The Wilburton Inn is a historic hotel, restaurant, and estate located in Manchester Village, Vermont. Built in 1902 by Albert Gilbert, a wealthy

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industrialist, the Wilburton was at the time the largest privately held estate in the region. James Wilbur, president of a Chicago bank, purchased the estate in 1906 and named it Wilburton Hall. Wilbur was known for his research into the historical Vermont revolutionary

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as well as his generosity to the

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.Wilburton History
Wilburton Inn website, accessed July 23, 2014 When the Wilbur family's fortune declined, the farmland was sold and the mansion was leased to the

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, a school for refugee children of prominent families from Nazi Europe. In 1945, Wilburton Hall became the Wilburton Inn, an exclusive

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. It was purchased in the 1970s by General Tire/ R.K.O., a conglomerate, which used the property as an executive retreat. Albert J. Levis and Georgette Wasserstein Levis purchased the Inn in 1987 from

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Tire. By 1987, the estate holdings had been reduced to of land. The owners are, respectively, a Greek-born retired psychiatrist, art collector, and educator and the sister of financier

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and playwright

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. The Wilburton Inn is a Member of

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. The

Museum of the Creative Process The Museum of the Creative Process is a museum and learning center dedicated to understanding the role of creativity as a conflict resolving mechanism. Founded and directed by Albert Levis, M.D., the museum brings together a global collection of c ...

, located on the estate of the Wilburton Inn, is a national center for creativity research and educational training. The inn is partnered with the Earth Sky Time Farm, an organic

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farm and bakery operated by one of the Levis' children.

References

External links

Wilburton Inn website
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