Differences in Site Numbers Used in Published Town History and Vermont Historic Sites & Structures Survey

DIFFERENCES IN SITE NUMBERS USED IN PUBLISHED TOWN HISTORY AND VERMONT HISTORIC SITES & STRUCTURES SURVEY

Addison County

PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY:

The site numbers on the maps and lists of historic properties in the published town history following this page DO NOT correspond to the Vermont Historic Sites and Structures Survey (VHSSS) numbers on the individual survey forms in this town survey.

The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation conducted a resurvey of all historic properties in each town in Addison County in preparation for the publication of a county history in 1992. New historic sites were added to the VHSSS, but a new VHSSS survey form was not filled out for each new site, as the information was entered directly into a computer database. Therefore not all sites in the published history have a corresponding VHSSS form.

For the town history publication all historic sites, from both the original survey and the resurvey, were assigned new numbers for the published maps and lists. The new numbering system for the publication starts in the upper left hand (NW) corner of each town and proceeds sequentially from left to right, top to bottom, or clockwise around the map. For those towns in which further surveying was done after the initial publication map numbering was completed, there may be some scattered map numbers that are out of sequence.

To see if a property in the published history also has a VHSSS form, compare the maps in the published history with the VHSSS maps. If the location you are interested in has a number marked on both maps, the building has a VHSSS form. • THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF ADDISON COUNTY

VERMONT STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

RIPTON

VERMONT DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE Structures referred to in the text that are listed in the State OF ADDISON COUNTY Register of Historic Places are identified by a number or Including a listing of street address in parenthesis corresponding to the Register listings and maps immediately following each town history. the Vermont State Register of Historic Places The list uses standardized terms to provide information on readily identifiable exterior features of Register sites. This Published by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation information is gathered by surveying the exteriors of the Printed in the United States of America structures. There may be discrepancies between demon- ©1992 The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation strable or asserted building dates and those dates given All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, here. reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in For further information on The Historic Architecture of any manner, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or Addison County or the State Register of Historic Places, please articles, without written permission from the Vermont contact the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Division for Historic Preservation. Montpelier, Vermont 05602 (802-828-3226). The activity that is the subject of this publication has been Editor—Curtis B. Johnson; Assistant Editor— Elsa Gilbertson; financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Addison — Susan E. Hollister; Bridport — Tracy A. Cunning; Service, Department of the Interior. However, the contents Bristol—Caroline E. Kane; Cornwall— Kevin D. Murphy; and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Ferrisburgh — Kevin D. Murphy; Goshen — Traies Haydon Roe; the Department of the Interior. Granville— Rose Anna Zingleman; Hancock— Rose Anna This program receives Federal funds from the National Zingleman; Leicester—Traies Haydon Roe; Lincoln— Rose Park Service for the identification and protection of historic Anna Zingleman, Taryn E. Monell; Middlebury Town — Tracy properties. Regulations of the U.S. Department of the A. Cunning, Elizabeth F. Pritchett; Middlebury Village— Elsa Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination in depart- Gilbertson; Monkton — Taryn E. Monell; New Haven — Kevin mental Federally Assisted Programs on the basis of race, D. Murphy; Orwell—Taryn E. Monell; Panton — Tracy A. color, national origin, age or handicap. Any person who Cunning; Ripton — Traies Haydon Roe; Salisbury—Traies believes he or she has been discriminated against in any Haydon Roe; Shoreham —Taryn E. Monell; Starksboro — program, activity, or facility operated by a recipient of Caroline E. Kane, Elsa Gilbertson; Vergennes — Susan E. Federal assistance should write to: Director, Equal Oppor- Hollister; Waltham — Traies Haydon Roe; Weybridge— Rose tunity Program, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Anna Zingleman; Whiting—Traies Haydon Roe; (Principal Park Service, P.O. 37127, Washington, D C. 20013-7127. photographer— Curtis B. Johnson).

This pamphlet is an excerpt from The Historic Architecture of Addison County. The complete volume contains a short history of Addison County, chapters for each town in the county, and a guide to Vermont architecture. An abbreviated version of the architecture guide is found on the back cover of this pamphlet. The town chapters use historic architecture to tell the developmental history of each town from the first years of white settlement to World War II. Most of the photographs are contemporary to show the historic structures as they stand today. Sources used to prepare this book are listed in the select bibliography found in the complete county volume.

CAUTION Most of the historic structures included in the town histories are privately owned and are not open to the public. When viewing, please be courteous.

FOREWORD

Historic structures are part of our daily lives in Vermont. We of Addison County is part of the effort by the Division for live in them, we shop in them, we continue to use them for Historic Preservation to encourage and enhance the apprecia- the purposes for which they were built, or we find new ways tion and thoughtful use of our historic architectural resources to use them. Whether buildings or bridges, on the farm, in and to save and protect them for the future. This publication the village, or in the city, these historic resources are a living identifies and documents the resources making up the rich history of the state because they stand as powerful and readily architectural heritage left in our stewardship, and gives visible reminders of our past. citizens of today information that is needed to plan for their Historic buildings also make a major contribution to the preservation. celebrated Vermont environment that is crucial to both our I hope the book will assist and encourage local preservation economic prosperity and to our personal well-being. Historic efforts, that it will be used by the property owners to learn downtowns provide attractive places to shop and work. about their buildings, by local officials in planning for the Industries locate in Vermont because of the quality of life future of their towns, as a resource for teachers of Vermont here, and the presence of our history is one aspect of that and local history, as a guide for residents on Sunday drives, quality. The travel industry in Vermont continues to grow. It and as a way travelers from all over can learn about is clear from every survey that travelers come to see our Vermont. More than this, I hope it helps us all recognize our countryside with its historic buildings, green fields, forests, heritage and the value of preserving it. hills, and mountains. We must make a constant effort to protect historic buildings and their surroundings and be ready to intervene to prevent Eric Gilbertson the forces of both man and nature from destroying what our Director ancestors placed on the landscape. The Historic Architecture Vermont Division for Historic Preservation 205

Side by side on a curve in the center of Ripton village, the RIPTON Town Hall (A2, 1864; former Congregational church), village school (A3, c.1900), and Methodist Church (A4, 1862) form the social and civic center of Ripton and symbolize the spirit of community characteristic of many small Vermont towns.

he town of Ripton lies on the western town did not occur until the 1820s. The slope of the Green Mountains between Center Turnpike connecting Middlebury to Tthe summit of Bread Loaf Mountain the Connecticut River Valley brought and the chasm of Ripton Gorge. The Center travelers and settlers through Ripton, Turnpike (now Vermont Route 125) was con- including the Honorable David Chipman of structed through Ripton in 1808, following Middlebury, who established the first sawmill the South Branch of the Middlebury River in town on the Middlebury River just above from Middlebury to Hancock. The village of Ripton Gorge. He then chose a site at the Ripton evolved along the turnpike at the site corner of the turnpike and the Lincoln Road of the first sawmill in the town. Although to build a home for his retirement. His large many farmed in Ripton throughout the nine- Federal style house (Al) constructed in 1828 teenth century, its economy was largely fueled is the only one of its kind in Ripton and is by its forests. Lumbering enterprises peaked highlighted by an unusual bellcast door hood. in the 1870s and 1880s, when the population In the surrounding hills, farmers cleared reached a high of 672, but depletion of land along the many small tributaries of the available timber led to a decline in the com- Middlebury River. Around mid-century, munity after 1890. As hill farms and mills many constructed their first, simple wood- were gradually abandoned, the popular sum- frame homes; peaked lintelboards applied mer resort at Bread Loaf Inn became the over the windows and above the front doors foremost attraction. Simple farmhouses in the were often the only decorative elements. The hills, the houses and churches of Ripton peaked board above the doorway of one village, and the cluster of cottages surround- farmhouse (4) built about 1855 is enriched by ing the Bread Loaf Inn now form the archi- small dentils. Simpler peaked lintelboards cap tectural legacy of Ripton. the paired windows of a more unusual house (2) built on the 1,200-acre farm of William ALTHOUGH CHARTERED IN 1781, Rip- Cushman in the 1860s; its doorway is ton was still largely unsetded by 1800. A few hardy souls moved into the hills in the follow- Building numbers in parenthesis correspond to the State Register ing decades, but significant occupation of the of Historic Places listing and maps that follow the text. 206 RIPTON

Most farmers in Ripton constructed variations of the Classic Cottage house form for their homes. William Cushman built such a home (2) about 1860 with a Greek Revival style entryway and paired windows decorated with peaked lintelboards. relatively stylish with sidelights and an entablature, reflecting Cushman's relative prosperity. Ripton Village evolved slowly around Chipman's mill site as the rest of the town became populated. One of the older houses (A12), dating from about 1845, was appar- ently built for Chipman's wife after his death. Famous Vermont eccentric, Morgan horse breeder, and In 1862 local Methodists erected their church conservationist Joseph Battell started the Bread Loaf Inn (A4) with a Greek Revival style entryway and in the late 1860s in an old farmhouse (13a) on the peaked lintelboards above the windows. Con- former Center Turnpike. In 1882 he commissioned archi- gregationalists then in 1864 raised their house tect Clinton Smith to remodel the building in the French of worship (A2), which imitates a Greek Second Empire style with Mansard roofs. Over the years Battel built numerous cabins and other buildings. After temple with its gable pediment and tall, his death Middlebury college used the site for its Bread recessed, entry columns. As the village grew, Loaf School of English and added new facilities, includ- traffic to and through it mounted; about 1865 ing the Little Theater (13i, 1931). a new hotel and post office (A15) was constructed on the old Center Turnpike near the Loaf Inn (13). The inn quickly became mill sites. popular, known not only for its charm and beauty of surroundings but also for the dairy LUMBERING DOMINATED the economic goods produced on the farm operated there. life of Ripton during the second half of the To accommodate an ever-expanding roster nineteenth century; by 1870 there were of guests, the inn was remodeled in the twelve sawmills in town, and clear-cutting of Second Empire style in 1882 by the Middle- the forests proceeded apace. Typical of the bury architect Clinton Smith. Additional cot- small enterprises formed to exploit timber tages, named after the trees Battell loved, resources was "Powers & King, Manufrs of were built in the 1870s and 1880s. "Cherry" Staves, and Shingles, and Dealers in (13q) is a Gothic Revival style house with a Lumber," located along the North Branch of central wall dormer and a wide porch. the Middlebury River. Dr. H. C. Powers, "Birch" (13t) and "Maple" (13u) are much one of the partners, lived in a modest Classic larger houses, originally built with two- and Cottage (3, c.1860) near the site of the com- three-story porches that wrapped around pany millpond and sawmill. three sides. By 1900 the resort included a While Ripton was mainly a lumbering large dairy barn (13m), a small Adirondack town, thanks to Joseph Battell it also became Rustic style teahouse (13k) to the west, and something of a summer resort. After visiting the similarly fashioned "Printer's Cabin" (13b) the town on a hunting trip in 1865, Battell, a on the south side of the road. wealthy entrepreneur in Middlebury village, Elsewhere in Ripton, the forests were bought a farmhouse to enjoy the mountain steadily depleted, and by 1910 most sawmills setting and began buying up surrounding had closed. Farms in towns with better acces forest land to save it from the axe. Battell to regional markets steadily made farming in received so many visitors that he decided to Ripton less attractive, and many farms were take in paying guests. Adding two large abandoned. Slowly scrub and second-growth wings to his farmhouse, he created the Bread forest have conquered the former farms, RIPTON 207

This early barn (10, c.1850) is a good example of a After the deaths of his wife in 1938 and his son in building type that was common on all Ripton farms 1940, poet Robert Frost purchased the former Homer throughout the nineteenth century. Today few farmhouses Noble farm in Ripton and occupied this rustic cabin (11) and even fewer outbuildings from that time remain. there to be free of painful memories and to write. He made the farm his home from May to November until his lumber camps, and mills, which now remain death in 1963. The property is now owned by Mid- only as archeological sites. dlebury College and is listed as a National Historic By the time of Battell's death in 1915, he Landmark. had acquired over 31,000 acres around the Bread Loaf Inn in a concerted effort to SINCE WORLD WAR II, little has preserve the surrounding scenic beauty. Most changed in Ripton. In 1940 poet Robert of this land he bequeathed, with the inn and Frost, whose lectures at the Bread Loaf the farm, to Middlebury College. In 1920 the School of English were highlights of the sum- college held the first summer session of the mer, bought the Homer Noble farm (11) not School of English at the Bread Loaf property. far from the campus. This farm, including The success of the school and of the annual the cabin where Frost worked, is listed as a Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, established National Historic Landmark. The village of in 1926, encouraged the college to augment Ripton is listed as a historic district in the 'he facilities. In the aftermath of a fire in State Register of Historic Places, and the 1931, new cottages (131, 13p) for the farm 1864 Congregational church, now the Ripton manager and for the inn waitresses, as well as Community House, is also listed in the Na- the Little Theater (13i) and the Wilfred tional Register. Since most hill farms have Davison Memorial Library (13j) were con- been reclaimed by forest, the two clusters of structed. In 1939, the school added a large buildings along VT Route 125 —those of the Colonial Revival style dormitory (13w) with a Bread Loaf School and Ripton village — stand two-story porch. At the same time the barn out as conspicuous landmarks, the first as a (13m), no longer in use, was substantially unique collection of resort architecture and enlarged and remodeled to include classrooms the second as a typical nineteenth century and an auditorium. hill-town center. 208 RIPTON TOWN OF RIPTON MAP Sites listed in the State Register of Historic Places (Numbers correspond to Register listings that follow. For A see historic district map.)

BRISTOL

LINCOLN

ROBERT FROST MTN MT. ROOSEVELT 33/3 3590

MT. WILSON 3339

BATTELL MTN 3931

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Bread Loaf

GOSHEN

SOURCE: VT. AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, 1979. RIPTON 209

TOWN OF RIPTON 9 House, c.1880 m. Barn, c.1885 Sites listed in Georgian plan. Architect/builder: Clinton Smith Features: peaked French Second Empire style, mansard roof, 214 stories. he State Register lintelboards, peaked entry if Historic Places Features: distinctive dormer, • lintel, Queen Anne porch. hood molding, cornice brackets, (For locations distinctive door, see town and 10 Early Barn, c.1850 n. Milkhouse, c.1920 Related house, shop. Hip roof, 1 story. historic district maps.) Features: rafter tails, o. Pumphouse, c.1930 11 Robert Frost Cabin, p. House, c.1935 1 House, c.1870 c.1930 Colonial Revival style, gable Vernacular-Italianate style, Vernacular-Adirondack roof, 2 54 stories. Georgian plan. Rustic style, log veneer, Features: gable fanlight, round Features: peaked gable roof, 1 story. window, Palladian window, lintelboards, peaked entry Features: porch, fieldstone. porch. lintel, corner pilasters, Related house. q. House, c.1875 distinctive door. Listed as a National Historic Vernacular-Gothic Revival style, Classic Cottage. Related playhouse. Landmark Features: Gothic wall dormer, Gothic Revival porch, 2 House, c.1865 12 School, c.1870 r. House, c.1890 Vernacular-Greek Revival Gable roof, 1 Vi stories. Shingle Style, wood shingle, style, Classic Cottage. gable roof, 2 54 stories. Features: peaked 13 Bread Loaf Features: recessed porch, applied woodwork, cornice brackets, lintelboards, entry a. House, c.1870 s. Hotel, c.1885 entablature, sidelights. Classic Cottage. Features: door hood. b. Printer's cabin, c.1895 3 House, c.1860 Classic Cottage. Features: peaked lintelboards, peaked entry lintel. Related carriage barn.

4 House, c.1855 Classic Cottage. Features: peaked lintelboards, peaked entry lintel.

5 House, c.1855 Sidehall plan, 1 Vi stories. eatures: peaked entry lintel, eaked lintelboards, • sidelights, recessed porch, bargeboard. Adirondack Rustic style, log veneer, gable roof, 1 story. Mansard roof, 3 stories. 6 Camp, c. 1930 Features: rustic work. Features: sidelights, distinctive c. House, c.1900 door, porch, Foursquare. t. Hotel, c.1885 Features: porch, gazebo, distinc- Colonial Revival style, hip roof, tive dormer. 4 stories. d. House, c.1920 Features: Colonial Revival Hip roof, 2 stories. porch, sidelights, transom, Features: recessed porch, unusual balcony. window. u. House, c.1900 e. House, c.1900 Vernacular-Colonial Revival Gable roof, 1 story. style, wood shingle, Foursquare. Features: Queen Anne porch. Features: unusual window, f. House, c.1890 porch, balcony, eyebrow dormer, Gable roof, 1 stories. v. Dormitory, 1935 Features: Italianate porch. Colonial Revival style, Georgian g. Inn, c.1880 plan. Gable roof, 214 stories. Features: recessed porch, Features: sidelights. balcony, sidelights, peaked entry h. Inn, 1882 lintel, gable fanlight, Architect/builder: Clinton Smith w. House, c.1890 Vernac ular-Adirondac k French Second Empire style, Gable roof, 2 54 stories. Rustic style, log veneer, mansard roof, 3 stories. Features: Italianate porch, gable roof, 1 story. Features: cornice caps, cornice unusual window, Features: porch. brackets, sidelights, Gothic x. House, c.1870 Revival porch, belvedere. Sidehall plan, 2 54 stories. 7 House, c.1875 i. Theatre, 1931 Features: gable fan, porch, Vernacular-Italianate style, Colonial Revival style, gable sidelights. roof, 1 54 stories. sidehall plan, 1 stories. Features: porch, distinctive door, Features: peaked transom, lintelboards, peaked entry j. Library, 1930 lintel, distinctive door. Colonial Revival style, gable roof, 2 stories. 8 House, c.1875 Features: porch, gable fan, distinctive chimney, cobblestone, Classic Cottage. k. Tea House, c.1890 Features: peaked Adirondack Rustic style, log lintelboards, peaked entry veneer, gable roof, 1 story. Queen Anne porch. Features: porch, distinctive chimney, cobblestone, distinctive door. 1. House, c.1935 Colonial Revival style, Classic Cottage. Features: porch, transom. 210 RIPTON A RIPTON VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP (Numbers correspond to Register listing that follows.)

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SOURCE: VT. MAPPING PROGRAM ORTHOPHOTOS, 1975.

RIPTON VILLAGE A5 House, C.1870 A9 House, c.1870 A14 House, c.1885 HISTORIC DISTRICT Wood shingle, Tri-Gable Ell, Gable roof, 2 stories. 1 Vi stories. Features: recessed porch. Features: porch, distinctive At House, c.1828 door. A14a Shed, c.1900 Federal style, Georgian plan. Features: sidelights, entry AIO Office, 1959 A15 Hotel, c.1865 fan, gable fanlight, door Non-contributing due to age. Vernacular-Queen Anne hood. style, gable roof, 2'A stories. All House, c. 1875 Features: Queen Anne A2 Church, 1864 Tri-Gable EU, 1 Vi stories. porch, balcony. Greek Revival style, gable Features: peaked roof, 1 story. lintelboards, peaked entry A16 Bridge, c.1925 Features: ridge tower, finials, lintel. Engineer: Earle E. Morry paneled corner pilasters, recessed porch, enriched A12 House, c. 1845 cornice, full entablature, Cape Cod. monumental portico. Features: sidelights, entry Listed in the National Register pediment, cornerblocks. of Historic Places Gable roof, 1 Vi stories. Features: Queen Anne porch, bay window. A13 Shop, c.1880 A3 School, c.1900 Gable roof, 2 A stories. Gable roof, 2 stories. Features: bank of windows. A5a Shed, c.1890

A4 Church, 1862 A5b Shop, c.1870 Greek Revival style, gable roof, 1 story. A5c Garage, c.1965 Non-contributing due to age. Features: ridge tower, A sawmill operation on the Middlebury River spurred the peaked lintelboards, distinctive door, entry entablature, A6 House, c.1850 growth of Ripton village in the second quarter of the nine- entry pilasters. Vernacular-Greek Revival teenth century. Arranged in a linear fashion along the former style, sidehall plan, Center Turnpike through the Green Mountains, the village 114 stories. Features: sidelights, entry appears today much as it did in the late nineteenth century. pilasters, fretwork, entry entablature, Italianate porch.

A7 House, c.1870 Gable roof, 1 Yi stories.

A8 House, c.1870 Classic Cottage. Features: sidelights.

A8a Barn, c.1900 dentils A band of toothlike Gothic wall dormer Steeply pavilion with ells plan GLOSSARY blocks ornamenting a cornice. pitched dormer whose front is House form consisting of a a continuation of the main main block, generally with a Note: all terms are defined as ell A secondary block of a wall. gable front, and flanking they are used in this publica- building whose roof ridge runs matching ells. tion. They may have other at a right angle to that of the ground level stable barn A meanings not included here. main block. •barn that has its main floor at pediment The triangular ground level, a hay loft above, wall area inside a gable and no basement, and often & gam- framed by cornices along all bank barn A barn whose brel roof. three sides. Also used to mean / cornice basement is built into the side cornice-framed elements, of a hill or earthen bank and 1 half plan house A Cape Cod, either triangular or other whose first floor stable is at Classic Cottage, Georgian plan, or shapes, found over doors or grade level. frieze I-house that is three bays wide windows. across the eaves side, with the bargeboard Decorative door in the left or right bay. pilaster Flat representation board, often scroll sawn or of a column. architrave carved, ornamenting rooflines. highdrive A ramp, often enclosed, leading from the quoins Blocks of stone or bay Regular vertical divisions ground up to the main level of other materials found at the of the exterior of a building, a barn. Most commonly found corners of buildings. Usually usually defined by the door on bank barns. arranged in an alternating pat- and window openings. tern of large and small blocks. high style Having many or entablature Three-part trim belvedere Rooftop structure, all of the characteristics of a raking window Gable end consisting of an architrave, usually with windows on all particular architectural style. window set at an angle frieze, and cornice, and found sides. between the rooflines of the under rooflines (full entabla- hip roof Roof with four main house block and its wing. ture) and over doors. board and batten Exterior sloping sides meeting at a siding of flush, wide, vertical point or short ridgeline. shed roof Roof with a single facade Face or wall of a planks with narrow wooden slope. building, usually referring to strips (battens) covering the the front wall. joints. fan A semi-circular or ellip- c. or circa Used before a date tical frame usually filled with to indicate that the date is radiating wooden louvers approximate. above a door or window or in the gable ends.

fanlight A semi-circular or elliptical window, often with radiating dividers or leaded glass patterns, above a door or I-house A 2 or 214 story sidehall plan House form window or in the gable ends. house, five bays wide across the with a gable front and main eaves side, with a central entry, door (leading into a hallway) in flushboard siding and only one room deep. the left or right hand bay. Horizontal boards laid flush to Cape Cod A 1 14 story house, create smooth exterior walls. jerkinhead roof A gable five bays wide across the eaves sidelights Narrow vertical roof in which the gable peaks windows, usually consisting of side, with a central entry, eaves Foursquare A 2 story tall are clipped off and inclined with little or no overhang, and small panes or patterned house built in the early 1900s, backward. leaded glass, flanking a door. originally built with a large nearly square in plan, with a central chimney. hip roof, full width front keystone Wedge-shaped surround The frame and porch, and usually a central center stone in an arch. trim surrounding the sides and dormer. top of a door or window. kneewall The area between gable roof Pitched roof with the top of the first floor three-quarter plan house two sloping sides that meet at a windows and the eaves of a 1 or A Cape Cod, Classic Cottage, ridge (the gable being the tri- 114 story building. Georgian plan, or I-house four angular wall area formed by bays wide across the eaves side the roof slopes). lintel A horizontal stone, with a window on one side of brick, cast-iron, or wooden the door and two on the other. gambrel roof Roof with two beam that spans the top of a Classic Cottage A 114 story double-pitched sloping sides door or window opening. transom Row of glass panes house, five bays wide across the meeting at a ridge. located directly above a door. eaves side, with a central entry, Mansard roof Roof with characterized by a kneewall, four double-pitched sloping Tri-Gable Ell Gable front and originally built with stove sides, the lower pitch being house with an ell almost the chimneys, usually symmetri- steeper than the upper. same height as the main block. cally placed, on the ridgeline. Built in late 1800s and early modillions Small scrolled 1900s. column A vertical support brackets under the over- that consists of a base, shaft, hanging section of a cornice. vernacular Having few of and capital. In classical the elements or ornamental architecture there are five oriel window Multi-sided details characterizing a partic- types: Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, window that projects from a ular architectural style. Corinthian, and Composite. wall and whose base does not reach the ground. continuous architecture Georgian plan A 2 or Palladian window Three A farmhouse linked to its 2 !4 story house, five bays wide part window consisting of a attached barns and out- across the eaves side with a round-headed window flanked buildings. room on each side of a central by two shorter and narrower entry way, and two rooms deep. cornice Topmost part of an windows, each part usually entablature. Also a decorative being framed by pilasters or band found under rooflines. columns. STYLE GUIDE GOTHIC REVIVAL The Gothic Revival style BUNGALOW was first used in Vermont The word bungalow comes from the 1820s to 1840s for from India where, in the churches, which were built late 19th century, the in the common New British used it to describe England meetinghouse low, single-story houses form but with pinnacles with large verandas well- and cresting atop belfry suited to tropical environ- towers and pointed arch windows with diamond — ments. American bunga- panes. Churches from the 1850s to 1870s have the lows, "homey" early 20th century 1 or l'A story resi- same features but often were built of stone. Houses in dences, have broad gable, hip, or jerkinhead roofs, the style, irregular in form or symmetrical Classic often with dormer windows and deep overhanging Cottages built in the 1850s and 1860s, have steeply eaves, and deep, wide front porches. pitched roofs and wall dormers edged with barge- boards, molded label lintels over windows and doors, COLONIAL REVIVAL and porches with octagonal posts. The Colonial Revival style, popular from the GREEK REVIVAL late 1800s through the Inspired by the ancient 1930s (and still used architecture of Greece, the today), was derived from Greek Revival style was American architectural the most popular 19th cen- styles of the 18th century. tury style in Vermont, in Houses (traditional Geor- widespread use from the gian, sidehall, or other plans with gable, gambrel, or 1830s through the 1870s, hip roofs), commercial blocks, and public buildings and later in remote rural are decorated with features derived from the earlier areas. Residences (often sidehalls, Georgian plans, or styles but distinguishable by their larger scale and Classic Cottages), churches, courthouses, stores, and often unusual placement on the building. Among the other buildings are detailed with pilasters, full entab- most typical details are Palladian windows, porches latures, and pediments. Most of the stylistic emphasis with classical columns, doorways topped by fanlights is often on the main entry—a paneled door or pediments, and full entablatures under the eaves. flanked by sidelights and robust columns or pilasters, and topped by a transom and three part entablature. FEDERAL The Federal style, with its ITALIANATE light and delicate detailing The Italianate style, inspired by the classical influenced by the architec- architecture of ancient ture of Italian countryside in affiiij Rome, was the first major villas, became popular in style in Vermont. It was Vermont after the Civil m widely used from the late War and was used mainly m 1700s through the 1830s to for houses, commerical trim churches and the symmetrical gable, hip, or blocks, and outbuildings. gambrel roof Georgian plan, I-house, or Cape Cod Houses are either cube-shaped, with shallow hip houses of the period. The main stylistic focus is on roofs and sometimes projecting pavilions or towers, the entryway: a paneled door often flanked by side- or gable-roofed Georgian or sidehall plans. Features lights and thin columns or pilasters, and crowned by include cornice brackets under overhanging eaves, a semi-elliptical fan or fanlight, transom, or delicate rooftop cupolas or belvederes, windows that are often entablature. Other features include Palladian paired with arched tops, and porches with chamfered windows and molded cornices or entablatures that posts and scrolled brackets. are sometimes enriched with dentils or fretwork. QUEEN ANNE FRENCH SECOND Gaudy, colorful, and EMPIRE irregular describe the Popular in Vermont Queen Anne style, during the 1870s and popular in Vermont from 1880s, the elegant French about 1885 to 1905 for Second Empire style, used churches, public for residences, public buildings, commercial buildings, and commer- blocks, and particularly cial blocks, is character- for houses. It is identified by its asymmetrical ized by use of the Mansard roof. Other features, building forms, richly textured wall surfaces, multi- shared with the Italianate style, include eavesline colored paint schemes, unpredictable window brackets, paired windows, and sweeping verandas spacing, towers, bay windows, gable screens, and with chamfered posts and matching brackets. porches with turned columns and balusters. COUNTY ADDISON TOWN RIPTON

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I Ripton Village Historic District 0116-1 77-A-259

1 Barstow Residence 0116-2 77-A-400

I Clark Residence 0116-3 77-A-259

Williams Residence 0116-4 77-A-259

Sherman House 0116-5 77-A-259

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* I Comp "T. MOOSALAMOO ' -J S ~f yT • I «¿í- Keewoydin SURVEY NUMBER 0116-1 Listed oun Statstavee Register NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER(S) VT ACH:CHPP ^10 - 77-A-259 Date: %0 UTM REFERENCES STATE OF VERMONT Zone/Easting/Northing Division for Historic Preservation A 18/ 653620 / 4870490 Montpelier, VT 05602 B 18/ 651820 / 4870490 C 18/ 6518 20 / 4870040 HISTORIC SITES & STRUCTURES SURVEY D 18/ 653620 / 4870040 District n Complex QSurvey Form US G S QUAD MAP East Middlebury Quad. 7.5' Series COMPLEX INFORMATION ONLY COUNTY Addison ÖÖMtoöN NAME- TOWN Ripton 1 LOCATION PRESENT FORMAL NAME Ripton Village, VT Route 125 ORIGINAL FORMAL NAME NAME OF DISTRICT- ~ Ripton Village Historic District TYPE OF COMPLEX. TYPE OF DISTRICT TYPES OF STRUCTURES

PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES PRESENT USE Excellent 40 % Good 50 % ORIGINAL USE Fair 5 % Poor 5 % ARCHITECT/ENGINEER LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE" Local O State • National • BUILDER/CONTRACTOR THEMES ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Yes • No • Restricted • STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Ripton Village Historic District extends for a half-mile along the Middlebury River, directly above the entrance to that district's deep, narrow gorge. The village's origins can be traced to the rerouting of the Centre Turnpike in 1825 from its original hillside location to the approximate location of today's Vermont Route 125.

The village contains a wealth of the mid-nineteenth century vernacular structures common to Vermont hill towns; but it is also the site of the fine Late Federal style Daniel Chipman House (# 2), constructed by the notable Vermont biographer and politician upon his retirement from public life in 1828, Another early structure attributed to Chipman's patronage is the Kuss Residence (#13), a Cape Cod-type house.

The village is also distinguished by an outstanding grouping of public buildings at its center- The Community House (originally the Congregational Church), Elementary School, and, Methodist Church serve as a visual - anchor to the. winding one-street village,

Although historically a center of lumber and sawmill activity, among the only visible remains of this woodworking heritage are the mill, foundations to the north of the. concrete arch bridge which, terminates the district on the west, Above, this bridge rise a series of late nineteenth century structures, including, the piazzaed former Maple Inn (# 17)

LOCAL ATTITUDES Positive • Negative • Mixed • Other MAP (Ï Indicate NORTH in circle 2 Represent each structure as an open box 3 Number each structure inside of its box )

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BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION -

The district boundary commences at Point A, the intersection of the mid- channel line of the Middlebury River with an extension of the north line of the Sturgedn-property, and proceeds in an easterly direction along the north lines of the VT Route 12 5-properties to- Point- B,- the intersection, the. extension of said line with the mid-charinel--line of the; Middle- Branch of the Middlebury River; thence proceeding1 in a southerly direction along said mid-channel line to Point C, the confluence-of - the Middlè1 and South Branches of the Middlebury River; thence proceeding in an easterly, then northerly direction along the mid-channel line of the Middlebury River to the point of beginning.

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RECORDED BY- ORGANIZATION• — DATE RECORDED John R. Axtell Vt, Div, for Historic Preservatior 11/76 OUTSTANDING COMPONENTS OF DISTRICT B COMPLEX • (Include individual survey number ONLY if surveyed individually ) MKFTTÜMBER; l |DATE BUILT- c. 1Ô50 ISUKVEï NUMBER- FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Dwëlling NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME OWNER: Walter &. Ruby Sturgeon" DESCRIPTION DEMCUSMirr .ntcTTiill, has valance balustrade l|r-story gable-

MAP NUMBER. 2 , pATE BUILT e. 1828 SURVEY NUMBER FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Dwelling (now inn) NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME . Chipman.House OWNER: Chipman House, Inc. DESCRIPTION

5 bay, 2-§-story, Federal style house has interior end chimneys, molded box cornice and returns, and large lunettes in the gable- peaks, Central entrance is flanked by sidelights, Semi-elliptical fanlight over door has wooden sunburst design' at center- Entrance is protected.by belcast hood. 6/6 sash. 2-story, gable-roofed wing extends to east and contains dining room.

MAP NUMBER. pATE BUILT c.igks SURVEY NUMBER: FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Church NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME , Ripton Community House OWNER: Town of Ripton DESCRIPTION

Entered on the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1973,

MAP NUMBER^ 4 [DATE BUILT c. 1900 |SURVEY NUMBER FUNCTIONAL TYPE. School NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME. Ripton School OWNER, " Town- of Ripton DESCRIPTION

2-story, front-gabled building has banks of 8/8 windows across the front elevation on both stories, West elevation contains first and second story'entrances, Shed-roofed first story entrance way is' attached to west elevation: Gable-roofed wing' extends"from rear elevation of main block. OUTSTANDING COMPONENTS OF DISTRICT M COMPLEX • (Include individual survey number ONLY if surveyed individually ) MAP NUMBER; 5 PA'l'K BUILT- 1862 SURVEY NUMBER' FUNCTIONAL TYPE Church NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME OWNERr Ripton Methodist Church DESCRIPTION

1-story, front-gabled~clapboarded church is 3 bays wide and.3 deep. Central entrance consists of 6-panel double doors topped with blind transom and set in pilaster and entablature surround. 12/12 sash is. set in peaked surrounds, 2 stage louvered steeple is square in plan and is surmounted by a pyramidal roof

MAP NUMBER. 6 |DATE BUILT, c. 1880 SURVEY NUMBER- FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Dwelling NEGATIVE FILE. NUMBERr COMMON NAME. OWNERr Ruth Cox DESCRIPTION

1^-story, front-gabled house;! has gable-roofed,ell attached to west elevation. .1; Main block and ell have shed-roofed porches with turned posts and. valance balustrades extending across their front elevations, Bay window on west elevation.of main block; dormer on' ell.

Gable-roofed plywood-sided garage adjacent to house, Gambrel-roofed asphalt shingled garage across road.

MAP NUMBER. 7 pATE BUILT c. i860 survey number,- FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Dwelling NEGATIVE FILE. NUMBER" COMMON NAME. OWNERr Maude Columbe DESCRIPTION

3 bay, 1-g-story, front-gabled Greek Revival house has molded box cornice, frieze, and returns, Sidelighted entrance in east bay of front elevation is flanked by, pilasters decorated with Greek fret and is surmounted with an entablature. 12/8 sash. Shed-roofed porch extends across front and portion of east elevations, Gable-roofed shed is attached to rear elevation.

MAP NUMBER. 8 pATE BUILT, c. 1870 SURVEY NUMBER; FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Dwelling NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER; COMMON NAME. OWNER. Robert & Virginia Dragon DESCRIPTION

4 bay, l^-story,. woo'd-shingled'gable-roofed, house has central chimney,- gable-roofed entrance- porch;, and 6/6- sash. OUTSTANDING COMPONENTS OF DISTRICT • COMPLEX • (Include individual survey number ONLY if surveyed individually ) MAP NUMBER: 9 PATE BUILT;c. 1870 SURVEY NUMBER- FUNCTIONAL TYPE Dwelling & Post Office . NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME. Ripton Post Office OWNER: Roger & Susan Tatro DESCRIPTION

3 bay, 1-g-story, gable-roofed house has narrow central chimney, Sidelighted central entrance has simple cornice, is protected by gabled entrance, porch. 6/6 sash. Long ell attached to' rear elevation has 2 entrances'"and r2 dormer-windows on east elevation, bay window on west' elevation. ~

l-g--level vertical-sided gable-roofed barn in" rear of property"

MAP NUMBER: 10 JDATE BUILT c. 1875 SURVEY NUMBER FUNCTIONAL TYPE Dwelling NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME OWNER: George-Shumway DESCRIPTION

1-g-story, L-shaped house is built into river bank; stone basement is above: grade on rear, elevation. Front gabled, portion'of structure contains, central double-doored entrance.protected by bracketed- hip-roofed porch. Wood-shingled roof

MAP NUMBER, n PATE BUILT 1959 SURVEY NUMBER: FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Office NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER - COMMON NAME . Ripton Town Office OWNER: Town of Ripton DESCRIPTION

1-story, gable-roofed concrete block building.

MAP NUMBER. 12 pATE BUILT c. 1875 SURVEY NUMBER; FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Dwellinq NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER: COMMON NAME. OWNER Carol McKnight DESCRIPTION

1^-story, front-gabled main block has ell attached to west elevation. Box co.rnice and. frieze. Entrance and-windows-have 1 peaked-surrounds, Enclosed shed^roofed .porch extendsj across: front elevation•of ell, Gable-roofed shed and garage are attached to east elevation. OUTSTANDING COMPONENTS OF DTSTRICT flj COMPLEX • (Include individual survey number ONLY, if surveyed individually ) MAP NUMBER; 13 PATE BUILT- c. 1828- SURVEÏ NUMBER" FUNCTIONAL TYPE Dwelling NEGATIVE FILE- NUMBER COMMON NAME OWNER; jane Kuss DESCRIPTION

5 bay, 1-g-story Cape. Cod-type house features sidelighted central entrance, framed by architrave".surround with corner blocks, Gabled entrance porch protects and partially obscures entrance. Large modern central chimney emerges from roof behind ridgeline, Gable-roofed, ell is attached to rear elevation.

This house is said to have been built by Daniel Chipman.

MAP NUMBER. 14 pATE BUILT cv 1880" SURVEY NUMBER FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Blacksmith Shop & NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME Dwelling OWNER; Jane Kuss DESCRIPTION

2-§--story, front-gabled, clapboarded building has large double .doors in first story of front elevation. Outside second story entrance and stairway on east elevation. 12/12 sashi

Sign on front elevation reads "L. H. Butler, Shoeing & Job Shop."

MAP NUMBER, 15 pATE BUILT c. 1885 |SURVEY NUMBER FUNCTIONAL TYPE- Store & Dwelling NEGATIVE FÏLÉ NÜMEER; COMMON NAME. Ripton Country Store OWNER; Rjpton Country Store, Inc. DESCRIPTION

2-story, front-gabled building has plate-glass storefront protected by projecting second story. Additions on side elevations include second story exterior entrance and stair on west,

MAP NUMBER. IS {DATE BUILT c. 1880 |SURVEY NUMBERr FUNCTIONAL TYPE. Dwelling NEGATIVE FILE NUMBERr COMMON NAME. OWNER; George and Jane Phinney DESCRIPTION

5 bay> 2-g-story gable-roofed house has central entrance and. 2/2 sash. Door and window openings have peaked: surrounds, Hip-roofed porch, across front and east elevations is embellished, with, lathe-turned valance balustrade, balustrade, and posts, l-§-story wing attached to west elevation contains dormer window. OUTSTANDING COMPONENTS OF DISTRICT B COMPLEX • (Include individual survey number ONLY if surveyed individually ) MAP NUMBER: 17 |DATE BUILT'c. 18B5 ISUKVEZ NUMBER- FUNCTIONAL TYPE Dwelling (former Hotel NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME. ' [OWNER: Paul Whittemore DESCRIPTION

2-|--story, front-gabled house has box cornice and returns, 2-story hip-roofed porch extends across front and.east" elevations and has balustrade and valance balustrade on second story, is limited to front elevation on first story House is built into slope; 1-story rear additions adjoin second story at grade,

MAP NUMBERi 18 pATE BUILT c. 1925 SURVEY NUMBER FUNCTIONAL TYPE . Bridge NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER COMMON NAME. OWNER; State of Vermont DESCRIPTION

Concrete arch highway bridge built by Earle & Merry, Engineers and Contractors, Rutland. Similar in design to Middlebury River highway bridge in East Middlebury (built in 1924)

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Listed on State Register SURVEY NUMBER: VTACHP^O^O _ 0116-2 "NEGATIVE- FILE NUMBER: 77' 4 ' W* STATE OF VERMONT UTM REFERENCES: Division for Historic Preservation Zone/Easting/Northing Montpelier, VT 05602 18 / 657890 / 4870470 HISTORIC SITES ft STRUCTURES SURVEY U.S.G.S. QUAD. MAP: Individual Structure Survey Form East Middlebury Quad. 7.5' Series PRESENT FORMAL NAME:

COUNTY : Addison ORIGINAL FORMAL NAME: TOWN : Ripton LOCATION: yT 125 PRESENT USE: Residence East of Ripton Village ORIGINAL USE: Residence ARCHITECT/ENGINEER : COMMON NAME: Barstow Residence BUILDER/CONTRACTOR: FUNCTIONAL TYPE : Dwelling OWNER: William Barstow PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURE: ADDRESS: RD 1 Excellent • Good B Ripton, Vermont Fair • Poor • ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: THEME : Yes • No • Restricted • STYLE: Late Greek Revival LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: DATE BUILT: Local • State • National • _ c. 1860 GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Structural System 1. Foundation: Stone | Brick Q Concrete • Concrete Block • 2. Wall Structure a. Wood Frame: Post ft Beam B Balloon • b. Load Bearing Masonry: Brick • Stone • Concrete • Concrete Block • c. Iron • d. Steel • e. Other: 3. Wall Covering: Clapboard B Board ft Batten • Wood Shingle • Shiplap • Novelty • Stucco • Sheet Metal • Aluminum • Asphalt Shingle • Brick Veneer • Stone Veneer • Bonding Pattern: Other: 4. Roof Structure a. Truss: Wood B Iron • Steel • Concrete • b. Other: 5. Roof Covering: Slate • Wood Shingle • Asphalt Shingle • Sheet Metal • Built Up • Rolled • Tile • Other: 6. Engineering Structure: 7. Other: Appendages: PorchesB Towers• Cupolas • Dormers • ChimneysB Sheds • Ells • Wings B Other: Roof Style: Gable B Hip • Shed • Flat • Mansard • Gambrel • Jerkinhead • Saw Tooth • With Monitor • With Bellcast • With Parapet • With False Front • Other: Number of Stories: 1-g- Number of Bays: 5 x (irregular) Entrance Location: Center Approximate Dimensions: 30' x 25' Main Block

THREAT TO STRUCTURE: LOCAL ATTITUDES: No Threat • Zoning • Roads • Positive • Negative • Development • Deterioration • Mixed Other : Alteration • Other: ADD I TJ ONAJ. ARCHITECTURAL OR STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Late Greek Revival style Cape Cod house has narrow central chimney; peaked entrance and window surrounds. Hip-roofed porch with valance balustrade extends across front elevation of main block and portion of gable-roofed wing attached to west elevation.

RELATED STRUCTURES: (Describe)

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

The Barstow Residence stands at the eastern edge of Ripton Village on the original route of the Centre Turnpike. The style and scale of the house are typical of mid-nineteenth century rural hill town architecture.

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MAP; (Indicate North In Circle) SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT: Open Land • Woodland • Scattered Buildings • Moderately Built Up Q Densely Built Up • Residential • Commercial • Agricultural • Industrial • Roadside Strip Development • Other: IWstoo

RECORDED BY: John R. Axtell ORGANIZATION: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation DATE RECORDED: 11/76

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_ Listed on State Register SURVEY NUMBER: 0116-3 "NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER: 77-A-259 STATE OF VERMONT UTM REFERENCES: Zone/Easting/Northing Division for Historic Preservation Montpelier, VT 05602 18 / 657680 / 4872480 HISTORIC SITES & STRUCTURES SURVEY U.S.G.S. QUAD. MAP: Individual Structure Survey Form East Middlebury Quad. 7.5' Series PRESENT FORMAL NAME:

COUNTY : Addison ORIGINAL FORMAL NAME: TOWN : Ripton LOCATION: PRESENT USE : Residence Lincoln Road ORIGINAL USE: Residence ARCHITECT/ENGINEER: COMMON NAME: Clark Residence BUILDER/CONTRACTOR: FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Dwelling OWNER: Richard & Mary Clark PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURE: ADDRESS: RD 1 Excellent • Good • Ripton, Vermont Fair • Poor B ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: THEME : Yes • No • Restricted • STYLE : Eclectic LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: DATE BUILT: c. 1855 Local • State • National • GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Structural System 1. Foundation: Stone | Brick Q Concrete • Concrete Block • 2. Wall Structure a. Wood Frame: Post & Beam • Balloon • b. Load Bearing Masonry: Brick • Stone • Concrete • Concrete Block • c. Iron • d. Steel • e. Other: 3. Wall Covering: Clapboard B Board & Batten • Wood Shingle • Shiplap • Novelty • Stucco • Sheet Metal • Aluminum • Asphalt Shingle • Brick Veneer • Stone Veneer • Bonding Pattern: Other: 4. Roof Structure a. Truss: Wood B Iron • Steel • Concrete • b. Other: 5. Roof Covering: Slate • Wood Shingle • A.sphalt Shingle • Sheet Metal • Built Up • Rolled • Tile • Other: 6. Engineering Structure: 7. Other: Appendages: PorchesD TowersD Cupolas • Dormers • Chimneys • Sheds • Ells £ Wings • Other: Roof Style: Gable • Hip • Shed • Flat • Mansard • Gambrel • Jerkinhead • Saw Tooth • With Monitor • With Bellcast • With Parapet • With False Front • Other: Number of Stories: 1§ Number of Bays: 3x2 Main Block Entrance Location: Center Approximate Dimensions: 30' x 20' Main Block

Front.gabled main block has indented bargeboard-type decoration on raking cornices and eaves. Windows have peaked surrounds; doorway has peaked surround with band of indented decoration applied at base of frieze. Ell attached to south elevation has umbrage porch and paired 6/6 sash.

RELATED STRUCTURES: (Describe)

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

The Clark Residence with its idiosyncratic wooden detailing, dates from Ripton's mid-nineteenth century era of prominence as a lumbering and wood milling center.

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MAP: (Indicate North In Circle) SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT: Open Land • Woodland • Scattered Buildings • Moderately Built Up • Densely Built Up • Residential • Commercial • Agricultural • Industrial • Roadside Strip Development • a Other :

(Mo^ RECORDED BY; John R. Axtell ORGANIZATION: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation DATE RECORDED: 12/76

Ì i 1 fi Listed on State Register SURVEY NUMBER: 0116-4 IISZ1bSJL "NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER: 77-A-259 STATE OF VERMONT UTM REFERENCES: Division for Historic Preservation Zone/Easting/Northing Montpelier, VT 05602 18 / 657930 / 4872910 HISTORIC SITES & STRUCTURES SURVEY U.S.G.S. QUAD. MAP: Individual Structure Survey Form East Middlebury Quad, 7.5' Series PRESENT FORMAL NAME:

COUNTY : Addison ORIGINAL FORMAL NAME: TOWN: Ripton LOCATION: PRESENT USE: Dwelling Lincoln Road ORIGINAL USE: Dwelling ARCHITECT/ENGINEER: COMMON NAME: Williams Residence BUILDER/CONTRACTOR: FUNCTIONAL TYPE : Dwelling OWNER: Frank & Shirley Williams PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURE: ADDRESS: 1 Excellent • Good • Ripton, Vermont Fair • Poor • ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: THEME: Yes • No • Restricted • STYLE: Late Greek Revival LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: DATE BUILT: Local • State H National • c. 1860 GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Structural System 1. Foundation: Stone® Brick Q Concrete • Concrete Block • 2. Wall Structure a. Wood Frame: Post & Beam ® Balloon • b. Load Bearing Masonry: Brick • Stone • Concrete • Concrete Block • c. Iron • d. Steel • e. Other: 3. Wall Covering: Clapboard ® Board ft Batten • Wood Shingle • Shiplap • Novelty • Stucco • Sheet Metal • Aluminum • Asphalt Shingle • Brick Veneer • Stone Veneer • Bonding Pattern: Other: 4. Roof Structure a. Truss: Wood ® Iron • Steel • Concrete • b. Other: 5. Roof Covering: Slate • Wood Shingle • A.sphalt Shingle ® Sheet Metal • Built Up • Rolled • Tile • Other: 6. Engineering Structure: 7. Other: Appendages: Porches• Towers• Cupolas • Dormers • Chimneys® Sheds • Ells® Wings • Other: Garage Roof Style: Gable ® Hip • Shed • Flat • Mansard • Gambrel • Jerkinhead • Saw Tooth • With Monitor • With Bellcast • With Parapet • With False Front • Other: Number of Stories: 1-J- Number of Bays: 5x3 Main Block Entrance Location: Center Approximate Dimensions: 30' x 25'

South-facing Classic Cottage has peaked entrance and window surrounds decorated with small modi11ion-like brackets. Outside fieldstone chimney on south elevation of main block.

RELATED STRUCTURES: (Describe)

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: i The Williams Residence possesses the characteristic scale and massing of many mid-nineteenth century rural hill town dwellings. Ripton's prominence as a center of wood-milling is suggested by the use of relatively ornate window surrounds on this otherwise unpretentious structure.

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In Circle) SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT: Open Land • Woodland • Scattered Buildings • Moderately Built Up • Densely Built Up • Residential • Commercial • Agricultural • Industrial • Roadside Strip Development • Other :

RECORDED BY: John R. Axtell ORGANIZATION: • Vermont Division for Historic Preservation DATE RECORDED: 11/76 o cl a SURVEY NUMBER: Listed on State Register 0116-5

CHP "NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER: ^ \ \0-i>o 77-A-259 STATE OF VERMONT UTM REFERENCES: Division for Historic Preservation Zone/Easting/Northing Montpelier, VT 05602 18 / 657280 / 4873940 HISTORIC SITES & STRUCTURES SURVEY U.S.G.S. QUAD. MAP: Individual Structure Survey Form South Mountain Quad. 7.5' Series PRESENT FORMAL NAME:

COUNTY : Addison ORIGINAL FORMAL NAME: TOWN : Ripton LOCATION: PRESENT USE: Residence North Branch Road ORIGINAL USE: Residence ARCHITECT/ENGINEER: COMMON NAME: Sherman House BUILDER/CONTRACTOR: FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Dwelling OWNER: Robert & Ann Sherman PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURE: ADDRESS: RD 1 Excellent • Good • Ripton, Vermont Fair • Poor • ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: THEME : Yes • No • Restricted • STYLE: Late Greek Revival LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: DATE BUILT : Local • State • National • c. 1860 GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Structural System 1. Foundation: Stone® Brick Q Concrete • Concrete Block • 2. Wall Structure a. Wood Frame: Post & Beam ® Balloon • b. Load Bearing Masonry: Brick • Stone • Concrete • Concrete Block • c. Iron • d. Steel • e. Other: 3. Wall Covering: Clapboard ® Board & Batten • Wood Shingle • Shiplap • Novelty • Stucco • Sheet Metal • Aluminum • Asphalt Shingle • Brick Veneer • Stone Veneer • Bonding Pattern: Other: 4. Roof Structure a. Truss: Wood | Iron • Steel • Concrete • b. Other: 5. Roof Covering: Slate • Wood Shingle • Asphalt Shingle ® Sheet Metal • Built Up • Rolled • Tile • Other: 6. Engineering Structure: 7. Other: Appendages: Porches^ Towers• Cupolas • Dormers • Chimneys® Sheds • Ells • Wings • Other: Roof Style: Gable ® Hip • Shed • Flat • Mansard • Gambrel • Jerkinhead • Saw Tooth • With Monitor • With Bellcast • With Parapet • With False Front • Other: Number of Stories: Number of Bays: 3x2 Entrance Location: Central Approximate Dimensions: 36' x 28'

THREAT TO STRUCTURE: LOCAL ATTITUDES: No Threat • Zoning • Roads • Positive • Negative • Development • Deterioration • Mixed Other : Alteration • Other: ADDITI INA J. ARCUI TECTURAL OR STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Large Classic Cottage rests upon a stone slab foundation. Sidelighted entrance is set in wide plain surround and topped by cornice. First story contains paired 4/4 windows with peaked surround; second story contains plain 6/6 windows.

RELATED STRUCTURES: (Describe)

Wood-frame shed.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

The Sherman House is an unusually large example of the Classic Cottage plan farmhouse characteristic of mid-nineteenth century construction in Vermont's hill towns.

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MAP: (Indicate North In Circle) SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT: Open Land | Woodland • ^ " Q Scattered Buildings • Moderately Built Up • Densely Built Up • Residential • Commercial • Agricultural • Industrial • Roadside Strip Development • Other :

RECORDED BY: Uoosu John R. Axtell ORGANIZATION: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation DATE RECORDED: 11/76