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Vergennes was settled in 1766 by Donald MacIntosh. It was established as a city in 1788, [1] the only one in Vermont not to have been first chartered as a town or independent village. Instead, intersecting portions of the pre-existing towns of New Haven, Panton, and Ferrisburg at the Otter Creek Falls were combined to form Vergennes. [1]
The portion of modern VT 22A from VT 4A in Fair Haven to Green Street in Vergennes was originally designated as Route 30A, a highway in the New England road marking system, in 1922. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] All of Route 30A was added to the Vermont state highway system as part of the 1935 state highway system expansion .
The Vergennes Historic District encompasses the historic commercial and industrial heart of the city of Vergennes, Vermont. Incorporated in 1788, the city developed as a major industrial center, and served as a military center during the War of 1812. The district includes mainly 19th and early-20th century commercial, retail, residential and ...
The Vergennes Residential Historic District encompasses a neighborhood south of downtown Vergennes, Vermont that encapsulates an architectural cross-section of the city's 19th and early 20th-century residential history. Set on Water, Maple, and Green Streets, it includes houses built and occupied by a diversity of the city's economic classes ...
U.S. Route 7 (US 7) is a north–south highway extending from southern Connecticut to the northernmost part of Vermont.In Vermont, the route extends for 176 miles (283 km) along the western side of the state as a mostly two-lane rural road, with the exception of an expressway section between Bennington and East Dorset.
The General Samuel Strong House stands on the north side of West Main Street, west of downtown Vergennes and just north of the road's junction with Panton Road. It is fronted by a shallow semicircular drive, and is screened from the road by trees. It is a two-story L-shaped wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and clapboard siding.