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Two photos of the inn built in 1845 by (probably) John Knight, Jr. It was located at the Ferry Landing on the south tip of North Hero Island. The first photo shows the wooden addition to the brick house, which was suddenly demolished in December 1976…

View of the Knight House from the back. Of note is the old foundation of the wooden addition that was demolished by Vermont Forests & Parks in 1976, which predates the 1845 Brick House.

Closeup of the old foundation of the wooden addition to the Knight House. Estimates suggest that this foundation was laid sometime after 1796 by John Knight, Sr. after he purchased the land from Enos Wood, who had built a log cabin on the same…

Group of people outside a shed, likely at Bow-N-Arrow Point. In the rear, from left to right, are: Amelia (McBride) Farrell, Lennie (Kingsley) Dodds, James Addison Dodds, Jessie (Tudhope) Wright, Cora E. (McBride) Tudhope, Kate Hazen, Ethel Tudhope,…

City Bay, North Hero with Hibbard's Point off in the distance. The photographer is standing on the shore where the present (1981) North Hero Town Hall building now stands. The building in the near front right is a boathouse. The dock and building in…

Group of campers at Camp Y.M.C.A, which appears to be located on Hibbard's Point. Most of these campers have tennis rackets, though one has a rifle and another appears to be holding an oar. There are three penny-farthing bicycles in the foreground as…

The house of North Hero's jail keeper, which is attached to the Grand Isle County Court House and Jail. While mostly used as the residence of the jail keeper and his family, the probate judge sometimes lived here. The use of the two-cell jail in the…

Replica of the 1781 British Loyal Block House built around 1953 by Oscar E. Bredenberg of Champlain, New York, who was well known for historical knowledge and writings of the Champlain Valley during the Revolutionary War. The second photo is of the…

Photo taken at the dedication of the Block House Point Monument, which was originally erected in 1912 by the Vermont Sons of the American Revolution. The tablet's inscription reads: "On this site was erected in July 1781 "Loyal Block House" by Capt.…

Military staff of the Fort Ethan Allen Training Camp at Block House Point.

Two photos of the Irving House, a large two and a half story building built in 1896 by James H. Dodds. It was a popular summer accommodation overlooking City Bay. As of 1981, the building is called the North Hero Inn and is owned by Dr. Roger Sorg of…

North Hero's Main Street, looking north. The house on the near left is the home (1978) of Mrs. Ernest (Genia) Way. The next house is the home of Mariah and Gertrude Ladd, the daughters of Abner Ladd. The next house, which has a car in front of it, is…