Morrisville Historic District

The Morrisville Historic District encompasses most of the historic commercial downtown area of the village of Morrisville in Morristown, Vermont. Developed in the early 19th century as a service town for the surrounding agricultural areas, it was transformed into a major service regional commercial center by the arrive of the railroad in 1872.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Peoples Academy High School and Morrisville-Stowe State Airport.

Peoples Academy High School

School building

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The Peoples Academy is a historic high school in Morrisville, Vermont. In 1996, the main school building, along with the observatory and bandshell located on the school grounds, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Morrisville-Stowe State Airport

Aerodrome

Morrisville–Stowe State Airport is a public airport located two miles southwest of the central business district of Morrisville, a village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. Morrisville-Stowe State Airport is situated 2½ miles south of Morrisville Historic District.

Lamoille County Courthouse

Heritage site

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The Lamoille County Courthouse is located at 154 Main Street in Hyde Park, the shire town of Lamoille County, Vermont. Built in 1912 to a design by Burlington architect Zachary Taylor Austin, it is an example of Romanesque and Colonial Revival architecture. Lamoille County Courthouse is situated 2 miles northwest of Morrisville Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morrisville and Morristown.

Morrisville

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Morrisville is a village in the town of Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 2,086. Morrisville has two country clubs, a hospital, a school featuring Greek architecture and an airport.

Morristown

Village

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Morristown is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,434. Morristown is the largest town by population in Lamoille County, and its central village of Morrisville serves as the county's main commercial center.

Hyde Park

Village

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Hyde Park is a town in and the shire town of Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for Captain Jedediah Hyde, an early landowner who was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. Hyde Park is situated 2 miles northwest of Morrisville Historic District.

Morrisville Historic District

Type: Park
Description: listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lamoille County, Vermont
Categories: historic district, recreation area, and historic site
Location: Lamoille, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.56591° or 44° 33′ 57″ north

Longitude

-72.59814° or 72° 35′ 53″ west

Elevation

659 feet (201 metres)

Open location code

87P9HC82+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356556044

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5238766

Wikidata ID

Q28153431

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