice (Peck) Lambert pose on the porch of The Marshfield House, c 1905. The building was built in 1864 and the Lamberts purchased it in 1896, running it as a hotel to house traveling salesmen known as "drummers". There is a hammock strung at the end of second floor porch. Electric wires cross above the unpaved road and run to the hotel.

Date

1905

Subject

The Marshfield House (Marshfield, Vt.)

Hotels--Vermont--Marshfield

Hotels--Vermont--History--19th century

Marshfield (Vt.)--Photographs

Source

Marshfield Historical Society

Identifier

2020_L_22_MarshfieldHouse

Format

black-white photograph

Rights

This image is presented for research and educational purposes only

Repository

Marshfield Historical Society, Old Schoolhouse Common, 121 School St. Marshfield, VT 05658

Collection

Marshfield Story Project

Citation

“The Marshfield House,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed April 20, 2024, https://digitalvermont.org/MarshfieldStoryProject/2020_L_22_MarshfieldHouse.