The architectural style is called Second Empire and is reminiscent of 17 th-century French palaces with its heavy quoins, mansard roof, and corner turret. It had a 40-foot-long two-story cast iron entrance and veranda along Main Street. The 80-room Brooks House was a lavishly furnished, luxury hotel. Brooks had made a fortune as a dry goods wholesaler during the California Gold Rush and was responsible for something of an urban renewal in Brattleboro at the time. George Brooks constructed the Brooks House after a catastrophic fire destroyed the previous hotel. During regular business hours visitors may enter the church to see the largest Estey pipe organ in Brattleboro. The tower also contains a five-foot diameter bell weighing 4,545 lbs., the largest in the state when it was installed in 1868. The central tower facing the street displays a large stained glass window titled “Christ Before the Doctors,” a memorial to Jacob Estey, founder of the Estey Organ Co, and his wife Desdemona. The architect also designed the Brooks House and All Souls Church.
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It has two entry towers, a high central tower, and pointed arches over the windows and doors. This is a beautiful example of High Victorian Gothic architecture. In 1927 a fire partly destroyed the tower and the roof but they were rebuilt and replicated. this tower contains the original town clock, also moved from the Common. In 1864 the steeple blew down in a violent storm and the tower you see in the front was built to replace it. It was then taken apart, moved here, and reconstructed. By 1842 the church was in disrepair and too far north to be readily accessible to the congregation. It was originally built in 1816 on the Common north of the village. It was repaired, but the Celtic cross that originally crowned the very top has been left standing on the ground in front of the church. In 2007 lightning struck the church steeple. Notice the polished stone columns on the front of the porch and the rose widow above it. The quartzite is trimmed with hand-carved granite. The stone was quarried on Wantastiquet Mountain across the river to the east. The only wood in the building is found on the window sashes. This Gothic Revival style church is built in the shape of a cross, and is almost entirely of stone. This was the home of Henry Burnham, the owner of a local brass foundry and the author of Brattleboro, Early History, with Biographical Sketches of some of its Citizens. It is surrounded on three sides by a deep porch with an intricate metal and wood balustrade. This two-and-a-half story building has the feel of a southern home. A close look at the stone band around the base of the building will show carvings of the years of the various high school classes. Built of brick and featuring marble steps and trim, it is crowned with a steep slate roof. This impressive Gothic Revival building was the home of the local high school until 1951 when it was transformed into the Municipal Center. The ephemeral angel caused such a sensation that Larkin later fashioned a marble replica that is currently on view in Brooks Memorial Library. Wells Fountain was built to mark the spot where Mead’s brother Larkin Mead, a nationally known sculptor, created an eight-foot Snow Angel on New Year’s Eve 1856. Hayes) and funded by William Henry Wells, Brattleboro native and New York businessman, this lovely granite fountain features two fierce loan head medallions on the north and south sides of a large basin. Designed in 1890 by native architect William Rutherford Mead (cousin to President Rutherford B. This picturesque structure (used in the BHS logo) stands proudly on the northern edge of Brattleboro’s downtown shopping district. Using the map below you can learn more about the numbered sites on your downtown walk. Brattleboro’s downtown district is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Though the town was settled 200 years ago, buildings at that time were mostly of wood and have since been torn down or destroyed by fire. From Wells Fountain Park at the north, to Plaza Park on the south, a 30-minute stroll will take you past many well-preserved and visually interesting 19 th and 20 th century buildings. Brattleboro is unusual in having a short, well-defined Main Street. Main Street, 1890s A MAIN STREET WALKING TOUR OF ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC SITESĭOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO reveals a wonderful hodgepodge of 170 years of architectural styles, shapes, and ideas.
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