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Fox Hall (Westmore, Vermont)

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organization, which briefly had a girls camp here. The last camp to operate here closed in 1975. It has since also been operated as a bed and breakfast. During that time, the camp's former “mess hall” was converted to a makeshift theater, where well-acclaimed productions of “Biloxi Blues”, “The
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sold it after her husband's death in 1919, to a swindler who never paid her. He tried to operate a summer camp for children on the property, without success. Later owners of the property also operated summer camps, including the
541: 644: 616: 298: 639: 230:. It is architecturally a distinctive blend of Colonial Revival and the Shingle style; the latter is a particularly uncommon style for northern Vermont. The house, along with a period icehouse, was listed on the 275:) was built. This led to an increase in population, and eventually also brought tourists to the area. By 1883, the town had a hotel in its center on the eastern shore. John and Ava Peene (he being the mayor of 395: 669: 434: 589: 571: 453: 416: 654: 649: 620: 388: 130: 89: 664: 536: 531: 556: 551: 64: 381: 496: 546: 444: 424: 491: 429: 404: 326: 231: 37: 279:), began buying land on the northwestern shore of the lake in the 1899, and the house was probably completed by the following year. 271:
The town of Westmore was relatively remote and nearly inaccessible until 1852, when the road on Lake Willoughby's eastern shore (now
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Fox Hall stands overlooking the northern part of Lake Willoughby, on a terrace above its western shore. It is accessed via
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Rainmaker” and “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” were performed. The property is now in private ownership.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Fox Hall (Westmore, Vermont) is located in Vermont
Fox Hall (Westmore, Vermont) is located in the United States
Westmore, Vermont
44°46′24″N 72°4′24″W / 44.77333°N 72.07333°W / 44.77333; -72.07333
84003468
Westmore, Vermont
Yonkers, New York
Lake Willoughby
National Register of Historic Places
Fox Lane
Peene Hill Road
Vermont Route 16
Vermont Route 5A
Yonkers, New York
Ava Peene
Keewaydin
National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont


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


"NRHP nomination for Fox Hall"
National Park Service
photos from 1983
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