The Tavern on Mutton Hill, also known locally (and incorrectly) as the 1812 Tavern, is a historic former public accommodation on Church Hill Road in
Charlotte, Vermont
Charlotte is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for Queen Charlotte, though unlike Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlottesville, Virginia, and other cities and towns that bear her name, the town's name is pronou ...
. Built in 1813, it is a prominent local example of Federal period architecture, and the town's only documented 19th-century tavern house built out of brick. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1982.
Description and history
The Tavern on Mutton Hill stands in a cluster of residential buildings in an otherwise rural area of northeastern Charlotte, on the west side of Church Hill Road south of its junction with Mutton Hill Road. It is a -story brick structure, with a redstone foundation and window sills. The gable ends each have two chimneys, joined by a raised parapet. The front facade is six bays wide, with the main entrance set in the bay left of center; it is topped by a rectangular transom with a sunburst pattern. The interior retains period woodwork and finishes, although there have been numerous alterations, including the removal of some walls and the addition of partitions. The former ballroom space on the second floor, extending across the front of the building, has survived with little alteration.
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The tavern was built in 1813 by Nathaniel Newell, the son of the local Congregationalist minister Abel Newell, who died the previous year in a
typhus
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epidemic. Newell was the town's wealthiest citizen and a prominent civic leader, serving in the state legislature. In addition to owning this tavern (where he lived with his family), he owned a local tannery, and a dry goods store in
Burlington
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. The tavern is located on what was formerly the principal stagecoach route through Charlotte, and an early alignment of
United States Route 7
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. The tavern was owned by the Edgerton family for more than a century after passing out of the hands of the Newell family.
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References
{{NRHP in Chittenden County, Vermont
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
National Register of Historic Places in Chittenden County, Vermont
Federal architecture in Vermont
Houses completed in 1813
Buildings and structures in Charlotte, Vermont
1813 establishments in Vermont