
People

Governor Ormsbee at Town Hall front left 1891

soldiers near train station 1905

Company C - Congregational Church & Briggs Jewelry 1899

Douglass House & P. Benoit cash store Union St. 1900

Prime Residence Park St. 1887

Iron Blast furnace owner, Royal Blake residence Goshen-Rochester Rd. (Rt. 73)

Ross residence Park St. 1867

Fishing on Otter Creek

George Bacon camp Fern Lake 1895

Bacon camp on Fern Lake 1895

Silver Lake Hotel guests on Silver Lake

Women on mules at Silver Lake Hotel

Chandler family and guests at Silver Lake Hotel

Aunt Jennie Rickert's teahouse near Lake Dunmore

Neshobe River near Barn's Flats 1920s

Moosalamoo meeting at Lake Dunmore

Jean Potwin Collins & Elizabeth Briggs Hatton on Union St. 1905

Cornet Band at Central Park

Brandon Concert Band

Boys in the band at Town Hall

Brandon Inn 1920

Workers north of Pine Hill

Child cart races on Union St. 1920s

Cart races on Union St.

Ernest Hooker and his bear

Bacon Store 1911

Early car accident

John Collins on right with his sister and Fresh Air program child at train station 1920s

Ralph Humiston opening "The Marketplace" 1968

Perry Ketcham's wedding at Steven Douglas birthplace

Desi's Cash store 1968

Thomas Davenport, Inventor of Electric Motor

John Conant

Brandon Inn Coach


Bill Philipsen in 1929, walked from Brandon to St. Louis with two Ayrshire cows - Tomboy and Alice - to promote the breed

Bill Philipsen on way to St. Louis with new Chevy truck converted to camper.
The Ayrshire Breeders Association world headquarters was in Brandon
Bill Philipsens' walking route to St. Louis with two cows
Newly constructed Ayrshire Breeders Association headquarters on corner of Carver and Union Streets.

Advertisement for Ayrshire breed with Tom Whittaker Senior

Mr. Doughtery and his oxen

Unknown man at Birch Hill
Streetscapes and Businesses

Farr Observatory and Tea House, used to spot planes during WWII

town view

First National Bank (current Town Office)

Town Hall
Town Hall, Lumber Store, and Bank

Town Hall and First National Bank

Lower Falls and Town Hall

View from Franklin St. to Carver St.

Route 7 South, Country Club Rd. at corner, McConnell Rd. in distance

Cascade House at Lake Dunmore. Currently Branbury State Park

Baker's Tourist House, Franklin St.

Brandon Golf Course Club House, Park St. Extension
Early Country Club, Park St.
Early Country Club and first tee, Park St.

First Tee, Park St. Extension

Ariel View from Congregational Church clock tower

South on Center St. toward Congregational Church

Park St. businesses and Inn

Park St. Post Card

Park St.

Hay wagon on Park St.
Center St. Post Card

Center St.

Post Card

Park St. Business district

Brandon businesses, Park St.

Center Park

Center Park snowstorm toward Methodist Church

Looking up Park St.

Park St.

33 Park St.

corner of Pearl and Maple St. with Arc Light

Looking south on Carver St.

Brandon Town Farm north of current golf course

Park St. and monument

Furniture Store before building became Brandon Library

Brandon Free Public Library

Looking east up Center St.

Smith Block

Center St.

Center St.

Park St. business section

Park St. Post Card

Center Park and businesses

Park St

Park St. businesses

Park St. business section

Brandon Inn Stage Coach

Brandon House before present day Brandon Inn

Union St. Corner. Walgreens now on left corner.

Brandon Inn and Annex

1960's business district

Hetherington Store

Clothing Shop in Smith Block

Gipson Lumber

Gipson Lumber yard

Gipson Lumber Store

Brandon Union print office

Water barrel on Center St.

Mr. Dougherty and his oxen in 1910

Birch Hill sleigh

Park St. business district

view of Forestdale route 53 north through town

Very early bird's eye view of village

1920's Center St. with bank

Cathedral Aisle (Route 7) looking south toward present day Estabrook Park on right

View toward the Brandon Inn Annex

Pearl Street looking toward bridge

Driving Park and Fairgrounds at present day Shell Station site with Baptist Church in distance

Seminary Hill Graded School

Carver St.

Carver St. looking toward Park

Fire at Aunt Jennie's lunch room and Pool Hall on left at town bridge

Bradnon Tourist Booth in front of Brandon Library 1940s or 50s

Center Park fountain

Frozen Well near Corona Street

High Pond Ski Area

High Pond Ski Area rope tow

High Pond Ski Area 1930s or 40s

High Pond Ski Area 1960s

ski hill and rope tow in Goshen with Seeley Estabrook and Francis Brown

Lake Dunmore Hotel

Thomas Davenport's house in Forestdale where electric motor was invented )across from current day school)

Thomas Davenport Memorial in Forestdale

Thomas Davenport house with monument for invention of electric motor taken in 1982

Park St. Monument and Methodist Church with small girls in pony cart

Methodist Church and parsonage

Episcopal Church 1940s

Grace Episcopal Church, Forestdale

Stone Mill Dam on route 73 east

Dean Bridge

Miller Covered Bridge at base of Miller Hill (route 73 west)

Miller Bridge

Miller Hill Bridge

Very early picture of Sanderson Bridge looking east

Covered Bridge over Otter Creek location unknown

Shapiro's Department Store 1960s


Ethan Allen Cabins, Route 7 South

Valley View Cabins post card

Water's Edge, 1 mile south of Brandon, Currently Wood's Market

Post Card of Jones Pond Route 7 south
Wood's Tourist Cabins on Jones Pond 1932

Wood's Tourist Cabins

1960s view of town
Residences

Park St. The Inn Annex

40 Park St.

24 Park St. Gov. Ormsbee residence 1880

19 Carver St, Smith residence 1875

42 Carver St.

Cady Residence, Pearl St. 1867

Edward Brigg's residence and jewelry store. Currently Walgreens.

Farrington House, 39 Pearl St. 1880s

Smith residence. Currently Hannaford's grocery

24 Grove St.

Noyes residence, 14 Union St.

Potwine residence, 18 Union St. 1800s

20 Union St.

House at intersection of Wheeler Rd. and Richmond Rd.

6 West Seminary, 1900

Ryder residence, 26 West Seminary. 1887

Nathan Sprague residence, Conant Square. 1880

McConnell Rest Home for teachers. Currently Torrey farm house?

57 Park St. 1888

Tucker residence, Conant Square. 1900 Currently Otterside Animal Hospital

Button Residence, Conant Square. 1900 Currently U.S. Post Office location

Marsh House, Pearl St. 1880

Marsh House, Pearl St. 1890, with newly installed Arc street light

Howard Fisk residence, Arnold District Rd.

Howard Fisk barns across from house in Arnold District

Royal Blake residence, Forest Dale-Rochester Rd. Now Route 73 East.

Brandon Town Farm (Near Newton Rd. on north side of river)

Herman Dodge Farm route 7 south

Haying at Herman Dodge farm route 7 south, fields on west side just before OVUHS

Stephen Douglas birthplace, Grove St.

Stephen Douglas birthplace post card

Stephen Douglas birthplace, Grove St.

Stephen Douglas birthplace 4 Grove St.

Shirley Farr residence, Park St.

Farr residence, Park St.

Farr residence, Park St.

Farr residence in winter, Park St.

33 Park St.

Howe Scale Center St. flood 1900

Center St. flood 1900

Center St. fire

1918 fire

1918 fire

1919 fire

1922 fire

1922 fire

1938 flood

1938 flood

Newton Thompson factory 1938 flood

Neshobe River flooding behind Newton Thompson factory 1938

1938 flood at bottom of Weinlie Hill, Forestdale

Route 73 near Brandon Gap, flood 1938

1943 fire

Center St. 1943 fire

Sept. 15, 1943 fire on Center St.

unknown

1931 wind storm

July 1937 wind storm, Center Park

1937 wind storm

Spring floods looking west toward Dean Bridge

1947 snow storm on Brandon Gap in Goshen

Starting down Brandon Gap 1947 snow

Storm of March 8, 1931. Possibly top of Carlisle Hill in Goshen

Stone Mill Dam corner with dam gone in flood. Charles and Welland.

Seminary Hill School after fire, taken Jan, 1959

Tropical Storm Irene August 28, 2011

2011 Irene flooding Briggs Building

Brigg's Bookstore Irene flood

Mobil Station , Storm Irene 2011

Brandon House of Pizza pushed into street Storm Irene 2011

Post Storm Irene 2011
Corner of Barnes Flats and Wheeler Road, Storm Irene 2011
Town Back Parking lot with Neshobe River Storm Irene 2011
River running through Center St. Storm Irene 2011
Evening of Storm Irene 2011

Kennedy Park washed away Storm Irene 2011





Dougherty's oxen transport

Italian Marble Quarry

Italian Marble Quarry

Italian Marble Quarry

Brandon Train Station, Union Street

Brandon Train Station, Union Street

Train Station

Grist Mill on left of Upper Neshobe Falls

Industry along Upper and Lower Falls

Upper Falls
View from downstream of Falls

Roaring Neshobe Falls

Lower mill on right

Widening the corner over the Stone Mill Dam on present route 73 east

Stone Mill Dam, notice swimmer on right

Forestdale Blast Furnace

Forestdale Iron blast furnace

Water wheel at furnace

Newton and Thomas factory engine room workers

Newton and Thomas factory

Corona Street quarry building?




G.M Iron Co. Brandon, VT. parlor stove

Harley Alfred Rowe, Blacksmith