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Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education center for sustainability, 1,400-acre (570 ha) working farm, and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. The property is nationally significant as a well-preserved example of a Gilded Age "ornamental farm", developed in the late 19th century with architecture by ...
The town of Shelburne was chartered in 1763, [2] and first surveyed by Ira Allen. Early settlers fled the area during the American Revolutionary War, and permanent settlement resumed in the 1780s. Benjamin Harrington, an early settler, owned and farmed the land where the village is located.
The Philbrook Farm Inn is a historic inn on North Road in Shelburne, New Hampshire. At the core of the inn's holdings is a farmhouse whose oldest section dates to about 1834. Operated as a tourist accommodation since 1861, it was for 120 years run by members of the same family. The inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
Shelburne Farms. The town contains businesses, including manufacturers, service providers, retail establishments and the state's largest continuing care retirement community. [citation needed] In 2007 a historic inn was converted into a mixed use array of offices, small retail, and a restaurant.
Living History Farms, Urbandale; Ushers Ferry Historic Village, Cedar Rapids; Kansas. Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita [4] Kentucky. Mountain Homeplace, Staffordsville; Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Mercer County; Maine. Norlands Living History Center, Livermore [5] Maryland. Carroll County Almshouse and Farm, Westminster; National Colonial Farm ...
Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT "Shelburne Farms" in Shelburne, Vermont, built in 1899. Townhouse (1883) at 680 Fifth Avenue, New York. The house was a wedding gift from William H. Vanderbilt to his daughter. Demolished. [4] "NaHaSaNe" (1893), the 115,000 acre Great Camp located on Lake Lila in the Adirondacks. George Washington Vanderbilt II ...
Sutton Farm is a historic farm property at 4592 Dorset Road in Shelburne, Vermont.Established in 1788, the farm was operated continuously into the late 20th century by a single family, and includes a well-preserved Greek Revival farmhouse.
The Shelburne Railroad Station and Freight Shed are two exhibit buildings at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, United States.. In 1890 Rutland Railroad Station President Dr. William Seward Webb commissioned the building of the railroad station near the center of Shelburne village to conveniently serve passengers on the Central Vermont and Rutland Railroads.