Windsor Village Historic District (Windsor, Vermont)


The Windsor Village Historic District is a historical district in the center of Windsor, Vermont. It includes several dozen properties which were built in the 18th, the 19th, and in the beginning of the 20th centuries, built in different architectural styles. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 23, 1975.
Originally, the district was designated along Main Street, Depot Avenue, and State Street through and including Court Square. Later, Phelps Ct. was added.

History

In 1777, in the Old Constitution House, which is a part of the district, the constitution of the Vermont Republic was drafted. Initially, Windsor was a part-time capital of the Republic, and it remains the seat of Windsor County. This guaranteed an influx of population to the town. Many of newcomers were highly educated professionals. The location of Windsor on the banks of the Connecticut River provided an easy access to transportation routes, and this access was further reinforced by the construction of a railway in 1847. In the 19th century, Windsor was a prosperous industrial and administrative center. This resulted in intensive construction, with industrial-related buildings concentrated on the Main Street and Depot Avenue, including the railway station, and residential buildings located on State Street and in the northern end of Main Street. By the end of the 19th century, the major industrial enterprises in Windsor were producing water pumps, firearms, machine tools, and cotton.

Properties

As of 1975, the list of properties included the properties listed below. In 1997, three properties on Phelps Court and State Street were added. It was again enlarged in 2014.
#NameImageAddressYear builtStyleNotes
1House9 Main Streetcirca 1900Vernacular Queen Anne
2House15 Main Streetcirca 1900Vernacular Queen Anne
3Jesse Lull House17 Main Street1806Federal
4Carlos Coolidge House21 Main Street1806Federal
5Naham Trask House25 Main Street1796Federal
6House29 Main Streetcirca 1890Vernacular Queen Anne
7Samuel Patrick Jr. House33 Main Streetcirca 1825Federal
8Luther Mills House35 Main Streetcirca 1840Gothic revival
9House37 Main Street
10House39 Main Street
11Congregational Parsonage41 Main Street
12House43 Main Street
13House49 Main Street
14Unitarian ChurchMain Street1846Gothic revival
15United States Post OfficeMain Street1852Italianate Revival
16Tuxbury Block61 Main Street1898High Victorian Italianate
17Stone Tracy Block65 Main Street1888Italianate revival
18Amsden Block23 Depot Avenuecirca 1890Italianate revival
19Central Vermont Railway Freight Stationcirca 1850
20Central Vermont Railway StationDepot Avenuecirca 1905Vernacular Romanesque
21Putnam Block85-89 Main Street1914
22Colby Block105 Main Street1831Federal
23Sherman Block107-113 Main Street
24House133 Main StreetGreek Revival
25Windsor Diner135 Main Street1955Moved to Windsor in 1958
26House137 Main Street
27House139 Main Street
28House145 Main StreetVernacular Queen Anne
29Municipal Building 147 Main Street1929Georgian Revival
30House149 Main Street1790Colonial
31House151 Main Street
32House153 Main Street
33Reuben Dean House161 Main Streetcirca 1770Rebuilt in 1899
34Methodist Parsonage165 Main Street
35Rachel Harlow Methodist ChurchMain Street1895High Victorian Gothic
36Clement Pettes House156 Main Streetcirca 1825Federal
37Shubael Wardner House150 Main Streetcirca 1825Federal
38Old South Congregational ChurchMain Street1798FederalReconstructed in 1844, 1879, and 1922
39Old Apothecary Shop 108 Main Street1804
40Isaac Green House 106 Main Street1792
41Nathaniel Leonard House 104 Main Street1785Georgian
42Bianchi Block88-94 Main Street1915
43Merrifield Block82-86 Main Street1849
44Stiles-Billings Block 80 Main Streetcirca 1870
45Miller-Stuart Block9 State Streetcirca 1830
46Old Windsor Savings Bank Block15 State Streetcirca 1820
47Annex to Old Windsor Savings Bank Block15 State Streetcirca 1870
48St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchState Street1822Classical style
49Episcopal Parsonage37 State Street
50House39 State Street
51Windsor Library43 State StreetGeorgian Revivalcirca 1905
52Rufus Emerson-Gilbert Davis House 45 State StreetFederal1831
53House46 Court SquareFederalcirca 1800
54Johonnot House44 Court SquareFederalcirca 1830
55House40 Court Square
56McIndoe House5 Court StreetGothic Revival1840
57House10 Court StreetVernacular Queen Annecirca 1890
58House8 Court StreetGothic Revivalcirca 1860
59House6 Court StreetGreek Revivalcirca 1840
60Windsor Town Hall Court StreetRomanesque1888
61Old Windsor County Courthouse 24 State Street1786Moved to the current location in 1888
62Commercial Block16 State Street
63Commercial Block12 State Street
64Commercial Block10 State Street
65Tontine Block 70 Main Streetcirca 1825
66J. J. Newberry Co.64-68 Main Street1929
67Pettes-Journal Block 60 Main StreetFederal1824
68Old Namco ArmoryMain Streetcirca 1910
69Windsor House54 Main StreetGreek Revival1836A separate NRHP listing
70Thomas Emerson-Edwin Stoughton House 48 Main StreetFederal1836
71Baptist ChurchMain StreetPseudo Gothic Revival1943
72Abner Forbes House38 Main StreetFederal1796
73Zebina Curtis-William Maxwell Evarts House34 Main StreetGeorgian1796
74John Skinner House26 Main StreetFederalcirca 1820
75Joseph Hatch House24 Main StreetFederalcirca 1825
76Simeon Ide House20 Main StreetFederalcirca 1825
77Susan Bishop House18 Main StreetGreek Revival
78Old Constitution HouseMain Streetcirca 1776A separate NRHP listing