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  • Collection: Champlain Islands Photographs

Camp Y.M.C.A.

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Group of campers at Camp Y.M.C.A, which appears to be located on Hibbard's Point. Most of these campers have tennis rackets, though one has a rifle and another appears to be holding an oar. There are three penny-farthing bicycles in the foreground as…

Jailer's House

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The house of North Hero's jail keeper, which is attached to the Grand Isle County Court House and Jail. While mostly used as the residence of the jail keeper and his family, the probate judge sometimes lived here. The use of the two-cell jail in the…

Block House Point

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Replica of the 1781 British Loyal Block House built around 1953 by Oscar E. Bredenberg of Champlain, New York, who was well known for historical knowledge and writings of the Champlain Valley during the Revolutionary War. The second photo is of the…

Block House Point

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Photo taken at the dedication of the Block House Point Monument, which was originally erected in 1912 by the Vermont Sons of the American Revolution. The tablet's inscription reads: "On this site was erected in July 1781 "Loyal Block House" by Capt.…

Fort Ethan Allen Training Camp Military Staff

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Military staff of the Fort Ethan Allen Training Camp at Block House Point.

Irving House

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Two photos of the Irving House, a large two and a half story building built in 1896 by James H. Dodds. It was a popular summer accommodation overlooking City Bay. As of 1981, the building is called the North Hero Inn and is owned by Dr. Roger Sorg of…

Main Street, North Hero

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North Hero's Main Street, looking north. The house on the near left is the home (1978) of Mrs. Ernest (Genia) Way. The next house is the home of Mariah and Gertrude Ladd, the daughters of Abner Ladd. The next house, which has a car in front of it, is…

Rod Hathaway General Store

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The general store of Roderick R. Hathaway, a merchant who operated successfully in North Hero for 25 years. The store stands roughly where the present North Hero Volunteer Fire House now stands

Town House, M. E. Church, Court House

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Two photos of the North Hero Town House. Erected in 1866, this building has served as a place for town meetings, town offices, and as a meeting house for the Methodist Episcopalian Church until the present Town Hall was erected in 1939. To the right…

View of North Hero

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View of North Hero as seen looking northwest across City Bay. This photo includes the Hathaway-Dodds-Tudhope General Store (1), Rod Hathaway's house (2), the Irving House (3), the "Telephone Office" (4), the Catholic Church (5), the Wadsworth home…

Hazen's Lunch and Gas Station

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The lunch stand and gas station owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wayne Hazen, which was located on the shore a little to the south of the old North Hero-Alburgh Bridge. Mr. Hazen also had a general store across the road from this building.

North Hero - Alburgh Ferry Landing

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View showing the remains of the old ferry landing and dock on the shore of the channel between North Hero and Alburgh Tongue. It is located as the present Block House Point Road reaches the lake before a left turn leading south.