OLDEST -House Remaining in Wilmington, VT
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 42° 52.174 W 072° 52.410
18T E 673696 N 4748524
I found this house passing trough Wilmington, VT. I was on my way home from a motorcycle ride to Portland, ME and a gathering of friends; and was taking back roads on my way back to Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM177A0
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2022
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County of Marker: Windham County
Location of Marker: 30 W. Main St. (VT-9), Wilmington
Date built: 1760
"51. Norton House, c. 1760: Considered one of the oldest buildings in Wilmington, the Norton House is a 1½-story, clapboarded cape with two additions. Much of the original exterior and interior fabric remains intact, and the absence of a raking eave overhang and sash with 12/12 and 6/9 lights are indicative features of an early construction date. A brick center chimney dominates the interior with small rooms grouped around it.
"Originally this house stood on Lisle Hill and was moved by oxen to its present location c. 1835. Probably shortly after, the 1½-story ell was constructed on the southeast corner of the cape. A 1-story addition was built on the southwest corner c. 1850 and originally served as the coal shed. Though the cape's entrance has been covered by addition of an enclosed entry way, and metal grates have been bolted over each window, essentially the Norton House has been sympathetically maintained." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
Historic marker on site - text:
The Norton House
circa late 1700's, one of the
oldest houses left in town, was originally built on Lisle Hill in the first town of Wilmington. It was moved to its present site by ox cart in the 1830's.