Mineral Springs Park Photo Album
The Mineral Springs Park was created on land along the Poultney River and North Brook that had been part of the Montvert Hotel resort from 1870-1905. These historic and contemporary photos show how visitors and community members have enjoyed the park for decades.
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Student Bicyclists at Mineral Springs ParkStudents from Green Mountain College reserved space in the Mineral Springs Park for an overnight camping stay in spring 2018. David Wright photograph.
Spring House at Mineral Springs ParkThe replica Spring House at the Middletown Mineral Springs Park sports a new slate roof and a decorative paint scheme in this recent photograph, circa 2021. David Wright photograph.
Flooding in Mineral Springs ParkFlood waters jump the bank of the Poultney River and inundate the Spring House in December 2000. Emmett Francois photograph.
Early Visitors at Spring HouseSoon after the Montvert Hotel was built in 1870, the Spring House was added as an amenity so that guests could take the waters." T.G. Richardson photograph.
Middletown Mineral Springs Company OfficeThe office of the Middletown Mineral Springs Company, shown in 1870, was located on what is now Burdock Avenue near the foot bridge into the current Mineral Springs Park. Later, the building became the village schoolhouse. T.G. Richardson photograph.
The Bottling House Middletown Mineral SpringsAn 1870 photo of the building where Middletown Mineral Springs water was bottled. Today, the site sits in Mineral Springs Park on Burdock Avenue. T.G. Richardson photograph.
Village Schoolhouse, Circa 1895The village schoolhouse was used from c. 1880 until completion of the current Middletown Springs elementary school building in 1905. The schoolhouse building, which was on Burdock Avenue, had previously housed the offices of the Middletown Mineral Springs Company. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Women and Children Pose at Mineral SpringsThree generations pose at the Spring House, circa 1895. Grandmother and mother sit with their hats off. A teen-aged daughter looks on while young son offers his mother a glass of spring water. They could be Montvert Hotel guests or a local family sitting for a portrait. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Man Poses for Portrait at Mineral SpringsAn unidentified man stands for his portrait near the foot bridge to the Montvert Hotel, circa 1895. Dana Carpenter photograph. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Girls Pose at Mineral SpringsThree teen-aged girls pose, circa 1895, near the foot bridge from the Mineral Springs Park to the Montvert Hotel. They are possibly guests of the hotel or local girls dressed for church or graduation. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Two Men Pose at Mineral SpringsTwo well-dressed men, perhaps father and son, pose near one of the paths in the Mineral Springs Park, circa 1895. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Young Man Poses at Mineral SpringsPhotographer Dana Carpenter apparently liked this spot near the foot bridge from the Mineral Springs Park to the Montvert Hotel for shooting portraits in the mid-1890s. Here, a young man, who may be a local or a guest at the hotel, adopts a casual posture for what may be a typically long exposure for this glass-plate negative image. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Woman Poses at Mineral SpringsA woman, possibly a guest at the Montvert Hotel and perhaps dressed in mourning attire, poses at the foot bridge crossing the Poultney River from the Mineral Springs Park to the Montvert Hotel, circa 1900. Dana Carpenter photograph.