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Bennington College was once known as "the college in a barn," but there's nothing hidebound about this rural school. Progressive from its inception, the college...
It may come as a surprise to Vermonters that British author Rudyard Kipling — who wrote The Jungle Book, among many other classics — lived...
Scooter MacMillan | Staff Writer During an April 22 meeting of the stateâs council for historic preservation, a motion was unanimously passed to create a new âShelburne Shipyard Historic District.â The size of the district, which could include the shipyard and nearby homes, is still unknown. It will be the townâs third of its kind. State architectural historian Devin Colman said the advisory council staff decided the shipyard should stay on Vermontâs list of historic places, too, after a review was triggered by a review of the site from owner Safe Harbor Marinas. Safe...
On March 8, Shelburneâs director of planning and zoning Dean Pierce received an email from the state advisory council on historic preservation asking for information about the Safe Harbor Shelburne Shipyard Marina. âWe are reaching out to ask if you have any pertinent information about the history and/or significance of this property,â the email said. And it asked for the information to be sent by March 15 for a meeting three days later. Now locals are worried that the shipyard, possibly the oldest continuously operating of its kind in the country, could lose its historic statu...
Devin Colman in front of his favorite midcentury house in Burlington On January 24, the preservation experts of seven northeastern states, including Pennsylvania and New York, convened for a webinar on historic barns, hosted by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. One of the three invited guest speakers was Tom Visser, professor and director of the master's of science program in historic preservation at the University of Vermont. In the subsequent breakout session for Vermont, the main speakers, Vermont state architectural historian Devin Col...