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Chipman's Point

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At the middle of the 19th century, Chipman's Point was one of Orwell's largest and busiest economic and commercial centers, with a church, post office, hotel, and residences, all oriented toward the ferry and shipping business. The warehouses were built to store goods awaiting passage by ship or to
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A, and ends at a former ferry landing slip, now used as a local boat launch and fishing site. To the south of the landing, in an area now occupied by a local marina, stand two large four-story stone warehouses, built on limestone outcrops directly on the lakeshore. On a terraced rise above the two
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be picked up for local delivery, and the hotel (which burned in 1952) served travelers. The importance of the lake for transportation declined after the arrival of the railroad in the region in 1849, and even the ferry service across the lake was discontinued in 1975.
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warehouses are the foundational remnants of the Chipman Point Hotel. The warehouses and hotel ruins are composed mainly of local limestone, which probably came from quarry sites on nearby stone outcrops.
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ferry landing site (used until 1975), and the foundational remains of the Chipman Point Hotel. It was listed on the
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont
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is a historic 19th-century ferry complex on Chipman Point Road in
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South Starksboro Friends Meeting House and Cemetery
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Chipman's Point is located in Vermont
Chipman's Point is located in the United States
Orwell, Vermont
43°47′59″N 73°22′32″W / 43.79972°N 73.37556°W / 43.79972; -73.37556
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Orwell, Vermont
Lake Champlain
National Register of Historic Places
Lake Champlain
Wright, New York
Vermont Route 73
National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination for Chipman's Point"
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