On March 8, Shelburneâs director of planning and zoning Dean Pierce received an email from the state advisory council on historic preservation asking for information about the Safe Harbor Shelburne Shipyard Marina.
âWe are reaching out to ask if you have any pertinent information about the history and/or significance of this property,â the email said. And it asked for the information to be sent by March 15 for a meeting three days later.
Now locals are worried that the shipyard, possibly the oldest continuously operating of its kind in the country, could lose its historic status.
Shelburneâs historic preservation and design review commission chair Fritz Horton said he was alarmed by the request and upset that so little time was given to gather information.
BENNINGTON Planning for a series of semiquincentennial milestones coming up over the next several years is fully back on track after disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its
New Haven Train Depot The New Haven Train Depot has long been a monument to the golden age of Vermont railroading. Just yards from Route 7, the 19th-century Italianate brick station is a visual landmark for thousands of passersby every day and serves as a reminder of the bygone era when trains used to shuttle passengers up and down the western side of the state. Amtrak has deemed the depot a safety risk because it s less than a dozen feet from the tracks and says it must be removed before passenger trains can start heading up to the Queen City. Railroad buffs and local officials have floated numerous alternatives in hopes of keeping the depot in its original place. But the state is adamant: The building must go and soon.
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BELLOWS FALLS â The eligibility of the 100-year-old Bellows Falls Garage to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places is under review, the stateâs historic preservation officer said Thursday.
The Windham Windsor Housing Trustâs most recent plans call for the demolition of all but the front facade of the building on Rockingham Street, and the construction of a new wood-and-steel structure to house 27 apartments. Original plans called for reusing the existing building, which has housed everything from a commune to a dry cleaners and a car dealership in its life.
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Google Maps view of New Haven rail depot on Route 7 just north of Middlebury, which currently houses the offices of Roundtree Construction. The extended Ethan Allen Express Amtrak would run past the depot. To the left is the Phoenix Feeds.
by C.B. Hall, Vermont Business Magazine Prospects for Amtrak service to Burlington, which passenger trains have not served in almost 70 years, have taken a strange twist. The state has notified the occupants of a 19th-century depot that sits only a few feet from the state-owned tracks at the Route 7 crossing in New Haven that their building will have to be moved before the Amtrak train, the Ethan Allen Express, comes through on its new route. And moving the little brick building does not look like a simple matter.