Courtesy Chaffee Center for the Arts George Thrall Chaffee built the now historic mansion in 1895. Governor Phil Scott, the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation (VDHP) and the Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation recently announced grants totaling $319,090 to 19 municipalities and […]
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Vermont state historic sites are now open for the 2021 season
The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce the opening of the state historic sites for the 2021 season. Opening on Saturday, May 29, are the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, Mount Independence State […]
Castleton offers free tours of historical buildings
Saturday, Aug. 11, 9:30 a.m.—Castleton Historical Society offers a the opportunity to visit historic buildings on Main Street in Castleton on the following Saturday mornings: Aug. 11, 18, and 25 and Sept. 1. The venerable Buel block at 556 Main St., next […]
Coolidge Site celebrates Old Home Day
Saturday, Aug. 5, 10 a.m.—PLYMOUTH— The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site will host Plymouth Old Home Day, a century-old town tradition, on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sponsored by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, the event features traditional […]
Coolidge Site hosts Presidents’ Day open house and talk
Courtesy of wikipedia.org PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE Monday, Feb. 15 at 12 p.m. — PLYMOUTH — Coolidge Foundation program associate Rushad Thomas will bring the 1924 campaign to life in his talk at 2 p.m. on President’s Day, Feb. 15 at the President Calvin […]