Ritchie Block, Bennington

Name: Ritchie Block
Address: Bennington, United States

#12 among attractions in Bennington

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The Ritchie Block is a historic commercial building at 465-473 Main Street in downtown Bennington, Vermont. Built in 1895-96, it is a high quality example of Classical Revival architecture, with a distinctive pressed metal entablature. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ()

Built: 1895 (129 years ago)Coordinates: 42°52'39"N, 73°11'44"W

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Bennington United States

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Ritchie Block – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bennington Battle Monument, First Congregational Church of Bennington, Bennington Museum, Old Bennington Post Office.

1.3 miNW
Monuments and statues, Lookout, Memorial
Bennington Battle Monument, Bennington
34 min walk • The Bennington Battle Monument is a 306-foot-high stone obelisk located at 15 Monument Circle, in Bennington, Vermont, United States. The monument commemorates the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolutionary War.
1 miNW
Church
First Congregational Church of Bennington, Bennington
26 min walk • The First Congregational Church of Bennington, also known as the Old First Church, is a historic church in Old Bennington, Vermont. The congregation was organized in 1762 and the current meeting house was built in 1805.
0.8 miNW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Bennington Museum, Bennington
22 min walk • The Bennington Museum is an accredited museum with notable collections of art and regional history. It is located at 75 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont, USA.
~540 ftNW
Town, Park, Greek Revival architecture
Old Bennington Post Office, Bennington
3 min walk • The Old Bennington Post Office is a historic government building at 118 South Street in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Also known at one time as the U.S.
1 miNW
Village, Neighbourhood
Old Bennington, Bennington
26 min walk • Old Bennington is a village in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is located entirely within the town of Bennington. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 156.
~550 ftE
Library
Bennington Free Library, Bennington
3 min walk • Bennington Free Library is a public library located at 101 Silver Street in Bennington, Vermont.
~910 ftNE
Greek Revival architecture
Julius and Sophia Norton House, Bennington
5 min walk • The Julius and Sophia Norton House is a historic house at 300 Pleasant Street in Bennington, Vermont. Its main block, completed in 1846, is one of the state's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
~1870 ftS
Greek Revival architecture
Pratt-McDaniels-LaFlamme House, Bennington
10 min walk • The Pratt-McDaniels-LaFlamme House is a historic house at 501-507 South Street in Bennington, Vermont. Built about 1800, this Federal period building encapsulates the changing residential trends in the town over a 200-year historic, starting as a farm house, then that as a businessman, and eventually subdivided into worker housing.
0.5 miNW
Neighbourhood
Holden–Leonard Workers Housing Historic District, Bennington
14 min walk • The Holden–Leonard Workers Housing Historic District encompasses a collection of mill-related tenement houses, plus a former mill store, in Bennington, Vermont. They are located on Benmont and Holden Avenues, near the former Holden–Leonard Mill Complex, Bennington's largest employer in the late 19th century.
0.5 miNE
Neighbourhood
Carrigan Lane Historic District, Bennington
14 min walk • The Carrigan Lane Historic District encompasses four residential structures on or near Carrigan Lane in Bennington, Vermont. All were built between 1875 and 1900, a period of growth in the town, by Thomas Carrigan, a machinist, and are a good example of the town's development at that time.
1.3 miSW
Universities and schools
Southern Vermont College, Green Mountain National Forest
35 min walk • Southern Vermont College was a private liberal arts college on the 371-acre former Edward Everett Estate near Bennington, Vermont. The college closed on May 31, 2019.

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Nearby attractions include Old Bennington Post Office, Bennington (3 min walk), Bennington Free Library, Bennington (3 min walk), Julius and Sophia Norton House, Bennington (5 min walk), Pratt-McDaniels-LaFlamme House, Bennington (10 min walk).