Castleton Medical College Building

Coordinates: 43°36′36″N 73°10′43″W / 43.61000°N 73.17861°W

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Castleton Medical College Building
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Location	Seminary St., Castleton, Vermont
Coordinates	43°36′36″N 73°10′43″W / 43.61000°N 73.17861°W / 43.61000; -73.17861
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1818; 206 years ago (1818)
Part of	Castleton Village Historic District (ID79000225)
NRHP reference No.	71000058^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 11, 1971
Designated CP	April 26, 1979

The Castleton Medical College Building, now known as the Old Chapel, is a historic building of the Castleton Medical College on Seminary Street in Castleton, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1818, it was the first medical college in Vermont,^[2] and the first private degree-granting medical school in the United States. The college closed in 1862.

The chapel-like building was built in 1821, and is now the oldest building on the campus of Castleton University. Its current use is for special meetings and performances for Castleton University.^[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

Description and history

The former Castleton Medical College Building stands on the Castleton University campus, between Seminary and Elm Streets. It is a two-story wooden structure, with timber framing enclosed by wooden clapboards, and a gabled roof. A projecting vestibule has a lower roof line than the main block, with a fully pedimented gable end, and the main entrance in a recess flanked by pilasters and topped by an entablature. At the front of the main roof a two-stage tower rises, square in the first stage, and with an open octagonal cupola above.^[4]

Castleton Medical College was founded in 1818, and this building was constructed in 1821. It is believed to be the oldest surviving medical school building in the United States. It was moved a short distance (200 yards (180 m)) in the 20th century to make way for new construction on the Castleton University campus.^[4] It now houses classroom facilities for the university's art department.

Notable alumni of Castleton Medical College

Smith A. Boughton, leader of the Anti-Rent War^[5]
Charles M. Crandall, physician and member of the New York State Assembly^[6]
Samuel Denton, physician and politician in Michigan
Isaiah H. Hedge, physician, Baptist philanthropist at Bates College
Robert M. Hunt, California physician
John Gould Stephenson, physician and soldier, Librarian of Congress
Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon Sr., pioneer physician, philanthropist

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Dittrick, H. (1950). "The History of the First Medical College in Vermont—Castleton 1818-1862". Bull Med Libr Assoc. 38 (1): 68–69. PMC 195016.
^ "Virtual Tour". Castleton University. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Castleton Medical College Building". National Park Service. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
^ Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical. Vol. I. Burlington, VT: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 164 – via Google Books.
^ Minard, John S. (1896). Merrill, Georgia Drew (ed.). Allegany County and Its People: A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, New York. Alfred, N.Y.: W. A. Fergusson & Co. pp. 225–226 – via Google Books.

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Commercial	Clarendon House Hyde's Hotel Paramount Theater
Education	H. H. Baxter Memorial Library Braintree School Castleton Medical College Building Hydeville School Immaculate Heart of Mary School Longfellow School Poultney Central School St. Stanislaus Kostka School and Convent House Sudbury School No. 3 Watkins School Wells Village School
Government	Pawlet Town Hall West Rutland Town Hall
Industrial	Crowley Cheese Factory Kazon Building
Religious	Clarendon Congregational Church St. Stanislaus Kostka School and Convent House St. Peter's Church and Mount St. Joseph Convent Complex Sudbury Congregational Church West Haven Baptist Church
Residential	Nathan Allen House Allen-Castle House Chaffee-Moloney Houses Clementwood Asahel Kidder House Fox–Cook Farm Green Mountain Cottage Hager Farm Gen. Robinson Hall House Hulett Farm Laurel Glen Mausoleum-Laurel Hall Linden Terrace Thomas H. Palmer House Arthur Perkins House Proctor-Clement House Anthony Scoville House Simeon Smith House Homer Waldo Farm
Transportation	East Clarendon Railroad Station

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