Daniel Gay House
Daniel Gay House | |
43°46′42″N 72°41′53″W / 43.77833°N 72.69806°W / 43.77833; -72.69806 | |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
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Built | 1835 (1835) |
Built by | Gay, Daniel |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 78000252[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 9, 1978 |
The Belcher Memorial Library is a small public library serving the town of Stockbridge, Vermont]], United States. It is located in the Daniel Gay House, an 1835 Greek Revival house built by Daniel Gay, a mill owner and namesake of the community. The building, one of the few to survive the 1927 flooding that destroyed most of the village of Gaysville[2] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
Description and history
Stockbridge's Belcher Library stands on the southeast side of Vermont Route 107, just north of its junction with Bridge Street, in the village of Gaysville. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame building, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. The front facade is adorned with a Greek temple front, consisting of four smooth Doric columns rising to an entablature and fully pedimented gable. The front entrance is in the rightmost of three bays, with sash windows in the other bays, and a pair of sash windows in the gable. The small front yard is set off by a low fence on top of a fieldstone retaining wall.[2]
The library was built as a private residence in 1835 for Daniel Gay, who owned a textile mill on the White River, which Route 107 parallels. Daniel and his brother Jeremiah moved to Stockbridge in the 1820s, and built the mill in what became known as Gaysville in 1832. The mill continued to be operated by Gay family members until its destruction (along with most of the village) in Vermont's devastating 1927 floods. In 1937 the house was given by Lucia Gay for use by the Belcher Library Association.[2]
The Belcher Library Association was founded in 1896 as a vehicle for preserving the private collection of William Belcher, who had bequeathed it and an endowment for its maintenance. The association took formal title to the house in 1944.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Richard Cote; Courtney Fisher (1977). "NRHP nomination for Daniel Gay House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-04. with photos from 1977
External links
- Belcher Library web site
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Historic
Landmarks
- Calvin Coolidge Homestead District
- George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home
- Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop
- Stellafane Observatory
- Advent Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District
- Ascutney Mill Dam Historic District
- Ascutney State Park
- Bethel Village Historic District
- Theron Boyd Homestead
- Brigham Hill Historic District
- Brook Farm
- Chester Village Historic District
- Christian Street Rural Historic District
- Coolidge State Park
- Fletcher–Fullerton Farm
- Goodrich Four Corners Historic District
- Hartford Village Historic District
- Jericho Rural Historic District
- King Farm
- Ludlow Village Historic District
- Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
- Gen. Lewis R. Morris House
- Norwich Mid-Century Modern Historic District
- Norwich Village Historic District
- Parker Hill Rural Historic District ‡
- Plymouth Historic District
- Quechee Historic Mill District
- Isaac M. Raymond Farm
- Saddlebow Farm
- Slayton–Morgan Historic District
- South Royalton Historic District
- South Woodstock Village Historic District
- Southview Housing Historic District
- Springfield Downtown Historic District
- Stockbridge Common Historic District
- Stone Village Historic District
- Taftsville Historic District
- Terraces Historic District
- Weathersfield Center Historic District
- West Hartford Village Historic District
- Weston Village Historic District
- White River Junction Historic District
- Wilder Village Historic District
- Wilgus State Park
- Windsor Village Historic District
- Woodstock Village Historic District
- Best's Covered Bridge
- Bowers Covered Bridge
- Bridge 15
- Bridgewater Corners Bridge
- Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge‡
- Gilead Brook Bridge
- Gould's Mill Bridge
- Iron Bridge at Howard Hill Road
- Kendron Brook Bridge
- Lincoln Covered Bridge
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge
- Ottauquechee River Bridge
- Quechee Gorge Bridge
- Spaulding Bridge
- Stockbridge Four Corners Bridge
- Taftsville Covered Bridge
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge
- West Hartford Bridge
- West Woodstock Bridge
- Willard Covered Bridge
- Woodstock Warren Through Truss Bridge