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Bennington Historic and Recreational Information Kiosk Three Sided Prototype 4 ’ 0 ” 4 ’ 0 ” 4 ’ 0 ” 3’10” 3’0” Three Post Style Single Post Style BENNINGTON HISTORIC AND RECREATIONAL INFORMATION KIOSK THREE SIDED PROTOTYPE 12.09.2019 K2 Putnam Square B ennington BENNINGTON PUTNAM SQUARE KIOSK has served as editor. as served has Campbell. The Better Bennington Corporation staff staff Corporation Bennington Better The Campbell. of foundries on North St. North on foundries of Putnam). Our reader was Meg Meg was reader Our Putnam). (Henry Petrelis local government. local Mary Mollica (Henry Root), and Beverley Beverley and Root), (Henry Mollica Mary Park), (Trenor the Village in 1912. He was responsible for the complex complex the for responsible was He 1912. in Village the banking, was influential in state and and state in influential was banking, from Park-McCullough House’s Matthew Schulte Schulte Matthew House’s Park-McCullough from system for Bennington and deeded it to to it deeded and Bennington for system Henry Root, prominent in finance and and finance in prominent Root, Henry helped us to trace photographs that came came that photographs trace to us helped Museum Putnam Hospital. He created a water water a created He Hospital. Putnam from the Past. Callie Raspuzzi of the Bennington Bennington the of Raspuzzi Callie Past. the from Putnam Hotel, Opera House, and and House, Opera Hotel, Putnam time line. Advice and post cards have come from Images Images from come have cards post and Advice line. time a higher quality of life, he built the the built he life, of quality higher a Copp. M.P. McDonough Architect initially designed the the designed initially Architect McDonough M.P. Copp. nessman and manufacturer. Promoting Promoting manufacturer. and nessman Chief photographer on the project has been Charlie Charlie been has project the on photographer Chief Henry Putnam was a benefactor, busi- benefactor, a was Putnam ∑ ∑ Henry Betty Kingsley and Jennifer Kern created this brochure. brochure. this created Kern Jennifer and Kingsley Betty Main St. St. Main by Applejack Limited Editions. BBC Downtown Docents Docents Downtown BBC Editions. Limited Applejack by architect who erected buildings on on buildings erected who architect This brochure was printed and partially underwritten underwritten partially and printed was brochure This major manufacturer, businessman and and businessman manufacturer, major A self-educated man, Enos Adams was a a was Adams Enos man, self-educated ∑ A public library. library. public Credits Credits One of his gifts was the Bennington Bennington the was gifts his of One area: area: He was a major benefactor to the town. town. the to benefactor major a was He Bennington Arts Guild. Guild. Arts Bennington the of home the is commercial and retail as well as industrial hub of the the of hub industrial as well as retail and commercial railroads in Vermont and Bennington. Bennington. and Vermont in railroads artists from the Bennington area. It It area. Bennington the from artists featuring exhibits Putnam Square, making downtown Bennington the the Bennington downtown making Square, Putnam a gallery with changing changing with gallery a as serves also Center The stay. prises including the development of of development the including prises F Relax in an armchair as you plan your your plan you as armchair an in Relax Bennington. Park and Henry Root, financed and built built and financed Root, Henry and Park Trenor financier of numerous business enter- business numerous of financier and personal guidance on what to do in in do to what on guidance personal and information our entrepreneurs, Enos Adams, Henry Putnam, Putnam, Henry Adams, Enos entrepreneurs, our Born in Woodford, Trenor Park was a a was Park Trenor Woodford, in Born Register Historic Building, the Center provides provides Center the Building, Historic Register National Personalities through Friday, 11-4 Saturday & Sunday. Located in a a in Located Sunday. & Saturday 11-4 Friday, through on Route 7 (corner South & Elm Sts.) open 9-5 Monday Monday 9-5 open Sts.) Elm & South (corner 7 Route on We urge you to stop at the Downtown Welcome Center Center Welcome Downtown the at stop to you urge We established Trolley line line Trolley The Downtown Welcome Center Center Welcome Downtown The Hotel built Hotel Putnam Putnam spend a day in downtown. downtown. in day a spend paved shop built shop shops and places to eat. Take the historic tour and and tour historic the Take eat. to places and shops US. 7 7 US. installed Old Blacksmith Blacksmith Old and the Historic Walloomsac Mills Walloomsac Historic the and Downtown Bennington offers you a wide choice of of choice wide a you offers Bennington Downtown Electricity Electricity changes. Driving is also an option. option. an also is Driving changes. Banner started Banner featuring the Putnam Square area area Square Putnam the featuring shoes and layered clothing in case the weather weather the case in clothing layered and shoes Bennington Bennington to the Walloomsac River Walk. Wear comfortable comfortable Wear Walk. River Walloomsac the to National Register Historic District District Historic Register National village covering about half a mile from the Welcome Center Center Welcome the from mile a half about covering deeded to to deeded Downtown Bennington’s Bennington’s Downtown For those who enjoy a walk, the tour takes an hour, hour, an takes tour the walk, a enjoy who those For Water system system Water Choice of Walking or Driving Driving or Walking of Choice A walking tour of of tour walking A lots designated on the map. map. the on designated lots Bennington provided at the Welcome Center as well as additional additional as well as Center Welcome the at provided Walk before returning to Putnam Square. Parking is is Parking Square. Putnam to returning before Walk Square and then continues to the Walloomsac River River Walloomsac the to continues then and Square Historic Downtown Downtown Historic Welcome Center on South Street, moves up to Putnam Putnam to up moves Street, South on Center Welcome This self -guided walking tour begins at the Downtown Downtown the at begins tour walking -guided self This Welcome to Welcome About the tour tour the About COLONIAL REVIVAL Step Back in Time An Overview of Popular between 1890-1930, the style is characterized by a return to forms and details common in the earlier tep Back in Time to Experience a Downtown that Bennington made fun of the new village and one sailor Architectural Styles colonial era. Among the most typi- developed in the nineteenth century by: referred to the downhill settlement as being as ugly as S cal details are Palladian windows (a "Algiers." In 1847 the Vermont Gazette moved down the three part window consisting of a tall round-headed • taking advantage of the waterpower the hill to the Walloomsac community and the Bennington window with two shorter narrower windows), porches Walloomsac River offered for mills Post Office followed the newspaper. Old Bennington o help you recognize the structures on the tour, with classical columns, doorways topped by exaggerat- • wresting political dominance from its early fought back and was able to have its own post office, but this primer explains the mixture of architectural ed fanlights or pediments. Commercial structures were rival, Old Bennington, by obtaining the county by 1870 the new County Courthouse was erected on South T styles and functional types that appeared from the more formal and symmetrical, having two or more sto- courthouse Street, a blow to Old Bennington’s political power. 1830s to the present. Buildings from the 1830s and ries with a central doorway. Many were decorated • linking itself to the outside world through two Downtown Bennington also became a trans- 1840s are of Greek Revival Style. From the mid to the with classical columns, pediments with ornamental railroads and eventually a highway system that portation hub for the Rutland and Bennington late nineteenth century, Italianate was the most pop- swags, and cupolas. crossed at Putnam Square Railroad and the Lebanon Springs Railroad that con- ular style for commercial buildings. Later styles verged in 1852 at a depot on the street named for it. revived the Colonial or Classical, while the Art Deco’s Located along the Walloomsac River, downtown NEO-CLASSICAL Later, downtown’s center focused on the "Four streamlining proved to be very new. Bennington became the industrial hub of the area. The architecture of Ancient Greece Corners" where Main Street was crossed by North and Gristmills to grind grain were among the earliest mills. South Streets. It became know as Putnam Square, for and Rome and the Italian By 1869, Bennington had 38 stores and businesses, its most prominent landmark, the Putnam Hotel erect- GREEK REVIVAL Renaissance inspired the style used Inspired by the architecture of many of them textile mills, including the largest ed in 1871. In the twentieth century, Putnam Square at for libraries, museums, banks, ancient Greece, this style was popu- cotton packing sheet factory in the country and the intersection of US7 and VT9 became covered with courthouses, schools and other pub- lar in Vermont between 1820-60. others that produced thread and hosiery. Also automobiles, which were serviced at Bennington’s lic buildings from 1900-30. Most were built with light Characterized by the temple front, appearing were saw and lumber mills as well as those numerous full service garages. colored stone. In Vermont, quarries supplied much of that made paper and paper these buildings are rectangular and the marble and granite. Such structures are identified boxes. Foundries to smelt feature a front with a flat triangle by their impressive scale, stone columns that support iron, machine shops and at pediment supported by classical columns forming a porticos with full pediments, stone balustrades or least one tin shop dotted the portico, the width of the building.
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