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Location The University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program is based in the 1842 Greek Revival style Wheeler House located in the University Green National Register Historic District on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, Vermont. |
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Other notable UVM campus buildings include the 1885 Billings Library, designed by one of America's priemier architects, Henry Hobson Richardson; the 1925 Ira Allen Chapel designed by McKim, Mead and White; and the 1963 Given Health Sciences Building designed by Skidmore, Owens and Merrill and Freeman, French, Freeman. For more information on the University of Vermont campus and its historic buildings, visit the UVM Campus Treasures web site. |
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| UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont's largest city with a population of around 40,000. Burlington's Church Street Marketplace is a nationally-known model of successful downtown revitalization. A long tradition of town meeting government has given the state an involved citizenry and the opportunity for these citizens to achieve results at the community level. Vermont has been a pioneer in environmental protection through such legislation as its Act 250 land use law, statewide sign control, ban on non-returnable beverage containers, historic and design control districts, and vigorous enforcement of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The Vermont Historic Preservation Act of 1975 is one of the nation's most comprehensive state statutes relating to the protection of historic resources. |   |
| Internationally recognized for its beautiful rural landscapes, compact villages and progressive communities, Vermont is rich in architectural resources and significant historic buildings that range in age from the late 1700s through modern works of the recent past. Despite these outstanding resources, Vermont and the Burlington area nevertheless face challenges of ecomonic and urban issues that are similar to those in other communities, large and small. Indeed, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has listed Vermont on its top eleven list of most endangered historic places in the country. |
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Through a well-established network of cooperation with local, state and federal agencies, preservation organizations and museums across the country, students in the UVM Historic Preservation Program have the opportunity to use Vermont and places beyond as an extended laboratory to study and experiment with innovative preservation strategies. |
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