Windsor Village Historic District (Windsor, Vermont) Explained

Windsor Village Historic District
Coordinates:	43.4806°N -72.3869°W
Added:	April 23, 1975
Refnum:	75000212
Increase:	July 25, 1997
Increase Refnum:	97000828
Increase2:	December 1, 2014
Increase2 Refnum:	14001036
Area:	50acres (original) 1.2acres (size of 1997 increase)

The Windsor Village Historic District is a historical district in the center of Windsor, Vermont. It includes several dozen properties which were built in the 18th, the 19th, and in the beginning of the 20th centuries, built in different architectural styles. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 23, 1975.^[1]

Originally, the district was designated along Main Street, Depot Avenue, and State Street through and including Court Square. Later, Phelps Ct. was added.

History

In 1777, in the Old Constitution House, which is a part of the district, the constitution of the Vermont Republic was drafted. Initially, Windsor was a part-time capital of the Republic, and it remains the seat of Windsor County. This guaranteed an influx of population to the town. Many of newcomers were highly educated professionals. The location of Windsor on the banks of the Connecticut River provided an easy access to transportation routes, and this access was further reinforced by the construction of a railway in 1847. In the 19th century, Windsor was a prosperous industrial and administrative center. This resulted in intensive construction, with industrial-related buildings concentrated on the Main Street and Depot Avenue, including the railway station, and residential buildings located on State Street and in the northern end of Main Street. By the end of the 19th century, the major industrial enterprises in Windsor were producing water pumps, firearms, machine tools, and cotton.^[1]

Properties

As of 1975, the list of properties included the properties listed below.^[1] In 1997, three properties on Phelps Court and State Street were added.^[2] It was again enlarged in 2014.

	Name	Address	Year built	Style	Notes
1	House	9 Main Street	circa 1900
2	House	15 Main Street	circa 1900	Vernacular Queen Anne
3	Jesse Lull House	17 Main Street	1806
4	Carlos Coolidge House	21 Main Street	1806	Federal
5	Naham Trask House	25 Main Street	1796	Federal
6	House	29 Main Street	circa 1890	Vernacular Queen Anne
7	Samuel Patrick Jr. House	33 Main Street	circa 1825	Federal
8	Luther Mills House	35 Main Street	circa 1840
9	House	37 Main Street
10	House	39 Main Street
11	Congregational Parsonage	41 Main Street
12	House	43 Main Street
13	House	49 Main Street
14	Unitarian Church	Main Street	1846	Gothic revival
15	United States Post Office	57 Main Street	1856-1859		It is the oldest active post office building in the United States.^[3]
16	Tuxbury Block	61 Main Street	1898	High Victorian Italianate
17	Stone Tracy Block	65 Main Street	1888	Italianate revival
18	Amsden Block	23 Depot Avenue	circa 1890	Italianate revival
19	Central Vermont Railway Freight Station		circa 1850
20		Depot Avenue	circa 1905
21	Putnam Block	85-89 Main Street	1914
22	Colby Block	105 Main Street	1831	Federal
23	Sherman Block	107-113 Main Street
24	House	133 Main Street
25	Windsor Diner	135 Main Street	1955		Moved to Windsor in 1958
26	House	137 Main Street
27	House	139 Main Street
28	House	145 Main Street		Vernacular Queen Anne
29	Municipal Building (Windsor Fire Station)	147 Main Street	1929
30	House	149 Main Street	1790	Colonial
31	House	151 Main Street
32	House	153 Main Street
33	Reuben Dean House	161 Main Street	circa 1770		Rebuilt in 1899
34	Methodist Parsonage	165 Main Street
35	Rachel Harlow Methodist Church	Main Street	1895
36	Clement Pettes House	156 Main Street	circa 1825	Federal
37	Shubael Wardner House	150 Main Street	circa 1825	Federal
38	Old South Congregational Church	128 Main Street	1798	Federal	Vermont's earliest Federal church, designed by renowned architect Asher Benjamin in 1797. Reconstructed in 1844, 1879, and 1922.
39	Old Apothecary Shop (Old Bank Building)	108 Main Street	1804
40	Isaac Green House (Knights of Columbus)	106 Main Street	1792
41	Nathaniel Leonard House (Masonic Lodge)	104 Main Street	1785
42	Bianchi Block	88-94 Main Street	1915
43	Merrifield Block	82-86 Main Street	1849
44	Stiles-Billings Block (Rexall Drugs)	80 Main Street	circa 1870
45	Miller-Stuart Block	9 State Street	circa 1830
46	Old Windsor Savings Bank Block	15 State Street	circa 1820
47	Annex to Old Windsor Savings Bank Block	15 State Street	circa 1870
48	St. Paul's Episcopal Church	27 State Street	1820-1822	Classical style	An early work by the Boston architect, Alexander Parris. The building survives essentially unaltered and is in good condition.^[4]
49	Episcopal Parsonage	37 State Street
50	House	39 State Street
51	Windsor Library	43 State Street	Georgian Revival	circa 1905
52	Rufus Emerson-Gilbert Davis House (Davis Home)	45 State Street	Federal	1831
53	House	46 Court Square	Federal	circa 1800
54	Johonnot House	44 Court Square	Federal	circa 1830
55	House	40 Court Square
56	McIndoe House	5 Court Street	Gothic Revival	1840
57	House	10 Court Street	Vernacular Queen Anne	circa 1890
58	House	8 Court Street	Gothic Revival	circa 1860
59	House	6 Court Street	Greek Revival	circa 1840
60	Windsor Town Hall (American Legion Hall)	Court Street	Romanesque	1888
61	Old Windsor County Courthouse (Carleton Hall)	24 State Street		1786	Moved to the current location in 1888
62	Commercial Block	16 State Street
63	Commercial Block	12 State Street
64	Commercial Block	10 State Street
65	Tontine Block (Windsor News Co.)	70 Main Street		circa 1825
66	J. J. Newberry Co.	64-68 Main Street		1929
67	Pettes-Journal Block (Vermont National Bank)	60 Main Street	Federal	1824
68	Old Namco (National Acme Machine Company) Armory	Main Street		circa 1910
69		54 Main Street	Greek Revival	1836	A separate NRHP listing
70	Thomas Emerson-Edwin Stoughton House (Old Windsor Hospital)	48 Main Street	Federal	1836	Served as Windsor's hospital from 1933 until the opening of the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in 1972.^[5] ^[6]
71	Baptist Church	Main Street	Pseudo Gothic Revival	1943
72	Abner Forbes House	38 Main Street	Federal	1796
73	Zebina Curtis-William Maxwell Evarts House	34 Main Street	Georgian	1796
74	John Skinner House	26 Main Street	Federal	circa 1820
75	Joseph Hatch (Edminster) House	24 Main Street	Federal	circa 1825
76	Simeon Ide House	20 Main Street	Federal	circa 1825
77	Susan Bishop House	18 Main Street	Greek Revival
78		Main Street		circa 1776	A separate NRHP listing

Notes and References

Web site: Windsor Village Historic District. Connecticut River Joint Commissions. 15 May 2012.
Web site: [{{NRHP url|97000828}} NRHP nomination for Windsor Village Historic District (1997 increase)]. . Liz Pritchett . 1996. 2016-09-12. with
Web site: Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT . 2022-06-28 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
Web site: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor County, VT . 2022-06-28 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
Web site: A History of Community and Caring, Since 1933. mtascutneyhospital.org.
Web site: Historic Homes of Runnemede History. hhrliving.org.