Vermont Roadside Historic Markers

Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
National Life Building, Montpelier, VT 05620
802-828-3211

Chimney Point
Colonial forts and Crown Point Military Road
VT Routes 17 and 125 at the Champlain Bridge, Addison

Stephen A. Douglas
opponent of Abraham Lincoln
US Route 7 in the village, Brandon

Brandon Training School
Care and training of Vermonters with mental retardation
US Route 7, north of Brandon

Forestdale Ironworks
Producer of pig iron and parlor stoves
VT Route 73, northeast of Forestdale

Rokeby
Home of writer Rowland Robinson and stop on Underground Railroad
US Route 7, north of Ferrisburgh

Battle of Hubbardton
Revolutionary War battle
Monument Hill Road, north off US Route 4

The Great Convention location
Frederick Douglass delivered a fiery abolitionist speech here in July 1843
U.S. Route 7, near the Wesleyan Chapel

Ray Fisher
pitcher for the New York Yankees
Junction of US Route 7 at Creek Road, Middlebury

Emma Willard
pioneer of collegiate education for women
US Route 7 at Main Street, Middlebury

John Deere
Plow inventor
Cannon Park, Main Street, Middlebury

Mount Independence Military Road
Revolutionary War evacuation route
VT Routes 22A and 73, Orwell

Robert Frost
Poet Laureate of Vermont
VT Route 125, three miles east of Ripton village

Levi P. Morton
U.S. Vice President
VT Route 22A, north of the village, Shoreham

Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge
Shoreham Depot Road, near Richville fishing access, Shoreham

MacDonough Shipyard
War of 1812
MacDonough Road, off US Route 7, Vergennes