United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter “N/A” for “not applicable.” For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: Green Mountain Cottage Other names/site number: _______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: N/A (Enter “N/A” if property is not part of a multiple property listing) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: 61 Church Street City or town: Mount Holly State: VT County: Rutland Not For Publication: N/A Vicinity: N/A ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide _X_local Applicable National Register Criteria: _ _A ___B __X_C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date Vermont Division for Historic Preservation State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Green Mountain Cottage Rutland County, Vermont Name of Property County and State In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: ___ entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action _________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal Section 7 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Green Mountain Cottage Rutland County, Vermont Name of Property County and State Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Structure Object Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _____2________ _____0_____ buildings _____0________ _____0______ sites _____0________ _____0________ structures _____0_______ _____0_______ objects _____2_______ _____0________ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ____0_____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC/Single dwelling DOMESTIC/Hotel AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE/agricultural outbuilding Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC: single dwelling Section 7 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Green Mountain Cottage Rutland County, Vermont Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS/Colonial Revival Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Stone, wood, brick Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph Green Mountain Cottage is located at 61 Church Street in the hamlet of Belmont, which is part of the town of Mount Holly. During the second half of the nineteenth-century, the property consisted of a c.1850 house and associated agricultural outbuildings. In the mid-1880s, the owner, A.B. “Bart” Chadburn, converted the farmhouse into a tourist home/inn known as the Green Mountain Cottage. Today, Green Mountain Cottage is a two-story, eaves front, wood- frame dwelling with a two-story wing. During its eighty years in operation as an inn, the owners updated the building several times to meet the needs of their guests and the business. These improvements included adding a second story to the main block in the late nineteenth-century and a second story to the wing in the 1940s. Additional improvements included changing the interior floor plan to add more rooms, public gathering areas, and dining areas. While many of the agricultural outbuildings were demolished, a c. 1860 gable-front barn remains on the property directly across the street from the house. Within the context of its use as a tourist home, Green Mountain Cottage retains a high degree of integrity of location, setting, design, materials, feeling, workmanship, and association. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description 1. House, C. 1853, 1883, 1893, 1947, contributing building This is a 2½-story, eaves front, 5 x 2 bay, rectangular-plan, wood-frame building with wood clapboard siding, stone foundation with concrete parging, and composite shingle roof. The Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Green Mountain Cottage Rutland County, Vermont Name of Property County and State approximately 3,600 square foot building has a moderate setback and is oriented parallel to Church Street. Extending from the east gable end is a two-story, wood clapboarded, 5 x 2 bay wing. The gable roof has open eaves with a simple wood fascia board. Fenestration includes 1/1, 2/2, and 2/1 replacement windows with simple wood trim. Exterior: Main Block Centered on the first story of the front (south) elevation is an entry door flanked by two 1/1 windows on each side. The wood door has two arched sunken wood panels that cap a sunken horizontal wood panel. The door is capped by a sunken wood-paneled transom and simple entablature. A full porch spans the first story of the front elevation. The porch has turned balustrade, square posts with scrolled brackets, and a wood skirt with vertical wood slats. Centered on the second story of the south elevation is a one-bay balcony porch sheltered by a gable roof. The balcony porch has turned balustrade, a spindlework frieze, and square posts with scrolled brackets. A half glass, wood panel door accesses the balcony porch. Two evenly spaced, 2/2 windows flank the balcony porch, in line with the windows on the first story. Unlike the front elevation, which is perfectly symmetrical, the rear (north) elevation contains a variety of asymmetrically-placed windows and doors. The first story features an entry at the western bay with a variety of windows occupying the remaining bays. From the east to west, the first story bays contain a small 1/1 window, a large 1/1 window, two bays of small 1/1 windows, and a pedestrian entry with a wood-paneled door. The two interior small windows are infill units and the larger, original wood trim remains. The second story of the north elevation has five windows. The two end windows are evenly spaced while the middle window is slightly offset from the other window arrangements. The west gable end has an off-center brick exterior chimney that gradually tapers from each side and is capped with a corbelled crown. The chimney is flanked by a pair of 1/1 windows to the north and a single 1/1 window to the south on the first story, and a single 1/1 window on each side at the second story. Centered at the west gable peak is a 2/2 historic wood window. Exterior: Wing Clad in wood clapboards, the wing rests on a concrete foundation. It was initially a 1½ story, summer kitchen wing. It was enlarged c.1947 with the extension of the footprint eastward and the addition of a half-story. The front (south) elevation of the wing is set back approximately