Montpelier - Then and Now
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- Montpelier - Then and Now
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144 State Street, George Dewey Boyhood Home
When Edward Dewey, vice president of National Life Insurance Company, in 1889 decided that he wanted to build a large, ornate Queen Anne-style house across the street from the State House (see “Then & Now,” The Bridge, September 7, 2022), he didn’t…
120 State Street, Edward Dewey House
When the State of Vermont needed to build more office space in the late 1930s, it looked no further than across the street from the State House. That stretch of street was occupied by four residential buildings that would have to be removed to make…
128 State Street, Riverside Inn
State Street has housed many hotels and guest houses over the years. One of them was the Riverside Inn at 128 State Street. This impressive French Second Empire-style building was constructed in 1869 out of the remains of the smaller episcopal…