Lee Road, off Route 18, near Stiles Pond. The
Lee Farm includes a set of Waterford, Vermont, farm structures already
documented in a 1982 National Register of Historic Places nomination written by
Deborah Noble. The nomination can be found here: http://www.crjc.org/heritage/V19-3.htm
From the nomination:
From the nomination:
The
large farm complex alludes in its relative grandeur to the early days of what
was then known as Waterford Hollow, when that village was formerly of
"considerable importance, having a church, store, hotel, oil-mills and saw
mill" and when the proximity of Stiles Pond "rendered the locality a
pleasant summer retreat."(8) The Stiles family, who settled nearby, were
developers of the various mills at the outlet of the pond. After business
passed to nearby East St. Johnsbury and Concord, the village declined until now
all that is left is the nearby cemetery and several farms bypassed by the newly
constructed Interstate 93.
More details to come.
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