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City of Barre as seen from the air in 1954. North Main Street is in the center of the image.

After the Civil War, the Vermont national Guard was a popular activity for Vermont men. This photo was taken at Camp Governor Page in Montpelier. According to the caption on the back it shows the "Big 4" leaders of the unit: left to right,…

The brick building at the southwest corner of State and Main (2 State Street), one of the oldest buildings in the downtown, has withstood fires, floods, and changing styles. It was built in circa 1826 by Chester Hubbard and inherited by his son,…

American Legion Post #3 at 21 Main Street is housed in one of the few wood frame buildings remaining downtown. It probably dates from just after the Montpelier Fire of 1875 that flattened this area of the city. In this 1915 photograph P.J.…

This is the house of Albert W. Ferrin on Middlesex Street (now Terrace Street) probably in 1892. Ferin, the treasurer of the Montpelier Savings Bank and Trust, was active in town civic and social affairs. He purchased the house in January 1892 from…

This house was constructed in 1889 on Highland Street by Murray A. Kent, a well-known auctioneer and son of Abdiel Kent of Calais. By the time the second photograph was taken, circa 1900, the street had been renamed for the Kent family and the house…

At the turn of the last century, Charles A. Smith, a dealer in granite and marble, displayed his four teams of horses, the last one pulling a large block of granite, outside of his storefront at 22 Main Street, known as the Bacon Block, where the…

View of the front of a residence at 228 Barre-Montpelier Road, Berlin, Vermont. There is a ladder propped up against the front and a repairman on the front roof. The lawn and trees are visible in the foreground. This residence remains much the same…

A miniature golf course in downtown Montpelier? How cool would that be? Such an attraction existed at 25 School Street for one year glorious year. The golf course, the brain-child of Dr. H. C. Minott and Glenn George, opened in September 1930. The…

“Kinstead” was constructed on upper Main Street by the Board of Charities and Probation as a shelter home in 1922 on land donated to the state by the citizens of Montpelier. The facility closed in 1958 and was occupied by the Green Mountain Special…

The beautifully ornate French Second Empire style home at the corner of Elm and Vine Streets was the proud home of Dennis Lane, president of the Lane Manufacturing Company. Lane’s house was on a prominent Montpelier thoroughfare where it could be…

This little house at 34 Barre Street was replaced by a low, Moderne-style brick building with great fanfare in 1947. It was occupied by Montpelier Freeze Lockers, Inc., a co-op that processed meat and rented freezer lockers to families for fruit and…