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National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont facts for kids

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Location of Windham County in Vermont

Welcome to Windham County, Vermont! This area is full of amazing old buildings and places that tell stories from the past. Many of these special spots are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This list helps protect important places in the United States so everyone can enjoy them for years to come.

In Windham County, there are 99 different properties and areas on this list. Two of them are even more special and are called National Historic Landmarks. These landmarks are super important to the history of the whole country!


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What is the National Register of Historic Places?

The National Register of Historic Places is like a special list of places that are important to American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture. When a building or area is added to this list, it means it's recognized for its unique value.

It helps to:

  • Celebrate History: It highlights places where important events happened or where famous people lived.
  • Protect Old Buildings: It encourages people to take care of these historic sites.
  • Teach Us: These places help us learn about how people lived long ago and how our communities grew.

Exploring Windham County's Historic Treasures

Let's take a closer look at some of the cool places on this list in Windham County. From old homes to unique bridges, each one has a story!

Special National Historic Landmarks

Windham County is home to two very special places that are recognized as National Historic Landmarks. This means they are important to the history of the entire country!

Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House)

Naulakha, Exterior View
Naulakha, the home of Rudyard Kipling.

Imagine living in a house where a famous author wrote some of his most beloved books! Naulakha is the home of Rudyard Kipling, who wrote "The Jungle Book". He lived here in Dummerston and found inspiration for his stories in the peaceful Vermont countryside. This house is a must-see for anyone who loves books and history. It was added to the list on April 11, 1979.

Rockingham Meeting House

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The historic Rockingham Meeting House.

The Rockingham Meeting House in Rockingham is a very old and rare church building from the 1700s. It's a great example of how meeting houses were built a long time ago in New England. These buildings were not just for church services; they were also places where the community gathered for town meetings and other important events. This meeting house became a National Historic Landmark on September 10, 1979.

Cool Old Buildings and Places

Beyond the National Historic Landmarks, many other interesting sites in Windham County are on the National Register.

Amazing Covered Bridges

Covered bridges are like tunnels made of wood, and they are a classic part of Vermont's charm. Windham County has several of these beautiful bridges on the list:

  • Bartonsville Covered Bridge: This bridge in Rockingham crosses the Williams River. Sadly, it was destroyed by a big flood in 2011 but was rebuilt in 2012, showing how much people cared about it! It was first listed on July 2, 1973.
  • Green River Covered Bridge: Located in Green River, this bridge crosses the Green River. It's a beautiful spot that was added to the list on August 28, 1973.
  • Hall Covered Bridge: West of Bellows Falls, this bridge also crosses the Saxtons River. It collapsed in 1980 but was rebuilt in 1982 to look just like the original. It was listed on August 28, 1973.
  • Kidder Covered Bridge: Found southeast of Grafton, this bridge is another charming example of old bridge building. It was listed on July 2, 1973.
  • Creamery Covered Bridge: West of Brattleboro, this bridge was added to the list on August 28, 1973.
  • West Dummerston Covered Bridge: This bridge in Dummerston crosses the West River. It was listed on May 8, 1973.
  • Williamsville Covered Bridge: Southwest of Newfane, this bridge was added on August 14, 1973.
  • Worrall Covered Bridge: North of Rockingham, this bridge crosses the Williams River. It was listed on July 16, 1973.

Historic Schoolhouses

Imagine going to school in one of these old buildings!

  • Canal Street Schoolhouse: In Brattleboro, this schoolhouse on Canal Street was listed on August 19, 1977.
  • District No. 1 Schoolhouse: This schoolhouse in Somerset was listed on April 20, 1992.
  • Round Schoolhouse: South of Brookline, this unique round schoolhouse was listed on November 23, 1977. It's not every day you see a round school!
  • Grafton District Schoolhouse No. 2: In Grafton, this building also served as a fire station for many years! It was listed on August 11, 2005.
  • Vernon District Schoolhouse No. 4: This schoolhouse in Vernon was listed on November 9, 2005.

Important Downtown Areas and Villages

Sometimes, a whole group of buildings in a town is important enough to be listed as a "historic district." These districts show how towns used to look and function.

  • Bellows Falls Downtown Historic District: This area in Bellows Falls includes many streets with historic buildings. It was listed on August 16, 1982.
  • Brattleboro Downtown Historic District: The main street and surrounding areas in Brattleboro are part of this district, listed on February 17, 1983.
  • Grafton Village Historic District: The charming village of Grafton has its own historic district, listed on April 7, 2010.
  • Newfane Village Historic District: The village center of Newfane was listed on July 21, 1983.
  • Wilmington Village Historic District: The main parts of Wilmington were listed on August 11, 1980.

Other Notable Places

  • Estey Organ Company Factory: In Brattleboro, this factory made famous organs. It was listed on April 17, 1980.
  • Miss Bellows Falls Diner: This classic diner in Bellows Falls is a fun piece of history, listed on February 15, 1983.
  • Union Station (Brattleboro, Vermont): This old train station in Brattleboro was listed on June 7, 1974. It's a reminder of how people used to travel.
  • Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower: High up on Stratton Mountain, this tower in the Green Mountain National Forest was used to spot forest fires. It was listed on June 17, 1992.
  • Bellows Falls Petroglyph Site (VT-WD-8): This site in Bellows Falls contains ancient rock carvings, called petroglyphs, made by early people. It's a very important archaeological site, listed on January 22, 1990.

Images for kids

  • BellowsFallsVT FormerAdamsGristmillStorehouse

    Adams Gristmill Warehouse

  • BellowsFallsFormerCreameryComplex

    Bellows Falls Co-operative Creamery Complex

  • Rockingham Town Hall, Bellows Falls VT

    Rockingham Town Hall, part of the Bellows Falls Downtown Historic District

  • Meeting Waters YMCA, Bellows Falls VT

    Meeting Waters YMCA, part of the Bellows Falls Neighborhood Historic District

  • Petroglyphs close up 6-14-2014 12-57-27 PM

    Petroglyphs at Bellows Falls

  • Bridge and Island Streets, Bellows Falls VT

    Bellows Falls Times Building

  • Union Block Main Street Brattleboro

    Union Block, part of the Brattleboro Downtown Historic District

  • Brattleboro Retreat 1

    Brattleboro Retreat

  • BrooklineNewfaneBridge

    Bridge 19, also known as the Brookline-Newfane Bridge

  • Old Broad Brook House undergoing restoration and conversion to the Guilford Country store in Guilford, Vt.

    Broad Brook House

  • Brooks House Brattleboro

    Brooks House

  • GraftonVT ButterfieldHouse

    Butterfield House, now the Grafton Public Library

  • Canal Street Schoolhouse Brattleboro

    Canal Street Schoolhouse

  • Canal Street-Clark Street HD 99 Clark Street Brattleboro Vermont

    A building in the Canal Street-Clark Street Neighborhood Historic District

  • Church in Guilford, Vermont

    Christ Church

  • PutneyVT TheophilusCrawfordHouse

    Theophilus Crawford House

  • Creamery Covered Bridge West Brattleboro

    Creamery Covered Bridge

  • BrattleboroVT DickinsonEstateHD 1

    A building in the Dickinson Estate Historic District

  • SomersetVT Schoolhouse

    District No. 1 Schoolhouse

  • DoverVT TownHall

    Dover Town Hall

  • PutneyVT EastPutneyBrookStoneArchBridge

    East Putney Brook Stone Arch Bridge

  • Old Estey Organ factory buildings, Brattleboro, Vt.

    Old Estey Organ factory buildings

  • FirstCongChurchTownshend

    First Congregational Church and Meetinghouse

  • TownshendVT NegroBrookStoneArchBridgeDownstreamSide

    Follett Stone Arch Bridge

  • BellowsFallsVT IslandGasStation2

    Gas Station at Bridge and Island Streets

  • Pine Street, Bellows Falls VT

    A building in the George-Pine-Henry Street Historic District

  • Grafton Congregational Church

    Grafton Congregational Church

  • GraftonVT OldFireStation

    Grafton District Schoolhouse No. 2

  • Grafton Old Post Office

    Grafton Post Office

  • Grafton Village Historic District

    A view of the Grafton Village Historic District

  • GREEN RIVER COVERED BRIDGE

    Green River Covered Bridge

  • Green River crib dam, (with fish ladder) Guilford, Vt..JPG

    Green River Crib Dam

  • Lewis Grout House Western Avenue and Bonnyvale Road Brattleboro

    Lewis Grout House

  • Guilford Center Meeting House, Guilford, Vt.

    Guilford Center Meeting House

  • Hall Covered Bridge

    Hall Covered Bridge

  • 1 Hapgood Street, Bellows Falls VT

    William A. Hall House

  • BrattleboroVT WilliamHarrisHouse

    William Harris House

  • Deacon John Holbrooke House 80 Linden Street Brattleboro Vermont

    Deacon John Holbrook House

  • BrattleboroVT HomesteadHortonHD 4

    A building in the Homestead-Horton Neighborhood Historic District

  • GraftonVT HoughtonvilleHD 1

    A building in the Houghtonville Historic District

  • BellowsFallsVT HowardHardwareStorehouse

    Howard Hardware Storehouse

  • Kidder Covered Bridge Grafton VT

    Kidder Covered Bridge

  • GraftonVT MechanicsvilleHD 1

    A building in the Mechanicsville Historic District

  • GraftonVT MiddletownRuralHD 1

    A view of the Middletown Rural Historic District

  • GraftonVT MilldeanHouse

    Milldean and Alexander-Davis House

  • Miss Bellows Falls Diner, Bellows Falls, Vermont

    Miss Bellows Falls Diner

  • Moore and Thompson Upper Complex, Bellows Falls VT

    Moore and Thompson Paper Mill Complex

  • Newfane, Vermont

    A view of the Newfane Village Historic District

  • Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel, Bellows Falls VT

    Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel

  • Athens vermont meeting house 20041031

    Old Brick Church

  • GraftonVT ParkFarm2

    Park Farm

  • RockinghamVT ParkerHillRuralHD 1

    A building in the Parker Hill Rural Historic District

  • VernonVT PondRoadChapel

    Pond Road Chapel

  • Putney VT - Sacketts Brook

    A view of the Putney Village Historic District

  • Rice Farm Road bridge in Dummerston, Vt.

    Rice Farm Road Bridge

  • Robertson Paper Company, Bellows Falls VT

    Robertson Paper Company Complex

  • Pleasant Valley Grange, Rockingham, Vermont

    Pleasant Valley Grange, part of the Rockingham Village Historic District

  • BrooklineVT RoundSchoolhouse

    Round Schoolhouse

  • PutneyVT SabinWheatFarm

    Sabin-Wheat Farm

  • PutneyVT SackettsBrookStoneArchBridge

    Sacketts Brook Stone Arch Bridge

  • SaxtonsRiverVT Village 3

    A building in the Saxtons River Village Historic District

  • SCOTT COVERED BRIDGE

    Scott Covered Bridge

  • Scott farm on Kipling road in Dummerston, Vt.

    Scott Farm

  • TownshendVT SimpsonvilleStoneArchBridgeUpstreamSide

    Simpsonville Stone Arch Bridge

  • BrattleboroVT SamuelSmithFarmstead

    Samuel Gilbert Smith Farmstead

  • The Pantry in South Londonderry, Vermont

    The Pantry, part of the South Londonderry Village Historic District

  • NewfaneVT SouthNewfaneBridge

    South Newfane Bridge

  • WindhamVT SouthWindhamHD 1

    A building in the South Windham Village Historic District

  • Stratton Mountain Fire Tower

    Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower

  • Tontine House, Guilford, Vt. after renovation and conversion to affordable housing in 2010

    Tontine Building

  • TownshendVT TownshendStatePark

    Townshend State Park

  • Brattleboro Museum & Art Center

    Union Station, now the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center

  • Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vermont

    Vermont Academy

  • VernonVT District4School 1

    Vernon District Schoolhouse No. 4

  • First Congregational Church Brattleboro

    First Congregational Church, part of the West Brattleboro Green Historic District

  • DoverVT WestDoverHD 3

    A building in the West Dover Village Historic District

  • Covered Bridge Dummerston Vermont 113861485

    West Dummerston Covered Bridge

  • TownshendVT WestTownshendStoneArchBridgeDownstreamSide

    West Townshend Stone Arch Bridge

  • TownshendVT WestTownshendHD2

    A building in the West Townshend Village Historic District

  • House on Westminster Terrace, Bellows Falls VT

    A house on Westminster Terrace

  • Westminster Town Hall

    Westminster Town Hall

  • TownshendVT WheelockHouse

    Wheelock House

  • WhitinghamVT VillageHD 1

    A building in the Whitingham Village Historic District

  • RockinghamVT US5 WilliamsRiverBridge DeckView

    Williams River Route 5 Bridge

  • Williams Street Extension, Bellows Falls VT

    A building in the Williams Street Extension Historic District

  • WILLIAMSVILLE COVERED BRIDGE

    Williamsville Covered Bridge

  • WilmingtonVT VillageHD 2

    A building in the Wilmington Village Historic District

  • House in Windham, Vermont

    A house in the Windham Village Historic District

  • Worrall Covered Bridge East

    Worrall Covered Bridge

  • BrattleboroVT WyattHouse

    Arthur D. and Emma J. Wyatt House

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