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The property at 12 Main Street has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 90 years. A Texaco Station was built there in 1932. At first it was called Sequin’s Service Station; later and longer it was known as Nun’s Service Station. In the…

Dean K. Lillie, Montpelier alderman and one-term mayor, shown here in his 1914 Stanley Steamer 606 roadster,, lived with his wife and family in this Italianate house at 97 College Street from 1907 until 1932. Lillie was in the granite industry in…

This is what real estate development along Marvin and Bingham Streets looked like in the mid-1930s. Bingham Street, seen running left to right in these photos, was built in 1895 by Morton Marvin who owned the house at 100 East State Street.…

The most colorful church in Montpelier was the First Baptist Church on School Street, separated from the city’s “big three” churches on Main Street by several of blocks. Designed in 1868 by local architect A. M. Burnham, the building featured many…

At one time, the Italianate house at 56 East State Street had an impressive view of the village and a sweeping side driveway from the street, as shown in this 1885 watercolor by itinerant painter James F. Gilman. This was the home that successful…

Photograph of the Washington County Courthouse at 65 State Street in Montpelier, Vermont.

Photograph of the Edward Dewey House at 120 State Street in Montpelier, Vermont. Edward Dewey, the brother of Admiral George Dewey, was the president of National Life Insurance Company, founded by his father, Julius Yemens Dewey. Edward Dewey moved…

Photograph of the post office and federal building on State Street in Montpelier, Vermont. The building opened in 1891 and was demolished in early 1963 to make room for a new post office and federal building.

Photograph of the house at 2 Summer Street in Montpelier, Vermont.

Photograph of the National Life Insurance Company's fifth home office at 116 State Street in Montpelier, Vermont. The building was was designed by the architect S. Edwin Tobey of Boston, in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It was occupied by…

Photograph of number 133 and other residences along State Street in Montpelier before the area became dominated by buildings own by the state and insurance companies. 133 State Street was probably built by James Tottingham Thurston, who was treasurer…

Photograph of Main Street in Montpelier, Vermont, looking southerly past the porch of 147 Main Street toward the business district.