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Rockingham Village Historic District

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The historic district extends along Meeting House Road, which is the former alignment of Route 103, from its southern junction with 103 to the dead-end spur on the west side of Divoll Brook. It includes a few buildings on Rockingham Hill Road, which extends south toward the village of
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Incorrect year listed (1909). Lovell, F.S, and L.C. Lovell. 1958. History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont, including the villages of Bellows Falls, Saxtons River, Rockingham, Cambridgeport, and Bartonsville, 1907-1957, with family genealogies. Published by the town, Bellows Falls,
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in economic importance by the 1820s, and development was modest afterward. On April 14, 1908, many of the shops and homes in the Village were destroyed in a fire, but the recently restored
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to the north, which is where its first meeting house, cemetery, and post office were established. The village soon became a major stop on the road that followed the river (now
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was spared by the fire. Only a few new buildings (notably including the Grange hall) replaced them. The village was bypassed in the 1950s by a new alignment of Route 103.
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The town of Rockingham was chartered in 1753, but settlement did not begin until the 1760s. Its village center was laid out on a terrace overlooking the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont
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encompasses the traditional village center of the town of
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Canal Street–Clark Street Neighborhood Historic District
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Brattleboro Reformer, April 17, 1908, page 2, Image 2.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Rockingham Village Historic District is located in Vermont
Rockingham Village Historic District is located in the United States
Rockingham, Vermont
43°11′17″N 72°29′20″W / 43.18806°N 72.48889°W / 43.18806; -72.48889
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Rockingham, Vermont
Vermont Route 103
National Historic Landmark
Rockingham Meeting House
National Register of Historic Places
Williams River
Vermont Route 103
taverns
grist
blacksmith
Bellows Falls
Rockingham Meeting House
Saxtons River
meeting house
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont


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National Register of Historic Places
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