American Precision Museum
The American Precision Museum is located in the renovated 1846 Robbins & Lawrence factory on South Main Street in Windsor, Vermont. The building is said to be the first U.S. factory at which precision interchangeable parts were made, giving birth to the precision machine tool industry.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: United States historic place
- Also known as: “Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop”
- Address: 196 Main Street, Windsor, VT 05089
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cornish Colony Museum and NAMCO Block.
Cornish Colony Museum
Museum
The Cornish Colony Museum was located in Windsor, Vermont. It was an art museum and educational institution, dedicated to displaying and teaching about the creative individuals who lived and worked in the Cornish Art Colony. Cornish Colony Museum is situated 1,200 feet northeast of American Precision Museum.
NAMCO Block
Apartment building
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NAMCO Block is an apartment block built in Windsor, Vermont in 1920–1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as an example of a large-scale company housing project.
Cornish-Windsor Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a 159-year-old, two-span, timber Town lattice-truss, interstate, covered bridge that crosses the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire, and Windsor, Vermont. Cornish-Windsor Bridge is situated 1,500 feet east of American Precision Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windsor Village Historic District and Cornish.
Windsor Village Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Windsor Village Historic District is a historical district in the center of Windsor, Vermont. It includes several dozen properties which were built in the 18th, the 19th, and in the beginning of the 20th centuries, built in different architectural styles.
Cornish
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cornish is a town of 1,600 people on the Connecticut River in New Hampshire. It includes the villages of Cornish Flat and Cornish Mills. Cornish is a scenic town with three covered bridges that is known as a summer retreat for artists and writers.
Balloch
Hamlet
Photo: Hillfarmer, Public domain.
Balloch is an unincorporated community in the southwestern corner of the town of Cornish, New Hampshire, United States. The name is derived from the Balloch Farm, originally owned by James Balloch and, later, by his son William Balloch. Balloch is situated 3 miles south of American Precision Museum.
American Precision Museum
- Categories: factory, heritage site, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Windsor, Windsor, Southern Vermont, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.47477° or 43° 28′ 29″ northLongitude
-72.38956° or 72° 23′ 22″ westOpen location code
87M9FJF6+W5OpenStreetMap ID
way 721672036OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q4744723
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In Other Languages
“American Precision Museum” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “American Precision Museum”
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