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.

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Type: Museum
Description: United States historic place
Also known as: “Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop”
Address: 196 Main Street, Windsor, VT 05089

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cornish Colony Museum and NAMCO Block.

Cornish Colony Museum

Museum

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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

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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

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The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a 160-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

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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

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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

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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
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Latitude

43.47477° or 43° 28′ 29″ north

Longitude

-72.38956° or 72° 23′ 22″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

87M9FJF6+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 721672036

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q4744723

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Portuguese: “American Precision Museum”

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Highlights include Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Windsor Town Offices.

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