Tunbridge Village Historic District

Coordinates: 43°53′15″N 72°29′42″W / 43.88750°N 72.49500°W

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Tunbridge Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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Location	Roughly, along VT 110 and adjacent rds. including Town Rd. 45 and Spring and Stafford Rds., Tunbridge, Vermont
Coordinates	43°53′15″N 72°29′42″W / 43.88750°N 72.49500°W / 43.88750; -72.49500
Area	115 acres (47 ha)
Built	1800 (1800)
Architectural style	Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.	94000635^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1994

The Tunbridge Village Historic District encompasses the early 19th-century village center of Tunbridge, Vermont. Stretched linearly along Vermont Route 110, the largely agricultural village reached its peak population around 1820, and was bypassed by the railroads, limiting later development. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

Description and history

The main village of Tunbridge (chartered 1761) was settled in the 1780s, beginning with the construction of a sawmill and gristmill on the banks of the First Branch White River in 1785. With the village adjacent to fertile bottomlands along the river, it developed as an agricultural center, and a brickyard was opened in 1820, providing building materials for several local buildings. The village was bypassed during the construction of railroads during the 19th century, but was able to maintain an agricultural economy due to its relative proximity to the station in nearby Royalton. In 1847, the village inaugurated the Tunbridge World's Fair, which has been held at fairgrounds in the village since 1875. The result of this economic history is a collection of buildings, most of which were built before 1840.^[2]

The historic district, which covers most of the village, extends mainly along Vermont 110, the principal artery along the First Branch White River. Its southern boundary is Howe Lane (Town Highway 45), and its northern boundary is beyond Spring Road. It includes properties along a number of side streets, including Strafford Road and Spring Street. The latter is where the Hayward and Kibby Mill and the Mill Covered Bridge are located. Most of the buildings are modest wood-frame houses, in either Federal or Greek Revival styles, although there are few houses with later Gothic and Italianate features, and a few are built of brick. The village is also home to a number of municipal buildings, as well as several churches. The fairgrounds are located on the west side of Vermont 110, where a bend in the river is not matched by the roadway. The fairground retains a number of well-preserved 19th-century buildings.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Ann Cousins (1992). "NRHP nomination for Tunbridge Village Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 17, 2016. with photos from 1992

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, Vermont
National Historic Landmark	Justin Smith Morrill Homestead
Districts	Allis State Park Aloha Camp Aloha Hive Camp Bayley Historic District Bradford Village Historic District Brookfield Village Historic District Camp Billings Camp Wyoda Chelsea Village Historic District Depot Square Historic District Hayward and Kibby Mill Lanakila Camp Mari-Castle Asa May House Newbury Village Historic District Oxbow Historic District Randolph Center Historic District South Newbury Village Historic District Strafford Village Historic District Thetford Center Historic District Thetford Hill Historic District Thetford Hill State Park Tunbridge Village Historic District Wells River Village Historic District West Newbury Village Historic District
Buildings	Brock Hill Schoolhouse Central Vermont Railway Depot Chandler Music Hall and Bethany Parish House Elwin Chase House Congregational Church of Chelsea Ely Boston & Maine Railroad Depot Fairlee Railroad Depot Fairlee Town Hall Goshen Church Kimball Public Library Newbury Town House Marvin Newton House Peabody Library Post Mills Church South Tunbridge Methodist Episcopal Church Stratton's Inn Waits River Schoolhouse Wells River Graded School West Fairlee Center Church Harlie Whitcomb Farm Wildwood Hall
Structures	Bedell Covered Bridge ‡ Braley Covered Bridge Bridge 22 Cilley Covered Bridge Flint Covered Bridge Foundry Bridge Gifford Covered Bridge Howe Covered Bridge Kingsbury Covered Bridge Larkin Covered Bridge Lyme–East Thetford Bridge ‡ Mill Covered Bridge Morey Memorial Bridge ‡ Moxley Covered Bridge Piermont Bridge ‡ Thetford Center Covered Bridge Union Village Covered Bridge
Footnotes	‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

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