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Chelsea Village Historic District

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251:, but was in the 19th century a stagecoach route. Its central focus is a pair of town commons, separated from each other by Jail Brook and a strips of buildings lining the brook. The north common was established in 1794 as a public parade and militia training ground, while that to the south was given in 1804 as a site for the county courthouse. Arrayed around the common and along Main, Maple, and Jail Brook Streets are a fine collection of late Federal and Greek Revival buildings, mostly residential, although some commercial buildings survive from that period as well. Prominent buildings from this period include the courthouse (1847) and Congregational church (1848), both fine high-style Greek Revival buildings. The town hall and library, both built in the 1890s, are in the later Romanesque Revival style. 402: 62: 76: 101: 108: 83: 243:
in central Orange County. It was settled in 1784 and became the county seat of Orange County in 1795. In the 19th century it developed as a regional service center for the neighboring rural communities, and also fostered modest industry, primarily small textile, grist, and sawmills, now mostly
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lost. Its greatest period of growth was between 1830 and 1850, with the result that much of its architecture is in the Greek Revival style popular during that period.
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N. and S. Main, Jail, School, Court and Church Sts., Maple and Highland Aves.,
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont
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The town of Chelsea grew up along the banks of the First Branch
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The village is laid out mainly north-south along what is now
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Chelsea Village Historic District is located in Vermont
Chelsea Village Historic District is located in the United States
Chelsea, Vermont
43°59′23″N 72°26′51″W / 43.98972°N 72.44750°W / 43.98972; -72.44750
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Chelsea, Vermont
shire town
Orange County
National Register of Historic Places
White River
Vermont Route 113
National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont


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National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination for Chelsea Village Historic District"
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