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City Bay, North Hero with Hibbard's Point off in the distance. The photographer is standing on the shore where the present (1981) North Hero Town Hall building now stands. The building in the near front right is a boathouse. The dock and building in…

Group of people outside a shed, likely at Bow-N-Arrow Point. In the rear, from left to right, are: Amelia (McBride) Farrell, Lennie (Kingsley) Dodds, James Addison Dodds, Jessie (Tudhope) Wright, Cora E. (McBride) Tudhope, Kate Hazen, Ethel Tudhope,…

Closeup of the old foundation of the wooden addition to the Knight House. Estimates suggest that this foundation was laid sometime after 1796 by John Knight, Sr. after he purchased the land from Enos Wood, who had built a log cabin on the same…

View of the Knight House from the back. Of note is the old foundation of the wooden addition that was demolished by Vermont Forests & Parks in 1976, which predates the 1845 Brick House.

Two photos of the inn built in 1845 by (probably) John Knight, Jr. It was located at the Ferry Landing on the south tip of North Hero Island. The first photo shows the wooden addition to the brick house, which was suddenly demolished in December 1976…

Two views on South Hero's Main Street, looking to the west and to the east. The first photo includes the South Hero Inn, Robinson

Constructed by the Rutland Railroad as part of the "Island Line", running from Burlington through the Champlain Islands. It opened for business on January 7, 1901 and ran until its abandonment in 1961. The station has long since been demolished.

West side of South Hero Village, from the elevation above the present Station Road. The roof of the South Hero Railroad Station is visible in the left foreground. Right of the center foreground is the "Canning Plant", where locally raised corn was…

Four photos of the general store at "Four Corners". Originally erected in 1880, Juan Robinson purchased the store from the Keeler brothers in 1907. In 1909, Robinson partnered up with Orson D. Fifield. By 1915, a second floor porch had been added to…

Mrs. Winslow White's class in the Sand-Bar (East) School, District No. 1. About a third of the children in this photo were from the L.

Two photos of the South Hero Inn. At the time these photos were taken, ownership of the inn had transferred to Mina (Mooney) Hoag. Her son, Ashley E. Hoag, operated it for her.

Street side of the South Hero Inn, owned and operated by Juan Robinson and Mrs. Lillian (Robinson) Axtell. The stone building was erected by Helmer Kent in 1829, and long served as a popular stopping place for travelers. Juan Robinson sits in his…