Shelburne Museum Vermont House
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The Vermont House is an exhibit building at Shelburne Museum
in Shelburne, Vermont
. It features rotating exhibits, which change yearly.
. His descendents continued to live there until 1929 when they abandoned the house. According to legend, Slocumb’s first home was a log cabin which probably resembled the Museum’s Settlers House
. Over time he constructed the wood frame and clapboard
exterior that would become Vermont House’s original façade around and over the log cabin. After completing the new exterior, he dismantled the cabin and carried the logs away.
acquired Vermont House in 1950, the building’s clapboard siding and interior walls had deteriorated beyond repair. While preserving its basic structure, the Museum built a new façade with stone from a Shelburne Falls gristmill
, randomly laying the stones using a technique known as scatter-stone, and reconstructed the interior with salvaged feather-edged boards from Vermont
, New Hampshire
, and Connecticut
houses. Although the museum preserved the structure’s four original fireplaces, it changed the floor plan so that it would include a study and a larger kitchen.
Shelburne Museum
Shelburne Museum is a museum of art and Americana located in Shelburne, Vermont, United States. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the Museum grounds...
in Shelburne, Vermont
Shelburne, Vermont
Shelburne is a town in southwestern Chittenden County, Vermont, United States, along the shores of Lake Champlain. The population was 7,144 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. It features rotating exhibits, which change yearly.
History
Asa R. Slocumb built Vermont House in the 1790s shortly after moving to Shelburne, VermontShelburne, Vermont
Shelburne is a town in southwestern Chittenden County, Vermont, United States, along the shores of Lake Champlain. The population was 7,144 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. His descendents continued to live there until 1929 when they abandoned the house. According to legend, Slocumb’s first home was a log cabin which probably resembled the Museum’s Settlers House
Settlers House
Settlers' House was built in 1845 in East Charlotte, Vermont. The house is set up at the Shelburne Museum to show visitors life in the 18th century. The barn situated next to the house was built as a working demonstration in 2001. .-History:...
. Over time he constructed the wood frame and clapboard
Clapboard (architecture)
Clapboard, also known as bevel siding or lap siding or weather-board , is a board used typically for exterior horizontal siding that has one edge thicker than the other and where the board above laps over the one below...
exterior that would become Vermont House’s original façade around and over the log cabin. After completing the new exterior, he dismantled the cabin and carried the logs away.
Relocation
When the Shelburne MuseumShelburne Museum
Shelburne Museum is a museum of art and Americana located in Shelburne, Vermont, United States. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the Museum grounds...
acquired Vermont House in 1950, the building’s clapboard siding and interior walls had deteriorated beyond repair. While preserving its basic structure, the Museum built a new façade with stone from a Shelburne Falls gristmill
Gristmill
The terms gristmill or grist mill can refer either to a building in which grain is ground into flour, or to the grinding mechanism itself.- Early history :...
, randomly laying the stones using a technique known as scatter-stone, and reconstructed the interior with salvaged feather-edged boards from Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, and Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
houses. Although the museum preserved the structure’s four original fireplaces, it changed the floor plan so that it would include a study and a larger kitchen.