North Bennington’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of North Bennington. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The North Bennington Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district covers an area of 112 acres (0.45 km2) and includes 164 contributing buildings and two contributing sites. It is home to the Park-McCullough Historic House, a well-preserved, 35-room, Victorian country house. The H.C. White site, at the southern end of the village, was added to the Register in 2009.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart North Bennington’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Bennington’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOrwell House, East side of North …, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10North Bennington, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in North Bennington is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean North Bennington has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bennington College Historic District in Bennington, 0.3 miles away.
North Bennington and the nearest listed places
Closest to North Bennington
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Orwell House, East side of North Bennington Road (State Route 67A), .2 mile north of intersection with Murphy Road, Nor… (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.