Burlington, Vermont
Early 20th-century Postcard Views

HP 206 Researching Historic Structures & Sites • 2012
Historic Preservation ProgramUniversity of Vermont

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The Crescent Beach Country Club dance pavilion, in a 1906 postcard, viewed from the northwest. (Courtesy of Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont)

Looking west into Harbor Watch condominiums, toward the former site of the Crescent Beach Country Club’s inn and restaurant, in October 2012. (Photo by Barbara R. Bosworth)

The Crescent Beach Country Club’s inn and restaurant (a former farmhouse) on the right, in a 1906 postcard, viewed from south of the rocky point. (Courtesy of Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont)

Rowboats at Crescent Beach, in a postcard view looking north toward Burlington Harbor. (Courtesy of Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont)

An October 2012 photo facing north toward Burlington Harbor from Blanchard Beach, with the former site of Crescent Beach Country Club on the far right. (Photo by Barbara R. Bosworth)

Crescent Beach on a quiet day in 1906, looking north-northeast, with rowboats pulled up. (Courtesy of Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont)

 

An October 2012 photo of Crescent Beach, formerly property of the club, north of the rocky point. The view is north-northeast, with the Saint John’s Club and Blodgett Corporation oven factory in the background. The beach is now part of Harbor Watch condominiums. (Photo by Barbara R. Bosworth)