Slayton–Morgan Historic District

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Slayton–Morgan Historic District - Wikipedia

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Slayton–Morgan Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Location	Address restricted^[2] Woodstock, Vermont
Area	2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built	1792 (1792)
Architectural style	Stone chamber
NRHP reference No.	91001944^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 2010

The Slayton–Morgan Historic District, designated VT-WN-16 in the state archaeological inventory, encompasses a collection of archaeologically sensitive historic sites in Woodstock, Vermont. The 2.2-acre (0.89 ha) parcel includes an early root cellar, foundational remnants of a late 18th-century farmstead, and a marked stone that has been speculatively interpreted to have pre-Columbian Celtic markings. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Description and history

The Slayton–Morgan Historic District is located in a rural area of the town of Woodstock. The 2.2-acre (0.89 ha) parcel is roughly divided between a wooded area and an open area that was once meadow and has a low knoll. The parcel is lined by stone walls that probably date to the late 18th or early 19th century. There are two cellar holes, representing the foundations of houses, one of which has been dated 1792, when James Slayton established a farm here. A structure interpreted as a root cellar is located in the southern half of the parcel; it is a stone structure, with three of its side walls and top covered by an earthen embankment. Its east side has an uncovered opening, providing access to the interior. Elements of the interior have stone carvings of uncertain origin and differing interpretation. The structure is one of the best-preserved of its type in the state. Near the northwest corner of the parcel, where two stone walls meet, is a pyramidal stone aligned on a north-south axis with another nearby stone, on which carvings resembling the Eye of Balor are found.^[3]

The area's undisputed history begins in the late 18th century, when James Slayton established a farm on this and the surrounding land. It was operated as a farm until about 1915, by which time all of the buildings had been demolished. In the 1970s, the stone chamber became the focus of a debate, with one side claiming it as evidence of pre-Columbian contact by Celtic peoples, and others claiming it was merely a distinctive example of an early settlement period vernacular cellar used either for storing root vegetables or sheltering sheep. A third interpretation suggests such chambers may have been used by Native Americans as sweat lodges. The interior chamber of this construction is the largest known in the state, measuring about 10 by 20 feet (3.0 m × 6.1 m).^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
^ ^a ^b Auerbach, Kathryn; Dowd, Anne; O'Bannon, Patrick (1991). NRHP nomination for Slayton–Morgan Historic District; redacted version available by request from the National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places in Windsor County, Vermont

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Commercial	Aiken Stand Complex Fox Stand F. H. Gillingham & Sons Locust Creek House Complex Charles Marsh Law Office Pollard Block Progressive Market Simons' Inn Windsor House
Educational	Abbott Memorial Library Beaver Meadow School Black River Academy Eureka Schoolhouse Hartford Library Ludlow Graded School Park Street School Root School South Reading Schoolhouse Spencer Hollow School
Government	Damon Hall Fire District No. 2 Firehouse Reading Town Hall
Industrial	Bridgewater Woolen Mill Royalton Mill Complex
Religious	Beaver Meadow Union Chapel Cavendish Universalist Church Congregational Church of Ludlow Old Christ Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Residential	Atherton Farmstead Augustus and Laura Blaisdell House Twing Buckman House Rev. George Daman House Dewey House Wentworth and Diana Eldredge House Ezekiel Emerson Farm Farrar-Mansur House Joseph Fessenden House Reverend Dan Foster House Fowler-Steele House Gate of the Hills Daniel Gay House Glimmerstone Greenwood House Harrington House Hartness House Jeffrey House Wales N. Johnson House Juniper Hill Farm-Maxwell Evarts House Lockwood-Boynton House Luce Farm Maple Hill Farm Joseph and Daniel Marsh House McKenstry Manor Meeting House Farm Owen Moon Farm NAMCO Block Old Constitution House Aaron Jr. and Susan Parker Farm Zachariah Spaulding Farm Walter and Sylvia Stockmayer House Jedediah Strong II House David Sumner House John Wilder House

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‡This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.

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