Vermont Barn Census 2009 Preliminary Research

Vermont Barn Census

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Historic maps enlighten researchers with information not found elsewhere or not organized in the same manner. These maps reveal former roads, property lines, residents, schools, and geographic features, among others. Comparing maps offers a study of changes to a certain area. Click on each image on this page for a larger version, which will open in the same window. Some will open slowly depending on the internet connection, but the details will be legible.
` F.W. Beers Atlas of Windham County, Vermont, 1869. Townshend, VT pictured above.	F.W. Beers Atlas of Windham County, Vermont, 1869. Townshend, VT inset pictured above.
Hamilton Child's Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, VT 1884. (Note that this is a photograph as the map could not easily be scanned.)	Hamilton Child's Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, VT 1884. Close-up of Townshend, VT. The road numbers correlate to the context of the Gazetteer. (Note that this is a photograph as the map could not easily be scanned.)
McClellan's Map of Windham County, VT, 1856. Townshend, Vermont pictured above.	McClellan's Map of Windham County, VT, 1856. Townshend, VT and West Townshend insets.
Townshend, VT Road Map of Miles, 1931. Source: Town Highway Map Archives, Vermont Agency of Transportation.	Highway District No. 2 Map, Townshend, VT, 1958. Source: Town Highway Map Archives, Vermont Agency of Transportation.
Road Name Map. Town of Townshend, VT, 2000. Source: Windham Regional Commission.	Roads and Buildings, Town of Townshend, VT, 2009. Source: Windham Regional Commission.

This preliminary research about barns and farm buildings in thirteen Vermont towns is offered as a public service to assist local volunteers with their efforts to learn more about the agricultural heritage of these communities. It is hoped that additional information on the history and features of these barns will be submitted by volunteers through the Vermont Barn Census project. The historical research and preliminary field documentation was conducted during the fall 2009 semester by Kaitlin O'Shea, a graduate student enrolled in the Researching Historic Structures and Sites course at University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program, with the assistance of local volunteers as part of the Vermont Barn Census, a statewide project of the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program, Historic Windsor’s Preservation Education Institute, Save Vermont Barns, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, and the Preservation Trust of Vermont. Funding support provided in part by a Preserve America grant through the National Park Service to the State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.