Gen. Samuel Strong House

Historic house in Vermont, United States

United States historic place

Location64? W. Main St., Vergennes, Vermont

Coordinates44°9′50″N 73°15′30″W / 44.16389°N 73.25833°W / 44.16389; -73.25833

Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)

Built1796 (1796)


Gen. Samuel Strong House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

c. 1937 HABS photo
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Location	64? W. Main St., Vergennes, Vermont
Coordinates	44°9′50″N 73°15′30″W / 44.16389°N 73.25833°W / 44.16389; -73.25833
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1796 (1796)
Architectural style	Early Republic, Georgian, Adamesque
NRHP reference No.	73000182^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973

The Gen. Samuel Strong House is a historic house on West Main Street in Vergennes, Vermont. Built in 1796, it is one of Vermont's finest examples late Georgian/early Federal period architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

The General Samuel Strong House stands on the north side of West Main Street, west of downtown Vergennes and just north of the road's junction with Panton Road. It is fronted by a shallow semicircular drive, and is screened from the road by trees. It is a two-story L-shaped wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and clapboard siding. The street-facing southern main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a half-round transom window and gabled pediment. A low gable rises from the roof above the center three bays, with an oval window at its center. The eaves of the gable and roof are dentillated. The east-facing secondary facade is less elaborate than the main one, with its entrance sheltered by a gabled porch.^[2]

The house was built about 1796, supposedly by Samuel Strong himself as his residence. Strong was a local militia leader during the War of 1812 who was instrumental in organizing local forces for the Battle of Plattsburgh near the end of that war.

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ Chester Liebs (1972). "NRHP nomination for Gen. Samuel Strong House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2016. with photos from 1972

National Register of Historic Places in Addison County, Vermont

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Landmark

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Districts

Bristol Downtown Historic District
Camp Marbury Historic District
Colonel Ephraim and Sarah Doolittle Farm
Fenn Farm
Field Farm
John Hamilton Farmstead
The Heights
Middlebury Village Historic District
Salisbury Fish Hatchery
Shard Villa
University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm
Vergennes Historic District
Vergennes Residential Historic District
Witherell Farm

Buildings

Commercial	Chimney Point Tavern Chipman's Point Cornwall General Store Dog Team Tavern † Old Stone Blacksmith Shop Salisbury Village Blacksmith Shop Stagecoach Inn Waybury Inn
Educational	Cotton Free Library District School No. 1 District Six Schoolhouse Lampson School School House and Town Hall Old Stone Row
Government	Cornwall Town Hall Monkton Town Hall Salisbury Town Hall School House and Town Hall
Industrial	Hoag Gristmill and Knight House Complex Stone Mill
Religious	Addison Baptist Church Brooksville Advent Church † First Congregational Church First Congregational Church of Cornwall Parsonage Leicester Meeting House Monkton Borough Baptist Church Ripton Community House Salisbury Congregational Church Shoreham Congregational Church South Starksboro Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Starksboro Village Meeting House Union Church Union Meetinghouse Wesleyan Methodist Church
Residential	Bottum Farm Capts. Louis and Philomene Daniels House Paris and Anna Fletcher House Glen Dale Hand's Cove Hawley's Ferry House House at 215 School Street Ruth Stone House Gen. Samuel Strong House John Strong House Samuel Paddock Strong House Wilcox-Cutts House
Transportation	Larrabee's Point Complex New Haven Junction Depot Vergennes Station House

Site

Orwell Site

Structures

Bridge 26
Cedar Swamp Covered Bridge
East Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge
Halpin Covered Bridge
Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge
Pulp Mill Covered Bridge

Footnotes

† This entry has been removed from the register.

Gen. Samuel Strong House

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