Historic District Photo Album
The book Middletown Springs Historic District, published by MSHS in 2017, shows photographs of the historic properties and places in the village of Middletown Springs. It is based on the National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, prepared by historic preservation architect, Matthew Cohen, and approved by the National Park Service in Washington, D.C., in 1985. Mr. Cohen shot the modern photos in the book.
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Book CoverThe recently published Middletown Springs Historic District book is a must have for anyone interested in historic properties and places in the village.
Title PageThe book was published by MSHS in 2017 to preserve and digitize the original photographs by architectural historian Matthew Cohen, who prepared a successful application in 1985 to the National Park Service to nominate certain Middletown Springs historic buildings and sites to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Village View from Spruce Knob1985 photo, taken from Spruce Knob Road looking South, shows houses on North Street and the steeple of the Community Church.
Key Map of Middletown Springs Historic DistrictFor easy reference, the key map of the historic district gives a number for each of the historic buildings and sites featured in the Middletown Springs Historic District book.
Old CemeteryThe Old Cemetery, Map #61, contains several hundred marble and granite gravestones, dated 1787-c. 1920. The gate on West Street was built in 1976 using cast iron, acanthus leaf motif pieces saved from a fence that once bounded Henry Gray’s c.1835 brick house that burned in 1920.
6 West Street, Clark/Carpenter HouseThe Horace Clark/Dana Carpenter House, Map #81, 6 West Street, is an excellent example of Greek Revival style. This large flush boarded, Georgian plan house was built by Horace Clark, c. 1840. He was a merchant and founder of the Rutland & Washington Railroad Co. with his brother Merritt Clark.
6 West Street, Detail, Clark/Carpenter HouseAt left is the entry of the house, Map #81. At right is a rare, early example of an ash house c. 1840, Map #81b. Used to leach lye for soap, this 4 foot square, 5 foot high structure has double-waif brick walls, slate watertable and door lintel, and a fieldstone foundation.
9 West Street, Dr. Kinney HouseDr. Kinney, who probably built this c. 1870 house at 9 West Street, Map #62, lived here and kept his office in the ell in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The house is a good example of an Italianate residence. The ell was later used for the Town Office in the 1970s.
10 West Street, Dana Carpenter PharmacyDana Carpenter, a botanist, photographer, telephone company founder, printer and druggist, moved this c.1900 building to 10 West Street, Map #80, and ran a pharmacy there beginning in 1920. In 2008, Sissy Hicks converted the ground floor into a gourmet take-out eatery, Sissy’s Kitchen, now closed.
14 West Street, Coburn HousePictured is the Coburn House, c. 1860, at 14 West Street, Map #79, and the carriage barn, c. 1870, Map #79a. This gable front, sidehall plan, clapboard house has a side ell and an extended rear wing.
15 West Street, Parker HouseLocated at 15 West Street, the Parker House, c. 1890, Map #63, is a gable front, sidehall plan house with a full front porch. Also pictured is the c. 1910 carriage barn.
18 West Street, Methodist Church ParsonageThis house at 18 West Street, Map #78, was extensively remodeled in the 1990s and is no longer recognizable. It was originally built c. 1837 concurrently with the Methodist Church, which stood in the northeast corner of the Old Cemetery until demolished in the 1940s. This picture, taken in 1985, shows that it was a vernacular, late Cape type house.
21 West Street, Jay Norton HouseThis excellent example of a vernacular Greek Revival style house on 21 West Street, Map #64, was probably built c. 1850 by Jay B. Norton. Child’s Gazetteer of 1881 lists Sarah C. Norton as both the widow of Jay B., and a milliner/dressmaker on West Street, likely working out of this house.
25 West Street, Buxton HouseThe Buxton House, 25 West Street, Map #65, was built c. 1880. This simple gable front house retains is original arrangement of windows and doors and therefore helps to maintain the rhythm of the streetscape.
31 West Street, Moyer HouseThe Moyer House on 31 West Street, Map #66, was built c. 1850, and the garage was built c. 1920. The house has added Colonial Revival style features such as shingled walls and a full front porch.
35 West Street, Seamans HouseThe Seamans House on 35 West Street, Map # 67, was destroyed by fire in 2015. Built c. 1870, it was one of several modest late nineteenth century houses in the district. The gable front, side hall plan house had a rear wing and a tall, parapeted side wing.
39 West Street, St. Margaret’s Episcopal ChapelNow the Middletown Springs Public Library on 39 West Street, Map #68, this small, shingled chapel was built in 1899, 10 years after Rev. E. H. Randall of Poultney established an Episcopal Mission in Middletown Springs. The stained glass remains in the gable front window.
43 West Street, Dana Carpenter HouseDana Carpenter, simultaneously a botanist, photographer, printer, druggist and local telephone company manager probably built this house on 43 West Street, Map #69, c. 1880. He lived there until about 1900 when he moved into the Horace Clark house across the street.
54 West Street, Bernhardt HouseThis house on 54 West Street, Map #77, is a fine example of a Greek Revival style Classic Cottage that was build c. 1850. It has original front and gable end entry porches, and a 3-bay ell with a c. 1990 ell addition.
55 West Street, Lamson HouseThe Lamson House on 55 West Street, Map #71, is a Classic Cottage with a long 3 x 2 bay recessed wing with a modern rear ell. It was built c. 1850, and the carriage barn was built c. 1900.
59 West Street, Kenyon HouseA steep cross wall dormer punctuates the central bay of this Classic Cottage located at 59 West Street, Map #72. Built c. 1870, it has a rear ell, and the front paneled door has narrow four pane sidelights.
75 West Street, Hilliker HousePossibly moved to the present site on 74 West Street, Map #74, this very small 3 x 1 bay, eaves front clapboard house was built c. 1880.
82 West Street, Buffum HouseTerminating the west end of the district at 82 West Street, Map #75, is this modestly ornamented Classic Cottage with bracketed and paneled, polygonal bay window, scalloped shingled kneewall, pronounced fieldstone foundation, and recessed wing. The Buffum House was built c. 1870, and the bay window was added c. 1890.
70 West Street, Parker HouseThe Parker House at 70 West Street, Map #76, is a simple early twentieth century (c. 1915), 3 x 3 bay house with an overhanging hip roof with exposed rafter tails. It was built by Mr. Towne of Poultney, who took down the Montvert Hotel and built the Montvert Bungalow, #34, and the Avery Groundskeeper House, #32, both having similar features.
Map Key of West Street Historic DistrictFor easy reference, the map of the historic district gives a number for each of the historic buildings and sites featured in the Middletown Springs Historic District book. This image is an enlargement of the West Street Historic District section.
1 North Street, Gen. Jonas Clark HouseBuilt in 1814 on 1 North Street, Map #82, the Gen. Jonas Clark House is a fine example of the Federal style. It is the district’s only remaining brick building. It is both a terminating landmark for travelers from the east and is one of the five buildings that make the green a strong architectural hub for the district.
1 North Street, Detail, Clark HouseSheltering the entrance is a pedimented, full Roman Doric order portico with a marble base, paired front columns, and a plastered elliptical ceiling. In the parlor is a carved marble, Federal style mantle flanked by elliptical-arched niches with fluted wooden surrounds and carved marble keystones.
9 North Street, Maletus Paul HouseBuilt by the first town constable, Maletus Paul, c. 1875, this house is on 9 North Street, Map #84, near the green. Its Italianate style, gable front, and sidehall plan makes a significant architectural contribution to the street. The square plan, gable front, clapboard carriage barn, c. 1875, has a louvered cupola.
13 North Street, Frost HouseLocated on 13 North Street, Map #85, this nearly square plan house, built c. 1885, has a flat roof and a full front bracketed porch. The clapboard house is Italianate/Queen Anne in style with an original picture window with a transom of five colored lights.
13 North Street, Detail, Frost HouseThe front porch of the Frost House has turned posts that support large Eastlakian brackets, which are spanned by a spindle architrave and a frieze studded with smaller brackets.
19 North Street, Copeland HouseAttributed to New York City banker Henry Clay Copeland (1844-1933), this very large and ornate house, c. 1885, Map #86, at 19 North Street, is one of three similar Palazzo form, Italianate style houses in the district. Though he primarily lived in the city, he built this house in his native town.
23 North Street, Haynes/Marcy HouseDespite extensive alterations, this gable front, sidehall plan house, known as the Dr. Haynes/Marcy House, retains its original Greek Revival style door surround and makes a significant contribution to the streetscape. Built c.1865, it is on 23 North Street, Map #87.
24 North Street, Strobell/WoodbineThis house on 24 North Street, Map #6, was built c.1880 as a house and office for Dr. Strobell. The vernacular Italianate style building is clearly missing its original front porch and cupola. Later, the Dr. Strobell House became a boarding house called Woodbine Villa.
28 North Street, Baptist Church ParsonageThe house on 28 North Street, Map #5, was probably built as the Baptist Church Parsonage, c. 1865. This very simple, gable front, clapboard house served as a telephone office in the early twentieth century. The concrete block building to the north reportedly housed the telephone exchange equipment.
29 North Street, McClure/Parker HouseBeers’ 1869 map indicates C. W. McClure lived in this vernacular Greek Revival style residence, c. 1850, on 29 North Street, Map #88. McClure was a wagon maker, carpenter, and a worker at A. W. Gray's Sons.
32 North Street, Germond/Chase HouseOn 32 North Street, Map #4, sits this unusually proportioned vernacular Classic Cottage, built c. 1830. It has a high kneewall, very low-pitched roof, and a recessed residential and utilitarian wing.
33 North Street, Anderson HouseOne of only a few early twentieth century buildings in the district, this modest L-plan house located on 33 North Street, Map #89, was built c. 1910.
36 North Street, Parker HouseThe Parker House at 36 North Street, Map #3, was demolished in 2002. Built c. 1880, it originally featured a Colonial Revival style front porch
37 North Street, Capen HouseThe most unusual of the several vernacular Greek Revival style houses in the district, the Capen House, c. 1850, on 37 North Street, Map #90, has quite elaborate ornament relative to its very small size, and a rare, full Greek Revival style front porch.
40 North Street, Leonard/O’Reilly HouseOn 40 North Street, Map #2, this simple, Vernacular Greek Revival style, clapboard Classic Cottage, c. 1845, features a front door with two long panels flanked by sidelights. The story about the recent restoration of this house by owner Jane O’Reilly was featured in the New York Times Home section, July 13, 1995.
44 North Street, O’Neil HouseBuilt c. 1910, this small vernacular house on 44 North Street has a wrap around porch on the west and south sides. The porch has a lattice skirt, and turned posts, linked by a plain balustrade.
47 North Street, Brown HouseSet apart from the other North Street houses by a barn, this small clapboard Greek Revival Classic Cottage, with its column-supported projecting gable over the center three bays, is a strong visual termination of the north end of the district. Built c.1845, the house is on 47 North Street, Map #91.
47 North Street, Brown House BarnNext to the Brown House on 47 North Street, Map #91a, sits the c. 1860 barn. It is an “Early Yankee Barn” with a rear ell.
North Street Looking WestNorth Street looking west, across from the green, showing houses #84 and #85.
North Street Looking SouthwestFarther up North Street, looking southwest, showing houses #86 to #89.
Map Key of North Street Historic DistrictFor easy reference, the map of the historic district gives a number for each of the historic buildings and sites featured in the Middletown Springs Historic District book. This image is an enlargement of the North Street Historic District section.
4 Park Avenue, Vail HouseBuilt by retired merchant Moses. E Vail around 1880, this large house on 4 Park Avenue, Map #12, is an ornate, hip roofed, Italianate style Palazzo form house, one of the two major architectural landmarks in the village center, the other being the Congregational Church/Community Church
8 Park Avenue, Congregational ChurchThe Congregational Church/Community Church, built in 1796 as a meeting house, is a striking town focal point and an excellent example of the Greek Revival style, mostly as a result of an 1860s remodeling. Located on 8 Park Avenue, Map #10, the church is the only remaining of three churches that once bordered the green.
8 Park Avenue, DetailThe Congregational Church steeple, painted white, can be seen from several vantage points in the town, marking the village center.
10 Park Avenue, Adams HouseThe Adams House, 10 Park Street, Map #9, is currently the MSHS building and the only surviving commercial structure from the district’s pre-1811 period of prosperity. Thought to have been built by merchant James Ives c. 1805, it later housed business own by the Adams family, who added the ell in 1865.
Village ParkHaving always served as the focal point for this unusually symmetrical village center, the park, or town green, is bordered by by some of the most significant, and oldest, buildings in the historic district.
Hoadley MonumentThe Hoadley Monument was placed at the center of the village green in 1904 as a gift to the town by Captain Francis H. Hoadley, a native of Middletown and Civil War veteran (Company C 10th Regiment, Vermont Volunteers). The "white bronze" statue depicts a Civil War soldier at parade rest. Side panels list town veterans of the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI and WWII.
Map Key of Village Park Historic DistrictFor easy reference, a map of the historic district gives a number for each of the historic buildings and sites featured in the Middletown Springs Historic District book. This image is an enlargement of the Village Green Historic District section.
12 East Street, Leffingwell Store & Post OfficeThe devastating fire of 1920 stopped just west of this circa 1850 clapboard structure with a with a small, gable front addition to the west. The addition was built in 1865 as a post office and served later as a library. By 1910, it housed Dyar Leffingwell's store and the town post office.
20 East Street, Moyer HouseThe Moyer House on 20 East Street, Map #22, was built circa 1845. It is a very small vernacular Greek Revival style Classic Cottage.
21 East Street, Logan/KelleyThis gable front store building on 21 East Street, Map #13, was built by James Logan, c. 1900, who used the storefront as a cobbler shop. It later served as a general store from 1920 to 1942 when the Post Office moved here. The building retains its full front porch and ornate shingle work.
22 East Street, Leffingwell HouseIn the 1920s, Elisha Leffingwell lived in this vernacular Greek Revival style Classic Cottage, c. 1840, on 22 East Street, Map #21. He ran a tin shop in the rear ell, which was moved to the Mineral Springs Park in 1990.
25 East Street, Logan/Kelley HouseThis house on 25 East Street, Map #14, was built by James Logan c. 1890, who also built the house next door, Map #13. The flat roofed, clapboard building contained an apartment, office, and meat cellar.
28 East Street, Haynes FireplaceThe Haynes House, c. 1800, 22 East Street, Map #20, contains a rare, crude marble slab fireplace, recently uncovered. In the center of the house, the fireplace is built into a large brick chimney and is formed of unpolished marble ashlar labs. Inside is a cast iron crane, and along side are two square ovens.
28 East Street, Haynes HouseOne of the oldest houses in the district and possibly of the late 18th century, this simple clapboard, gable front house is on 28 East Street, Map #20. Inside is a rare, crude marble slab fireplace built into the center large brick chimney.
33 East Street, Wood/Haynes HouseAnother of the district’s oldest houses, this Cape located on 33 East Street, Map #15, was built c. 1796. The Wood family were religious heretics who predicted an apocalyptic earthquake in 1801. In the mid-1800s, the house served as a tenement for the Copeland Farm. The house has recently undergone extensive alterations.
40 East Street, Olsewski HouseThis gable front, sidehall plan house with an ell has been altered by the additions of a modern oriel window in the front and a picture window in the ell. Built c. 1870, it is on 40 East Street, Map #19.
49 East Street, Copeland/Haynes FarmLocated atop a hill on 40 East Street, Map #17, this Greek Revival style, early Classic Cottage conveys a strong sense of arrival to the district from the East. It was built c. 1840, and the imposing late Bank Barn (partially demolished, 2014) behind it was built in 1910.
49 East Street, Copeland BarnPartially demolished in 2014, this impressive late Bank Barn stood on 49 East Street, Map # 17a. It was built c. 1910 by Henry C. Copeland, who left Middletown Springs to become a wealthy New York City banker and ran the family farmstead by hire.
49 East Street, Horse BarnLocated on 49 East Street, Map #17b, this unusual, small outbuilding built into the hillside (c. 1865) may have originally stored manure. An early 20th century addition converted it to a Ground Level Stable Barn, served by an earthen ramp on the uphill side.
55 East Street, Mars HouseThe Mars House, 55 East Street, c. 1865, Map #18, was extensively renovated in 2014. Originally, this small, vernacular Classic Cottage, had a full front porch and a 5-panel Greek Revival door set in a wide fascia surround with a projecting, intricately molded cornice.
East Street Looking EastThis streetscape view looking east on East Street captures houses east of the bridge.
East Street Looking EastThis view of East Street looking east begins at the green.
Map Key of East Street Historic DistrictFor easy reference, the map of the historic district gives a number for each of the historic buildings and sites featured in the Middletown Springs Historic District book. This image is an enlargement of the East Street Historic District section.
9 South Street, Reed HouseOn 9 South Street, Map #26, this c. 1840 house is a Classic Cottage with a c. 1890, flat roofed wing on the northeast. The entry porch was removed and replaced by a shed-roofed porch in 2016.
17 South Street, Filmore HouseBuilt c. 1790 by Luther Filmore, the settler who first cleared the land where the village center now is, this Cape on 17 South Street, Map #27, may be the oldest house in the district. Used as a general store in the 1980s, the U.S. Postal Service bought the building in 1989 for the Post Office.
21 South Street, Moyer HouseThis modest Classic Cottage, c. 1870, on 21 South Street, Map #28, may have been built or remodeled by a worker at A.W. Gray’s Sons formerly located just to the South.
24 South Street, Hedding HouseOn 24 South Street, Map #56, is the Hedding House, which was built c. 1850 as the parsonage for the Congregational Church. It is one of several fine examples of the vernacular Greek Revival style in the district. The full front Queen Anne style porch was recently remodeled.
25 South Street, Blacksmith ShopHarvey Hoadley and sons owned this unusual, c. 1820, blacksmith shop, located on 25 South Street, Map #29. Remains of a forge were found inside the rear section. Parts of the building were demolished in 2008 and 2014.
28 South Street, Thomas HouseThis house on 28 South Street, Map #55, was built by David Thomas in 1811. The broad gabled Cape probably gained its present full entablature and projecting returning box cornice around 1840.
29 South Street, Rouse HouseOne of several modest c. 1870 houses in the district, this small gable front house on 29 South Street, Map #30, may have housed a worker at A.W. Gray’s Sons manufactory, formerly located across the street, just to the south. It has a rear wing and a side ell.
37 South Street, Avery/WilderThis small 1-story, hip roofed house on 37 South Street, Map #32, was built by Brainard Avery, c. 1906, for Will Harrington, who kept the grounds for Avery’s nearby properties. It originally had gray wood shingle walls and green wood shingle roof.
41 South Street, A.Y. Gray HouseThe Albert Y. Gray House at 41 South Street, Map #41, was the first elaborate, Italianate style house in the district, built in 1872 for the younger son of Albert W. Gray. A. Y. and Leonidas Gray together took over their father’s horsepower manufactory, the backbone of the town economy.
44 South Street, Greene HouseThis Federal/Colonial Revival style house on 44 South Street, Map #52, was owned by the the prominent Greene family. Built c. 1800, it was remodeled to the Colonial Revival style around 1920 when the porch was added.
49 South Street, Gray Carriage BarnThis ornate Italianate style carriage barn, c. 1872, on 49 South Street, Map #42, served Brainard Avery’s house on Montvert Road. Destroyed by fire in 1997, the building had been used as Avery’s art gallery and law library and later became a private residence.
52 South Street, L, Gray HouseLeonidas Gray, the elder son of A. W. Gray, built the first of three elaborate Italian style, Palazzo form houses in the district. This one c. 1874 at 52 South Street, Map #51, may have been built on the occasion of his second marriage. In 1875, he and his brother took over their father’s horsepower business
52 South Street, L. Gray Carriage BarnLocated on 52 South Street, Map #51a, is the c. 1874 carriage barn. In one of three bays is the original broad carriage bay that has been divided into three vertical sections. The carriage barn was moved to back of the property in c. 2000.
53 South Street, DetailThe Cummings carriage barn, c. 1920/1970, located on 53 South Street, Map #43, was remodeled in the 1950s and 60s when this French door with sidelights and a keystoned fanlight, both gracefully leaded, was added.
53 South Street, Cummings Carriage BarnA fire around 1915 destroyed the Cummings house on this site on 53 South Street, Map #14. In the 1950s and 60s, the remaining carriage barn c. 1920 was remodeled to the present, modest Colonial Revival style house by antique dealers Bob Nimmo and John Hart.
56 South Street, A, W. Gray HouseThis gable front Italianate style house c. 1852/c. 1875 was built and remodeled by Albert W. Gray, a self-made inventor who founded A. W. Gray and Son in 1857, which was the backbone of the town economy throughout the late 19th century. The house is located on 56 South Street, Map #50.
56 South Street, A.W. Gray Carriage BarnBuilt c. 1875, the carriage barn on 56 South Street, Map #50a, sits at the side of the A. W. Gray House. It has an ornate cross gabled cupola with round headed, louvered openings with keystones, gable screens, and an elaborate finial topped by a horse-shaped wind vane.
57 South Street, Rogers HouseFrank Rogers, who came to Middletown Springs from Poultney around 1900 to work for A. W. Gray’s Sons, lived in this simple, gable front house c. 1870 before he moved up to the Garner Homestead on North Road. The house is on 57 South Street, Map. #44.
60 South Street, Gray HouseBuilt for Francis and Fanny Gray, son and daughter-in-law of Leonidas Gray, this gable front, sidehall plan house has ornament that is unique in the district. It was probably built just before 1890—the year their son was born. It is on 60 South Street, Map. #49.
64 South Street, Marcy HouseTypical of the several modest houses on this southernmost section of South Street, this small gable front vernacular house was built c. 1875. It is on 64 South Street, Map #48.
68 South Street, Smith HouseEd Smith, a carpenter and joiner, built this modest gable front house for himself c. 1870. Unusually, it is set back from the road and faces north. Located on 68 South Street, Map #47, the house has since been remodeled
72 South Street, Leffingwell HouseDyar Leffingwell became postmaster in 1875 and about that time built this modest house on 72 South Street, Map #46. Wrapping between the main block and ell is a porch with slotted posts, each topped by scroll sawn panel brackets.
80 South Street, Flanders HouseThis c. 1870 house was demolished in 2007. It was on 80 South Street, Map #45. The gable front sidehall plan house had a recessed wing.
Map Key of South Street Historic DistrictFor easy reference, the map of the historic district gives a number for each of the historic buildings and sites featured in the Middletown Springs Historic District book. This image is an enlargement of the South Street Historic District section.
183 Burdock Ave, Mineral Spring HouseThis ornate Victorian spring house, located on Burdock Avenue, Map #33, is a simplified replica of the c. 1880 spring house built for the Montvert Hotel as part of the development of the Middletown Mineral Springs. The replica was built in 1970 by the MSHS over original marble slab foundation and spring boxes.
6 Montvert Road, Avery HouseThis 1906 gambrel roofed, wood shingle, Dutch Colonial Revival style house was built for Josephine and Brainard Avery, next to the house of Josephine’s father, A. Y. Gray. Brainard Avery, a New York City lawyer, hired architects Murphy and Dana for the design. It is on 6 Montvert Road, Map #40.
12 Montvert Road, Norton HouseLocated on 12 Montvert Road, Map #39, this c. 1883 eaves front house was built by Dr. Arthur C. Norton on land bought from A. W. Gray. It has a full Italianate style porch on the west gable end.
16 Montvert Road, Clark HouseDestroyed by fire in 1987, the house was built by Albert Clark, an artist employed by A. W. Gray’s Sons who painted decorative designs on the horsepowers (treadmills) and other machinery produced there. The house had an ell, a long rear wing, and a full wrap around front porch.
23 Montvert Road, Montvert BungalowIn 1908, using sections of the Montvert Hotel’s long, narrow bowling alley, Brainard Avery commissioned New York City architect Henry Winslow to design this H-plan Arts & Crafts house for his parents after the Montvert was dismantled. It is the only significant example of the style in the district, located on 23 Montvert Road, Map #34.
23 Montvert Road, Montvert Livery StableThis well-preserved livery stable is the only structure built in association with the former 137 room Montvert Hotel that remains intact. Built in 1882, it has a decorative cupola that mimicked the more ornate cupola of the hotel. It is on 23 Montvert Road. Map #35.
Montvert HotelBetween 1871 and 1906, the impressive Montvert Hotel, Map #36, attracted urbanites from as far as Washington, D.C., who came to “take the waters” of the Middletown Mineral Springs. The 3 ½ story Italianate style hotel had a two-story portico, an elaborate cupola and numerous gable dormers. It was dismantled in 1906.
15 Schoolhouse Road, Village SchoolThis monumental, Colonial Revival style school c. 1904 on 15 Schoolhouse Road, Map #59, replaced the first centralized school in the town. The shingled tower has an arched belfry with pilasters that support a clock and a square, flared dome.
Map Key of Burdock, Montvert, SchoolhouseFor easy reference, the map of the historic district gives a number for each of the historic buildings and sites featured in the Middletown Springs Historic District book. This image is an enlargement of the Burdock Avenue, Montvert Road, Schoolhouse Road Historic District section.
202_MSHS Credits_Historic_District_Book_mshsvt.org.jpgThe Middletown Springs Historical District book was published by MSHS in 2017 to preserve and digitize the original photographs by architectural historian Matthew Cohen, who prepared a successful application in 1985 to the National Park Service to nominate certain Middletown Springs historic buildings and sites to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.