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Old Bennington Walking Tour Brochure 27 25 History 26 Timeline Walloomsac Rd. Old Bennington 1749 Charter granted to Bennington by Map and Key New Hampshire Governor Benning 24 Wentworth 1 Pliney Dewey House 23 2 1761 Bennington settled by families from 22 Hiram Waters House Massachusetts and Connecticut 3 Isaiah Hendryx House 21 4 Jedidiah Dewey House 1762 Benjamin Harwood, first child born 20 5 Roberts House Monument Ave. Monument in Bennington 6 Monument to William Lloyd Garrison 19 7 Colonel Nathaniel Brush House 1763 Meetinghouse built, first Protestant 17 8 Walloomsac Inn church in Vermont 18 Bank St. 9 Old First Church 1777 Vermont declares itself an 16 10 Site of the Meetinghouse 1763 independent state 15 11 Site of the County Courthouse 1847 12 Site of Ethan Allen’s House 1777 Battle of Bennington on August 16 13 Asa Hyde House 1791 Vermont joins the United States 14 Catamount Tavern 1767 as the 14th State after fourteen 14 15 Old Academy years as an independent state 16 Site of Samuel Robinson’s log cabin Main St. 13 17 Samuel Raymond House 1806 Old First Church dedicated 12 18 General David Robinson House 11 19 Richard Carpenter House 1828 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 8 10 Ave. Monument Journal of the Times 9 20 Uel Robinson House VT Route 9 / West Rd. 21 Ellenwood-Daniel Conkling House 1841 Downtown Bennington, called 7 6 5 22 Fay-Brown House “Algiers,” develops 23 Governor John Robinson House 4 1891 Dedication of Bennington Battle 24 Captain David Robinson House Monument celebrating the Battle 3 25 Bennington Battle Monument of Bennington in 1777 and the 2 1 26 Monument to Colonel Seth Warner Centennial of Vermont statehood 27 Monument to General John Stark **This map is not to scale Monument Ave. Extension BenningtonOld Looking north up Monument Ave., 1892-1896, Madison Watson (1863-1949), Collection of the Bennington Museum Old Bennington Chartered in 1749, Bennington was the first town created in Vermont. In June of 1761 twenty-two settlers from Massachusetts came to Old Bennington, in the wilderness of Vermont, under the leadership of Captain Samuel Robinson to form a Congregational community centered around a village green and a meeting house. Bennington Historical Society Walking Tour The community grew rapidly, hosting many fine homes, schools, a cemetery, post office, and View of Bennington, 1798, Ralph Earl (1751-1801), Collection of the Bennington Museum courthouse. It was a self-contained community he mission of the Bennington Historical with many local artisans and merchants to TSociety is to research the history of provide services. Bennington and surrounding communities and The Green Mountain Boys ventured out from share our insights with the public. We hope Discover the Stories here to fight for their land and freedom in the to foster a greater understanding of our Battle of Bennington. In July of 1777, the Council common heritage. of Twenty-Seven of Safety met in Bennington and wrestled with the The society conducts approximately eight affairs of the newly created Republic of Vermont. monthly meetings per year in Bennington Buildings & Monuments At the meeting house they discussed the new Museum’s beautiful Ada Paresky Education Vermont constitution, prohibiting slavery and Center. Our monthly presentations are usually offering near universal male suffrage. Bennington on the third Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m in Vermont’s produced six Vermont governors. in the Ada Paresky Education Center at the However, as industry grew, activity began to Bennington Museum, located at 75 Main First & Oldest Town shift downhill along the Walloomsac River which Street in Bennington. provided power to operate mills and machinery. Government offices and business soon followed, We are grateful to our sponsors: leaving Old Bennington behind as a quiet Tri-State FCU, Town of Bennington, residential community. Bank of Bennington, Bennington Potters, and Hawkins House Craftsmarket. Old Bennington reflects a history of change; homes have been taken down, moved, benningtonhistory.org [email protected] and renovated but the character of individualism Bennington Historical Society and freedom remains and continues in the spirit Follow the tour with your phone of Bennington and of Vermont. ~ Bennington Museum ~ 1 Pliney Dewey House 1800 10 Site of Bennington 19 Richard Carpenter House 1819 Built by son of Jedidiah Meetinghouse 1763 One of the many tradesmen in Dewey, first pastor of the First On this site stood the original Old Bennington, Carpenter Church. Pliney ran a cider mill Meetinghouse. The building was operated a tailor shop with by the brook behind the 40 x 50 feet and served as a Isaiah Hendryx. The triple Federal style house. school, a church, and Town Hall. window above the door shows Prisoners from the Battle of Bennington were held here. The renovations carried out in the Vermont legislature convened here in 1778. it was dismantled early 1900’s when it was after the completion of the new church and parts used in other doubled in size, had its roof line changed and the triple windows dwellings in the area. added above the door. 2 Hiram Waters House 1820 Waters was a carpenter and built the house at left. The 11 Site of County Courthouse 1847 20 The Uel Robinson House 1828 shop, built in 1862, was This was the third Courthouse to Uel was the grandson of Samuel connected to the home. Both be built in Old Bennington. It Robinson. The house is a buildings are in the Greek burned in 1869 and was rebuilt Federal style / Greek Revival Revival style with the carpenter’s in a location on South Street, clapboard home. Interestingly, own embellishments such as the moving the base of power from two of Uel’s sons moved to starburst on the pediment. Old Bennington to what is now downtown Bennington. In South Carolina and served in the Vermont a Shire Town is a county seat, and Bennington and Confederate Army during the 3 Isaiah Hendryx House 1830 Manchester both share that distinction. The June term of the Civil War. In this brick house the front County Court convenes at Bennington and the December term at Manchester. Ethan Allen’s home, built in 1769 was next door. door and the fanlight are in the Ellenwood-Daniel Conkling Federal style while the Gable 21 with its pediment reflect the House 1810 Ethan Allen's House 1769 Greek revival style showing 12 This home was enlarged and Ethan Allen lived here from the changing architectural embellished in the Italianate style 1769 to 1775. He is best known styles of the period. Hendryx in 1859. At one time it sported a as one of the founders of was a tailor, one of the many tradesmen and merchants that cupola. Ellenwood’s carriage Vermont and for the capture of worked in Old Bennington providing goods and services to the shop was next door. Fort Ticonderoga early in the community. Revolutionary War. A historic marker is located a few feet Jedidiah Dewey House 1763 4 north of the homesite. The Fay-Brown House 1781 Built by Jedidiah Dewey, a 22 This is the only stone building carpenter and the first pastor of in the area and was built as a the First Church, this is one of Asa Hyde House 1787 13 blacksmith shop. It was the oldest frame buildings in Asa Hyde, a skilled cabinet converted into a dwelling in Vermont. The house was maker, came to Bennington 1857 and underwent remodeling located nearby the original from Norwich, Connecticut, in in 1937. “Minister’s Lot” of 320 acres 1805 to work with the building that was granted to him by the town proprietors and stretched all of the First Church. He is the way to the Walloomsac River. responsible for many of the features of the church, including 23 Governor John Robinson the columns, pews, and pulpit. House 1860 5 Roberts House 1895 Robinson, the first Democratic Built in the Colonial revival Governor of Vermont, was style it reflects the earlier Site of the 14 elected in 1853. The house was Federal style of the other Catamount Tavern 1767 built in the vernacular style that buildings on the street. It was Originally the Stephen Fay combined both Greek Revival the home of novelist John Tavern, the building stood on and Federal features. Gardner while he taught at this site and served as the Bennington College. headquarters of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, who 24 Captain David Robinson 6 William Lloyd Garrison left from here in 1775 to capture House 1790 Fort Ticonderoga. General Stark, Marker Robinson was a grandson of who commanded the American William Lloyd Garrison, the Samuel Robinson, one of the forces in the Battle of great abolitionist, briefly ran a founders of Bennington. Upon Bennington, conferred here with newspaper, The Journal of the his death he deeded his house to the leaders of Vermont prior to the Battle. British officers Times, in Bennington from the First Congregational Church captured in the Battle were housed here for a short time. The 1828 to 1829 before moving on for use as a parsonage. to establish The Liberator. bronze statue of the catamount commemorates a stuffed mountain lion that once stood in front of the tavern snarling towards New York, then engaged in land disputes with Vermont. The Bennington Battle Col. Nathaniel Brush House 25 7 Monument 1891 1775 Old Academy 1819 Built to commemorate the Battle Colonel Brush commanded two 15 This two story brick building of Bennington, it is located near companies of Vermont militia having a step gable front was the site of the Continental at the Battle of Bennington. The originally built as a school; later Storehouse which was the object home was renovated in 1824 it served as the town library, of the British attack.
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