Jonesville Academy

United States historic place

Jonesville Academy

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| Cochran and Duxbury Rds., south of Jonesville, Vermont
Coordinates| 44°22′53″N 72°56′20″W﻿ / ﻿44.38139°N 72.93889°W﻿ / 44.38139; -72.93889
Area| 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built| 1868 (1868)
Architectural style| Italianate
NRHP reference No.| 82001762[1]
Added to NRHP| November 2, 1982

The Jonesville Academy is a historic school building at Cochran and Duxbury Roads in Richmond, Vermont. Built about 1868, it is a prominent local example of Italianate school architecture, and was used as a school until 1955. It is now in private ownership as a residence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

## Description and history[edit]

The former Jonesville Academy building stands south of the now-rural village of Jonesville, on the south side of the Winooski River at the junction of Cochran and Duxbury Roads. Oriented facing west to Cochran Road, it is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. A square tower projects slightly from the front facade, rising to a pyramidal roof with a broad eave. The main entrance is at the base of the tower, sheltered by a heavy Italianate hood. Above the entrance is a double sash window, above which a smaller but similarly featured hood projects. The main roof gable and eaves are decorated with paired Italianate brackets.[2]

The school was built about 1868, and is a fine example of an Italianate schoolhouse in rural Vermont. It originally served as Richmond's high school, located in what was at the time a busy mill village. It was later converted into a grade school, and was finally closed in 1955. It served for a time as a hall for the local Grange chapter, and eventually reverted to private ownership. Part of the building has been converted into residential use, carefully preserving many of its original interior features.[2]

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b Michael Saxe (1982). "NRHP nomination for Jonesville Academy". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-28. with photos from 1982

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National Register of Historic Places in Chittenden County, Vermont

National
Historic
Landmarks|

* Round Church
* Shelburne Farms
* Ticonderoga

Districts|

* Martin M. Bates Farmstead
* Battery Street Historic District
* Buell Street–Bradley Street Historic District
* Charlotte Center Historic District
* Giles Chittenden Farmstead
* Church Street Historic District
* City Hall Park Historic District
* Downtown Essex Junction Commercial Historic District
* Fort Ethan Allen Historic District
* Gray Rocks
* Head of Church Street Historic District
* Hinesburg Town Forest
* Honey Hollow Camp
* Jericho Center Historic District
* Jericho Village Historic District
* Dan Johnson Farmstead
* Lakeside Development
* LeClair Avenue Historic District
* Mad River Glen Ski Area Historic District ‡
* Main Street–College Street Historic District
* Mount Philo State Park
* Murray–Isham Farm
* North Street Historic District
* Pearl Street Historic District
* Pine Street Industrial Historic District
* Preston–Lafreniere Farm
* Redstone Historic District
* Remington–Williamson Farm
* Sand Bar State Park
* Shelburne Village Historic District
* South Union Street Historic District
* South Willard Street Historic District
* Sutton Farm
* Underhill State Park
* University Green Historic District
* Wells-Richardson Complex
* M. S. Whitcomb Farm
* Williston Village Historic District
* Winooski Falls Mill District

Buildings|

| Commercial/
Industrial|

* Burlington Montgomery Ward Building
* Burlington Traction Company
* Ethan Allen Engine Company No. 4
* William Fitzgerald Block
* Moquin's Bakery
* Moran Municipal Generation Station
* Old Red Mill and Mill House
* Porter Screen Company
* Richmond Underwear Company Building
* Saltus Grocery Store
* Tavern on Mutton Hill
* Winooski Block

|

Government|

* Chittenden County Courthouse †
* U.S. Post Office and Custom House

Educational|

* Carnegie Building of the Fletcher Free Library
* Champlain School
* Converse Hall
* District No. 5 Schoolhouse
* Jonesville Academy
* Proctor Maple Research Farm

Religious|

* First Baptist Church
* First Methodist Church
* Howard Mortuary Chapel
* Huntington Lower Village Church
* Methodist Episcopal Church of Winooski
* Old Ohavi Zedek Synagogue
* Richmond Congregational Church
* Williston Congregational Church

Residential|

* Ethan Allen Homestead
* Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street
* Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley House
* Roswell Butler House
* Martin Chittenden House
* Dumas Tenements
* Duplex at 22-26 Johnson Street
* Duplex at 73-75 Sherman Street
* Follett House
* Galusha House
* Grasse Mount
* House at 44 Front Street
* Martin L. Kelsey House
* LeFerriere House
* McNeil Homestead
* Mintzer House
* Normand House
* Old Stone House
* Charles R. Palmer House
* Cicero Goddard Peck House
* John B. Robarge Duplex
* Roberge-Desautels Apartment House
* Daniel Webster Robinson House
* Lucy Ruggles House
* Stannard House
* Lee Tracy House
* Edward Wells House
* Wells-Jackson Carriage House Complex
* Winterbotham Estate

Sites|

* Burlington Bay Horse Ferry
* General Butler (shipwreck)
* O.J. Walker (shipwreck)
* Phoenix (shipwreck)
* Winooski Archeological Site

Structures|

* Burlington Breakwater
* Holmes Creek Covered Bridge
* Quinlan's Covered Bridge
* Seguin Covered Bridge
* West Milton Bridge
* Winooski River Bridge

Footnotes|

† This entry has been removed from the registry.
‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.

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