Derby House Hotel facts for kids
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Derby House Hotel
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 Location in Vermont
Location in the United States
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| Location | Jct. of VT 105 (Main St.) and West St., Derby, Vermont |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1896 |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001150 |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 1998 |
The Derby House Hotel is a really old building in Derby, Vermont. It used to be a hotel! Built way back in 1896, it was a super important place for people in the town. It was where people met up and did business. Today, it's not a hotel anymore; it's been turned into apartments. Because of its history, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
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What Does the Derby House Hotel Look Like?
The old Derby House Hotel stands in the village of Derby Center. You can find it at the corner of Main Street (Vermont Route 105) and West Street. It's a two-and-a-half-story building made of wood.
Unique Roof and Porch Features
The hotel has a special kind of roof called a mansard roof. This roof has slopes on all sides and creates extra space for a full third floor. The front of the building has three sections with windows. These windows have slightly peaked tops.
The most eye-catching part of the building is its two-story porch. This porch looks almost exactly like the original one from the early 1900s. The bottom part of the porch is open. It has square posts that support the upper level. Around the very bottom, there's a short, angled wooden border.
The second-floor porch has a railing with cool figure-eight designs. Above this, there's a decorative wooden border with small spindles. This porch also wraps around the side of the building that faces West Street. A section of the building also extends out from the back.
Why Was the Derby House Hotel Built?
The hotel was built in 1896 by a person named L.A. Rickard. It was needed because many people visited Derby for work. They came for the local businesses and industries. This was different from many other hotels in Vermont back then. Most hotels were built for tourists on vacation.
A Hotel for Business, Not Just Tourists
Even though it was for business travelers, the Derby House Hotel had fancy features. The large porch, for example, was very common on hotels of that time. It's actually the only porch like it left in the northeastern part of Vermont!
The hotel's business was sometimes difficult. It stopped operating as a hotel in 1932. Later, in 1946, the building was changed into apartments.
