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Old Stone House Museum
The Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village is a museum run by the Orleans County Historical Society in Brownington, Vermont. The Old Stone House at the heart of the village is a part of the Brownington Village Historic District, a district of ten historic buildings added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. History The Old Stone House, or Athenian Hall, was built in 1836 by Alexander Twilight, the nation's first African-American college graduate. Twilight was the minister of the Brownington Congregational Church and the principal of the Orleans County Grammar School. The Orleans County Grammar School was the only high school in the county which required many students to travel long distances for their education. They boarded with families in town, including Twilight's. Athenian Hall was built to accommodate the larger number of students attending the Grammar School. Twilight pressed his board of trustees for a larger building but failed to receive support f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownington, Vermont
Brownington is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,042 as of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.4 square miles (73.6 km2), of which 28.3 square miles (73.2 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.4 km2) (0.49%) is water. Brownington has three unincorporated villages: Brownington, Brownington Center, and Evansville. The lie of the town is moderate but uneven. The central part of town is somewhat elevated. The Willoughby River flows through the southern part of town. Small streams are found throughout. Brownington Pond is in the north, partly in Derby. The northeast part of town is delimited from its neighbor, the town of Charleston, by Chilafoux Road, which runs northwest-southeast, for about one-third of its length. Geology Rocks are mostly of the calciferous mica schist, except in the southeastern part, where they are granite. A narrow vein of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
