St. Johnsbury Historic District

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.

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Type: Historic site
Description: historic district in Vermont, United States
Also known as: “Saint Johnsbury Historic District”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium and Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum.

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. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium is situated 1,200 feet northwest of St. Johnsbury Historic District.

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. Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum is situated 1,500 feet west of St. Johnsbury Historic District.

Benoit Apartments

Apartment building

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The Benoit Apartments are a pair of apartment houses at 439 and 447 Pearl Street in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Both were built around the turn of the 20th century, and are well-preserved examples of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne architecture, respectively, with a long period of common ownership. Benoit Apartments is situated 500 feet northwest of St. Johnsbury Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Johnsbury and Railroad Street Historic District.

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.

Railroad Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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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.

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 St. Johnsbury Historic District.

St. Johnsbury Historic District

Categories: historic district, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Caledonia, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.41879° or 44° 25′ 8″ north

Longitude

-72.01565° or 72° 0′ 56″ west

Elevation

604 feet (184 metres)

Open location code

87P9CX9M+GP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356556730

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

Wikidata ID

Q28450350

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