Abandoned Vermont
Abandoned, neglected, forgotten buildings call my name. They have probably been seen my thousands of people or more, but who is the last person who lived there? Who cares about the building? What if no one else is paying attention? Will those stories and those descriptions be forgotten? As much as I love stories of saving historic buildings, it is a reality that not everything will be saved and restored and loved. Some are just deteriorating on the side of the road or back in the woods or down a quiet country road.
I love living in Vermont and driving in the beautiful warm weather. There is always something intriguing to see. Often I want to take a photograph of a building; but I don’t always stop. Usually I regret the decision not to stop because it might be a long time before I’m traveling the same route. In order to remedy that, I’m going to do my best to stop and photograph the abandoned, neglected, overgrown and forgotten historic buildings (or even those that are just old but look interesting) or roadside attractions.
Thus, I bring to Preservation in Pink, an “Abandoned Vermont” category. This page will serve as an index for the category, as I intend to make it a regular feature on PiP. You can also find the posts in the category section on the sidebar.
Abandoned Vermont Posts
Elgin Springs House on Route 22A in Addison County
The Walloomsac Inn on Route 9 in Bennington
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Nice blog.
What an interesting blog idea. I too, am facinated with abandoned structures and always wonder about them. Thanks for let me know that I am not the only one out there worrying about them.
I love forward to more!
l “look” forward to more
I visited Vermont for the first time in my life last week. What a beautiful state! I was traveling North on route 30 from Lake George. I was wondering if you could give me any details about a huge white/green house that was abandoned?
I might be able to – send me some pictures and information. Was the house in New York or Vermont?
Great idea Kaitlin. Next time I’m on Route 7 I’ll stop and take a shot of my favorite abandoned house
Please send them along!
I love this idea, I live in NH where I sometimes come across long forgotten buildings. I often wonder who walked away from them and why, did they love them and care for them once upon a time?
Thanks, Ellen. If you want to feature a NH house, let me know.
These are some great, albeit sad, pictures. We also love the architecture in Northern New England and are working toward the same goal of making sure our heritage does not end up in the “abandoned” bin. You can check out our town picture galleries (which we are always expanding) here: http://northernnewenglandvillages.com/gallery-pictures/
Thanks! And I agree – while abandoned buildings are fascinating, they’d be better off not abandoned. I’ll head over to your site and check it out.
You could take a pic of the old Maple Gift Shop on Rt7 just south of St. Albans city
limits. I loved going in there as a kid. Great gifts and maple products. It closed many
years ago. And now that heavy snow we had a couple years ago collapsed the roof.
It’s still there in ruins. So sad…
Thanks for the tip; though how sad to hear of another building collapse due to snow.
This is such a cool idea to postulate the fact, through photos, that this era actually did exist once.
thank you!
Michele Gibson – I believe you are referring to Hyde Manor in Sudbury, VT.