Research Project:Town Buildings that Contribute

Montpelier, Vermont

Steven L LichtiARC – 122011/27/2012

Conrey, B

Montpelier, VT 1787 First Settlers of European decent• Colonel Jacob Davis and General Parley Davis

1780, 21 October: Chartered• 23040 acres• 60 Freemen in residence

1791, 8 March first Town Meeting• 1791, First US Census: population 113, including 27 legally voting freemen

1808 Established as the Capitol of Vermont

1810 Established as the seat of Washington County

2010 • US Census: population 7,855 • 10.2 mi2

Green Mountain Cemetery 1906Lower Main St

1906 Gothic Revival• Architect: Cleveland & Godfrey• Danville Marble• Barrel Vault construction with pilasters

Interior of the chapel • Chapel: marble alter along with wooden pulpit and pews• Retiring rooms• Vault designed to store 62 bodies

Green Mount Cemetery Gatehouse and Chapel

Green Mount Cemetery: details south and west sides

Green Mount Cemetery: North façade and details of archway

Kellogg-Hubbard Library 1894-1895/1974/2000135 Main Street

1894-1895 Italian Renaissance Revival• Architect: A P Cuttings• Rusticated granite blocks • Pink North Conway, NH granite• Oak and Maple interior• Housed the Wood Art Gallery untill 1987

1974 Modern entry addition• Architect: Robert Burley• Fluted concrete blocks

2000 Post-Modern addition• Architect: Gossens & Bachman• Curved window bay

Kellogg-Hubbard Library: west façade

Kellogg-Hubbard Library: Details of west façade; south façades of original structure and additions

Kellogg-Hubbard Library: interior; upper- former Wood Gallery room and detail, entrance, librarians offices, and upper level with skylight.

Bethany Congregational Church 1868/1937/1959115 Main Street

1868 Gothic Revival• Architect: Charles Edward Parker• Polychrome: pink & red Isle LaMotte sandstone

1937 Parish house added• Polychrome: pink & red Isle LaMotte sandstone

1959 Modern replacement adjoining original chapel, steeple & parish house• Architect: Freeman, French and Freeman• Stone from the 1868 church was used in an attempt to blend it with the 1937 & original structures

Bethany Congregational Church: West façade

Bethany Congregational Church: details; 1868 steeple, 1937 parish house, 1959 congregation hall and entrance

Bethany Congregational Church: interior details; upper- 1868 chapel, lower- 1959 congregation hall

State of Vermont - Department of Motor Vehicles 1949 120 State Street 1949 Art Deco Style• Architect: William Freeman of Freeman, French, Freeman• Constructed from designs made prior to World War II• granite foundation: Auair Granite Co. of Hardwick, VT• Steel reinforced concrete skeleton • Marble façade and sides with marble: Vermont Marble Co. of Proctor, VT

State Office Building: Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles North facade

State Office Building: Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles; west façade and entrance details: upper- banding between fourth and fifth floors, right- main entrance

Bibliography: works consulted and reviewed

Blackwell, MS and Nuquist RD (1976) A second walk through Montpelier: more buildings to discover. Montpelier Heritage Group, Montpelier VT

Nuquist RD, et. al. (1976) A walk through Montpelier: buildings to discover. Montpelier Heritage Group, Montpelier VT

Pritchett, L (2010) Historic Buildings Evaluation Report for Section 106 Review: Montpelier Community Renewable Energy Project

Thompson, DP (1860) History of the Town of Montpelier, from the time it was first chartered in 1781 to the year 1860. E P Walton, Printer, Montpelier VT

United States Census Burrow, www.census.gov

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service (1989) National Registration of Historic Places: Montpelier Historic District Amendment. NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86)