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Jenks Tavern
The Jenks Tavern, also known historically as the East Rupert Hotel and the Hotel G. Jenks, is a historic public accommodations house at the junction of West Dorset Road with Vermont Routes 315 and 30 in Rupert, Vermont. Built about 1807, it is a well-preserved example of an early 19th-century traveler's accommodation in southern Vermont. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The building is now a private residence, the home of American playwright and author John Nassivera. Description and history The former Jenks Tavern is located in the village of East Rupert, overlooking the Mettawee River not far from the town line with Dorset. The tavern stands on a roughly parcel bounded on the north by Rupert Mountain Road (Vermont Route 315), the east by Vermont Route 30, and the west by West Dorset Road. The building is oriented facing west. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboard siding, and a stone foundation. A single-stor ...
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Vermont Route 315
Vermont Route 315 (VT 315) is a state highway located within the town of Rupert in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It connects VT 153 in Rupert to VT 30 in the village of East Rupert. The entirety of VT 315 is maintained by the town of Rupert. Route description VT 315 begins in the west at an intersection with VT 153. VT 153 southbound from this intersection provides a connection with New York State Route 22 and also runs northbound, paralleling the state border with New York to provide a more northerly connection with NY 22. VT 315 proceeds to the east, running through a generally isolated area, and ending at VT 30 in East Rupert. Major intersections References External links 315 __NOTOC__ Year 315 ( CCCXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Licinianus ( ...
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Rupert, Vermont
Rupert is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 698 at the 2020 census. The town is home tThe Maple News a trade publication focused on the maple syrup industry, and the former Jenks Tavern, built around 1807, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Rupert is located in the northwest corner of Bennington County, bordered by Washington County, New York to the west and Rutland County to the north. The town is situated in the Taconic Mountains; the highest point is a summit on the ridge of Bear Mountain in the southeast corner of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.08%, is water. The northern portion of the town is drained by the Mettawee River and Indian River, tributaries of Lake Champlain, while the rest of the town drains to the Batten Kill in New York and eventually the Hudson River. The northeast corner of town is crossed by ...
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Vermont Route 30
Vermont Route 30 (VT 30) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Vermont. VT 30 runs from U.S. Route 5 (US 5) and VT 9 in Brattleboro to US 7 and VT 125 in Middlebury. The northern portion, from Poultney to Middlebury, was part of the New England road marking system's Route 30, from which VT 30 got its number. The route passes through many historic small towns, and travel writers such as those at ''Southern Vermont'' have described the route as "idyllic" and "picturesque". Route description VT 30 starts in a residential neighborhood in Brattleboro and begins to follow the West River northwest through West Dummerston, Newfane, Townshend, and Jamaica. At Jamaica, the route climbs out of the West River valley and into Winhall, passing close to Stratton Mountain and Bromley Mountain ski areas. The route then joins VT 11 and proceeds southwest down the western slopes of the Green Mountains into Manchester, where it h ...
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National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners a ...
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John Nassivera
John Nassivera (born 1950) is an American author, playwright and college professor. Early life and education Nassivera was born in Queensbury, New York into an Italian American family who came from Forni di Sotto, Italy. He received his B.A. from Boston University in 1972 and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from McGill University in Montreal in 1977. Career Nassivera then returned to New York to teach literature at Columbia University and become a Fellow in Columbia University's Society of Fellows in the Humanities. Nassivera was active in the theater, both as a playwright and as a producer. As well as his work in New York, he was co-founder of the Dorset Theater Festival in Vermont, a professional theater company that has presented a number of plays that were then produced in New York off-Broadway and on Broadway. Nassivera produced a number of plays with Broadway and off-Broadway producer Edgar Lansbury, including Nassivera's play ''All the Queen's Men'' starring Elizabet ...
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Mettawee River
The Mettawee River (sometimes spelled "Mettowee River") is a tributary of Lake Champlain in western Vermont and eastern New York in the United States, passing the town of Granville, New York. The river is particularly good for rapids and kayaking. See also *List of rivers of New York *List of rivers of Vermont This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Vermont, sorted by drainage basin, and ordered from lower to higher, with the towns at their mouths: Connecticut River The Connecticut River flows south towards Long Island Sound in Connecticu ... External linksMettawee River - Granville Area Chamber of Commerce Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Vermont Tributaries of Lake Champlain Rivers of Rutland County, Vermont Rivers of Washington County, New York New York placenames of Native American origin Vermont placenames of Native American origin {{Vermont-river-stub ...
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Dorset, Vermont
Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2020 census. Dorset is famous for being the location of Cephas Kent's Inn, where four meetings of the Convention that signed the Dorset Accords led to the independent Vermont Republic and future statehood. Dorset is the site of America's oldest marble quarry and is the birthplace of Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. East Dorset is the site of the Wilson House and the Griffith Library. The town is named after the English county of Dorset. The East Dorset marble quarry had been established by Bill W.'s great grandfather and stayed in the family for three generations. Marble from these quarries provided stone for the New York Public Library Main Branch building in New York City. The quarry closed and during the summer months serves as a popular swimming hole. The Dorset town center is defined as the Dorset census-designated place and had a population of 249 at the 2 ...
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Sprung Floor
A sprung floor is a floor that absorbs shocks, giving it a softer feel. Such floors are considered the best kind for dance and indoor sports and physical education, and can enhance performance and greatly reduce injuries. Modern sprung floors are supported by foam backing or rubber feet, while traditional floors provide their spring through bending woven wooden battens. The earliest, on-record, sprung-floor ballroom is in the New Zealand Premier House, when expanded in 1872–73. Dance halls with sprung hard wood floors date back to the late 19th century. The sprung floor at Blackpool Tower Ballroom dates from 1894. The UK's Accrington Conservative Club, built in 1890, had a Grand Ballroom with a sprung floor. Many other historical dance halls have sprung hard wood floors, such as the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, Maryland (1933), Willowbrook Ballroom in Chicago (1921), the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon (1914), the Carrillo Ballroom in Santa Barbara, Califor ...
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Pawlet, Vermont
Pawlet is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,424 at the 2020 census. History Pawlet was one of the New Hampshire Grants, chartered from Benning Wentworth, Governor of colonial New Hampshire. The charter was granted on August 26, 1761 to Jonathan Willard and 61 other shareholders. The town was named for the Mettawee River, which was called "Paulet" or "Paulette" on the earliest maps of the area that later became Vermont. It was part of Bennington County until Rutland County was created in 1781. The first town meeting on record took place on December 22, 1775. Since this meeting was called by town clerk Simeon Burton, it is apparent that Pawlet was already settled by then. Geography Pawlet is located in the Taconic Mountains. The town is located on Vermont’s western boundary with New York, and adjacent towns include Wells to the north, Danby to the east, Rupert to the south, and Granville and Hebron, New York to the west. The town con ...
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Salem, New York
Salem is a town in eastern Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 2,702 at the 2000 census. The town of Salem contains a hamlet also named Salem, formerly an incorporated village. History Salem was first settled in 1761 by Joshua Conkey and James Turner, who as soldiers in the French and Indian War, passed through the territory. In 1764, Alexander and James Turner acquired a patent which was soon divided up between the New Englanders from Pelham, Massachusetts and a group of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, led by Dr Thomas Clark from Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland. The Charlotte County and White Creek militia used Salem as its base in 1776. The 123rd Volunteer Regiment was recruited from Salem during the Civil War. The Alexander McNish House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 and Martin–Fitch House and Asa Fitch Jr. Laboratory in 2014. People of note i ...
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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Bennington County, Vermont
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 54 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Current listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont * National Register of Historic Places listings in Vermont This is a list of properties on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Vermont. Current listings by county The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in ... References {{Bennington County, Ve ...
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