Broad Brook House

United States historic place

Broad Brook House

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

(2016)

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Location| 475 Coolidge Hwy., Guilford, Vermont
Coordinates| 42°49′4″N 72°34′31″W﻿ / ﻿42.81778°N 72.57528°W﻿ / 42.81778; -72.57528
Built| 1817 (1817)
Architectural style| Federal
NRHP reference No.| 11000517[1]
Added to NRHP| August 4, 2011

The Guilford Country Store is located at 475 Coolidge Highway (United States Route 5) in Guilford, Vermont, in the 1817 Broad Brook House, one of the oldest surviving tavern houses in the state, which has been in continuous use as a general store since 1936. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

## Description and history

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The Guilford Country Store is set on the east side of the junction of Coolidge Highway and Guilford Center Road, in the center of Guilford's main village. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, clapboard siding, and a foundation that is mainly stone. It is set close to the road, with its main facade facing west toward the road. The front is a symmetrical five bays wide, and the former main entrance has simple Federal period styling, with sidelight windows and a simple cornice. A gable-roofed ell extends to the rear, and a shed-roof ell extends across the northern facade, with a gable above the current main entrance. Its upstairs ballroom has been partially converted into residential space.[2]

Broad Brook House was built in 1817 by Solomon Pratt, one of East Guilford's earliest landowners and businessmen. He built the tavern at this point on what was then the major north-south route (now US 5) through the area. Since then, the building has served a variety of important roles in the community, including as a meeting space, Masonic lodge, post office, inn, and barber shop. In 1936 George Fisher purchased the building, and moved the Morse general store, then located across the street, into it.[2]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Broad Brook House" (PDF). Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-08.

## External links

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* Media related to Broad Brook House at Wikimedia Commons

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National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Vermont

National
Historic
Landmarks|

* Naulakha
* Rockingham Meetinghouse

Districts|

* Bellows Falls Downtown Historic District
* Bellows Falls Neighborhood Historic District
* Brattleboro Downtown Historic District
* Canal Street–Clark Street Neighborhood Historic District
* Crows Nest
* Dickinson Estate Historic District
* Follett Stone Arch Bridge Historic District
* George–Pine–Henry Street Historic District
* Grafton Village Historic District
* Homestead–Horton Neighborhood Historic District
* Houghtonville Historic District
* Mechanicsville Historic District
* Middletown Rural Historic District
* Moore and Thompson Paper Mill Complex
* Newfane Village Historic District
* Parker Hill Rural Historic District ‡
* Putney Village Historic District
* Rockingham Village Historic District
* Saxtons River Village Historic District
* Scott Farm Historic District
* Samuel Gilbert Smith Farmstead
* South Londonderry Village Historic District
* South Windham Village Historic District
* Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower
* Townshend State Park
* Vermont Academy Campus Historic District
* West Brattleboro Green Historic District
* West Dover Village Historic District
* West Townshend Village Historic District
* Westminster Terrace Historic District
* Westminster Village Historic District
* Whitingham Village Historic District
* Williams Street Extension Historic District
* Wilmington Village Historic District
* Windham Village Historic District

Buildings|

| Commercial|

* Bellows Falls Times Building
* Broad Brook House
* Brooks House
* Estey Organ Company Factory
* Gas Station at Bridge and Island Streets
* Miss Bellows Falls Diner
* Tontine Building

|

Educational/
Health|

* Brattleboro Retreat
* Butterfield House
* Canal Street Schoolhouse
* District No. 1 Schoolhouse
* Grafton District Schoolhouse No. 2
* Round Schoolhouse
* Vernon District Schoolhouse No. 4

Government|

* Dover Town Hall
* Grafton Post Office
* Londonderry Town House

Industrial|

* Adams Gristmill Warehouse
* Bellows Falls Co-operative Creamery Complex
* Howard Hardware Storehouse
* Robertson Paper Company Complex

Religious|

* Brookline Baptist Church
* Christ Church
* First Congregational Church and Meetinghouse
* Grafton Congregational Church and Chapel
* Guilford Center Meeting House
* Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
* Old Brick Church
* Pond Road Chapel

Residential|

* Corse-Shippee House
* Theophilus Crawford House
* Lewis Grout House
* William A. Hall House
* William Harris House
* Deacon John Holbrook House
* Milldean and Alexander-Davis House
* Park Farm
* Sabin–Wheat Farm
* Wheelock House
* Arthur D. and Emma J. Wyatt House

Transportation|

* Union Station

Site|

* Bellows Falls Petroglyph Site (VT-WD-8)

Structures|

* Bartonsville Covered Bridge
* Bridge 19
* Creamery Covered Bridge
* East Putney Brook Stone Arch Bridge
* Green River Covered Bridge
* Green River Crib Dam
* Hall Covered Bridge
* Kidder Covered Bridge
* Medburyville Bridge
* Rice Farm Road Bridge
* Sacketts Brook Stone Arch Bridge
* Scott Covered Bridge
* Simpsonville Stone Arch Bridge
* South Newfane Bridge
* West Dummerston Covered Bridge
* West Townshend Stone Arch Bridge
* Williams River Route 5 Bridge
* Williamsville Covered Bridge
* Worrall Covered Bridge

Footnotes|

‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
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