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65 State Street, Washington County Courthouse
The Washington County Courthouse has stood the test of time. Constructed in 1844, before railroads came to town, it has presided over State Street for 176 years. It originally had a smaller, architecturally appropriate tower. The tower was damaged in…
107 State Street, Silas French House
The building at 107 State Street, formerly known as the Thrush Tavern and now housing Pho Capital, is the youngest of four Federal style residential buildings in a short section of the north side of State Street. Silas C. French, a boot and shoe…
100 State Street, Capitol Plaza
The hotel we know as the Capitol Plaza was built as the Montpelier Tavern in 1932, a three-story hotel replacing an 1826 wood-frame hotel on the same site. A fourth story was added above the cornice line in the 1940s as seen in the top photograph.…
21 Main Street, American Legion
American Legion Post #3 at 21 Main Street is housed in one of the few wood frame buildings remaining downtown. It probably dates from just after the Montpelier Fire of 1875 that flattened this area of the city. In this 1915 photograph P.J.…
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"Spanish" influenza : some facts about it and how to prevent its spread.
A broadside announcing that a quarantine would be going into effect in Brandon, Vermont, on October 5, 1918, for nine days. The broadside also…