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These seven young men all played basketball for Northfield High School for the academic year of 1912-1913. The photo was obviously taken in Northfield's professional photography studio, as evidenced by the painted backdrop. We are not certain who the…

Northfield Falls is a small village in the town of Northfield, and was originally named Gouldsville, after Joseph Gould who built a large woolen mill in the Falls. The large building on the left, built in 1892 and known as the Cross Block, still…

When "the boys" from Northfield who served in World War I arrived back home in 1919, the town wanted to make their homecoming memorable. Many weeks went into the planning of creating this magnificent Victory Arch, which was centered in the middle of…

Built in 1906 at a cost of $25,000, Northfield's only public library building was named after its principle benefactor, George Washington Brown, a Northfield native who eventually became a very wealthy man as a high official of the United Shoe…

Erected around 1875, this brick woolen mill replaced a previous structure that had burned in 1873. The original builder and owner was Joseph Gould, who sold the woolen mill to Charles M. Davis in 1900. The quality of the wool was so high that in 1928…

The spectacular 1927 flood in Vermont has been documented with hundreds of photos showing the devastation of towns throughout the state. Northfield has its own set of images of the destruction of homes and businesses in town. However, this particular…

In 1936, Northfield resident Cordelia DeLary purchased the former Shuttleworth House on Vine Street for the purpose of turning it into a local hospital. A great deal of fundraising was set in motion, as well as major structural changes made to the…

This is actually the Second Northfield House, as the first one, built by Gov. Charles Paine (1841-42) in 1837, was destroyed by fire in 1879. This new Northfield House was built in 1880 and was both a hotel and boardinghouse, but it, too, was…

Postcard shows flood damage on Main Street in Barre, Vermont. Three parked cars are surrounded by water and a fourth one travels down the street near "Barre's Family Theatre."

Postcard shows flood damage in Barre, Vermont. Water flows down the Stevens Branch of the Winooski river, pushing several ice floes over a dam and downstream. An industrial building, perhaps Trow and Holden, is on the left bank of the river. Three…

Postcard shows individuals walking along the flood damaged railway line in Barre, Vermont.

The postcard shows how the railway line in Barre, Vermont, has been pushed to one side by flooding waters. A railroad car with a load of granite tips to the left. Several figures and outbuildings are visible in the distance.