National Register of Historic Places

Squire, Frederick, House

Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
Listed
July 29, 1992
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
92000964

About this property

The Frederick Squire House is a historic house at 185 North Street in Bennington, Vermont. Built about 1887, it is one of the town's finest examples of Queen Anne Victorian architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The Squire House is located north of downtown Bennington, at the southeast corner of North Street (United States Route 7) and Gage Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a cross-gabled roof, an exterior clad in clapboards and decoratively cut shingles, and a foundation of brick, stone, and concrete. It has a projecting front porch, now enclosed in glass, extending across the front, with a smaller second-story porch above. A band of cut shingles extends around the building between the first and second floors, with more such shingling in the gables above the second-floor windows. Small oval keystoned windows make decorative accents on the side facades. The interior retains original high-quality woodwork, including the staircase, builtin cabinetry, and spindlework transom screens on some of the windows. The dining room has a pressed metal ceiling. The house was built about 1887 by Frederick Squire, a jeweler who was prominent in the local business community. The front porches and other Colonial Revival details were probably added by the house's second owner, who purchased it in 1904. For most of the 20th century it saw a variety of uses, including as a convent for an adjacent school, and as a real estate office. National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont

Location

185 North St.
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont
42.88268, -73.19686

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Nearby Battles

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Battle of Bennington — Breyman's Detachment
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Battle of Walloomsac (Bennington)
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Battle of Bennington Aug 16 1777
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When was Squire, Frederick, House listed on the National Register?

Squire, Frederick, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 29, 1992.

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Squire, Frederick, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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