Addison County, Vermont


Founding: 1785
Parent county: Rutland
Namesake: Joseph Addison, English writer
Seat: Middlebury (1785–)
Land area: 766 square miles
Population (2020): 37,363
Population (historic): 6,420 (1790); 23,583 (1840); 23,484 (1870); 21,912 (1900); 17,952 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1940–2020
Subdivisions: One city; six CDPs; 22 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,865 (27.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 88.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 42.3%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,968
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,041
Average farmhouse size (1940): 8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,375
Average farm size (1920): 91.7 acres
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Middlebury
 
Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a reference to the town's central location
Founding: 1761 (founding); 1793 (post office)
Population (2020): 9,152
Population (historic): 395 (1790); 3,162 (1840); 3,086 (1870); 3,045 (1900); 2,968 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1860s; 1890s; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 569 (24.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Francis Goff Farm (c. 1855). 666 Jersey Street. Addison. Gothic Revival.
  2. Henry Smith House (1832). 357 Mountain Road. Addison. Federal.
  3. James Gorham House (c. 1847). 2211 Mountain Road. Addison. Greek Revival.
  4. Chester Elmer Farm (1831). 3811 Otter Creek Road. Addison. Federal.
  5. Joseph Spencer Farm (1830). 1682 State Route 17. Addison. Federal.
  6. John Strong House (c. 1795). 6656 State Route 17. Addison. Federal.
  7. Jonah Case House (1784). 6682 State Route 17. Addison. Georgian.
  8. House (c. 1873). 8000 State Route 17. Addison. Italianate.
  9. Chimney Point Tavern / Asahel Barnes House (c. 1785/1823). 8149 State Route 17. Addison.
  10. Jonathan Willmarth House (c. 1855). 7808 State Route 22A. Addison. Gothic Revival.
  11. Henry Merrill Farm (c. 1870). 3139 Lake Street. Bridport. Italianate.
  12. Hiram Smith House (c. 1835). 8053 State Route 125. Bridport. Federal.
  13. John Dunshee House (c. 1855). 382 Hewitt Road. Bristol. Gothic Revival.
  14. Truman Holley House (c. 1855). 900 Cider Mill Road. Cornwall. Gothic Revival.
  15. Edwin Stowell Farm (c. 1870). 124 Lambert Lane. Cornwall. Italianate.
  16. Harris Bingham Farm (1848). 1967 State Route 74. Cornwall. Greek Revival.
  17. Rollin Foote House (c. 1878). 2956 State Route 125. Cornwall. Italianate.
  18. Ball House (c. 1870). 17 Four Winds Road. Ferrisburgh. Italianate.
  19. Walter Scronton Estate (1896). 1044 Grosse Point Road. Ferrisburgh. Chateauesque.
  20. Gideon Hawley House (c. 1790). 787 Kingsland Bay Road. Ferrisburgh. Federal.
  21. Oppenheimer Estate (c. 1910). 60 Town Beach Road. Ferrisburgh. Georgian Revival.
  22. The Heights / Ticknor–Smith House (1870/1887). 282 South Main Street. Middlebury. Italianate/Queen Anne.
  23. House (c. 1885). 4165 US Highway 7. Middlebury. Italianate/Eastlake.
  24. Samuel Chalker Farm (c. 1835). 4188 Otter Creek Road. New Haven. Greek Revival.
  25. Lampson School (1868). 44 Sumner Road. New Haven. Italianate.
  26. New Haven Junction Depot (c. 1855). 5450 US Highway 7. New Haven. Italianate.
  27. John Brown House (c. 1810). 106 Brown Lane. Orwell. Federal.
  28. Simeon Felton Farm (c. 1870). 114 Horton Road. Orwell. Italianate.
  29. Daniel Horton Farm (c. 1875). 207 Horton Road. Orwell. Italianate.
  30. William Sanford Farm (c. 1830). 57 Sanford Road. Orwell. Federal.
  31. Job Hall House (c. 1820). 103 State Route 22A. Orwell. Federal.
  32. Lucius Wilcox Farm (1789/1819/1843). 187 State Route 22A. Orwell. Greek Revival.
  33. Shard Villa / Columbus Smith Estate (1872). 1177 Shard Villa Road. Salisbury. Second Empire.
  34. Amos Callender House (c. 1793/1840). Basin Harbor Road and Lapham Bay Road. Shoreham. Greek Revival. Razed.
  35. Timothy Page House (c. 1798). 775 Basin Harbor Road. Shoreham. Federal.
  36. Kent Wright House (c. 1840). 3298 Basin Harbor Road. Shoreham. Greek Revival. Razed.
  37. Elvira Russell Farm (c. 1870). 91 Doolittle Road. Shoreham. Italianate.
  38. Ephraim Doolittle Farm (c. 1800). 1078 Doolittle Road. Shoreham. Federal.
  39. Horace Lapham House (1814). Lake Street, south of DeLong Lane. Shoreham. Federal. Razed.
  40. Samuel Strong House (1834). 94 West Main Street. Vergennes. Greek Revival.
  41. Joseph Hayward House (c. 1815). 2032 James Road. Weybridge. Federal.
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