The William A. Hall House is a historic house at 1 Hapgood Street in
Bellows Falls, Vermont
Bellows Falls is an incorporated village located in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,747 at the 2020 census. Bellows Falls is home to the Green Mountain Railroad, a heritage railroad; the ...
. Built in 1890–92, it is one of Vermont's finest early expressions of Colonial Revival architecture. It is notable for its first three residents, who all played prominent roles in the major businesses of Bellows Falls, and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1999.
It is now the Readmore Inn.
Description and history
The Hall House is located a short way south of downtown Bellows Falls, at the northwest corner of Westminster and Hapgood Streets. It is a large, rectangular wood-frame structure, three stories in height, with a dormered hip roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. A single-story porch extends across the front and wraps around to the left side, with a turned balustrade and Tuscan columns. The east facade, facing Westminster Street, consists of two bays, each of which is taken up by a two-story bowed three-window bay. The entrance is located on the south side, sheltered by a gabled porch similar to the one across the front. The interior retains elaborate original woodwork and finishes, include a glass chandelier and fireplace surrounds.
The house, whose architect is not known, was built between 1892 and 1894 for William A. Hall, an executive and experimental chemist associated with the Fall Mountain Paper Company, one of Bellows Falls' leading companies. Hall, a
native, may have played a role in bringing the Colonial Revival aesthetic to Bellows Falls, for this is one of the earliest elaborate examples of the style in the region. In 1903 Hall sold the house to Francis G. Flint, part owner of a local paper mill. John Babbitt, the third owner of this house, owned one of the largest manufacturers in the nation of
waxed paper
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. In the 1990s the building was restored and adapted for use as a bed and breakfast inn.
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References
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Colonial Revival architecture in Vermont
Houses completed in 1892
Houses in Windham County, Vermont
Buildings and structures in Bellows Falls, Vermont
National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Vermont
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Vermont
1890s establishments in Vermont