Railroad Street Historic District

The Railroad Street Historic District encompasses a cluster of commercial and railroad-related buildings at the traditional late 19th-century heart of St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Johnsbury Historic District and Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium.

St. Johnsbury Historic District

Historic site

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The St. Johnsbury Historic District encompasses much of the historic civic and commercial center of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Representing a significant expansion of the Railroad Street Historic District and the St.

Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

Museum

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The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium is a combination natural science museum, history museum, and planetarium located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. It was founded in 1890 by businessman, politician, naturalist, and collector Franklin Fairbanks.

Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum

Library

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The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum is a combined library and art gallery, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The building in which it is housed is architecturally and historically significant because of its construction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Johnsbury and Passumpsic.

St. Johnsbury

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St. Johnsbury or Saint Johnsbury is the shire town of Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,364. St. Johnsbury is situated on the Passumpsic River and is located approximately six miles northwest of the Connecticut River and 48 miles south of the Canada–U.S. border.

Passumpsic

Hamlet

Passumpsic is an unincorporated village in the town of Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 5 and the Passumpsic River 3 miles south of St. Johnsbury. Passumpsic has a post office with ZIP code 05861. Passumpsic is situated 3 miles south of Railroad Street Historic District.

Danville

Village

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Danville is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,335 at the 2020 census. The primary settlement in town is recorded as the Danville census-designated place and had a population of 385 at the 2020 census. Danville is situated 6 miles west of Railroad Street Historic District.

Railroad Street Historic District

Type: Neighborhood
Description: historic district in Vermont, United States
Categories: historic district, historic site, and locality
Location: Caledonia, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.41778° or 44° 25′ 4″ north

Longitude

-72.01593° or 72° 0′ 57″ west

Elevation

587 feet (179 metres)

Open location code

87P9CX9M+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356556721

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

5240126

Wikidata ID

Q28153443

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