Westminster
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Facts and practical information
Westminster is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,016 at the 2020 census. ()
Westminster – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Bellows Falls Canal, Bellows Falls Opera House, Vilas Bridge, Rockingham Free Public Library.
CanalBellows Falls Canal, Bellows Falls
119 min walk • Bellows Falls Canal is a canal constructed to allow boat traffic to bypass Great Falls on the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls, Vermont. It was constructed by the Bellows Falls Canal Company and was one of the first canals in the United States. It was used for transport, to power mills, and later for hydroelectric power.
Theater, Concerts and shows, MuseumBellows Falls Opera House, Bellows Falls
116 min walk • The Bellows Falls Times Building is a historic newspaper plant on Bridge and Island Streets in Bellows Falls, Vermont. The complex of three buildings was developed in the 1930s by the Vermont Newspaper Corporation, and served as home for the Bellows Falls Times newspaper until 1965, when it was consolidated with other local newspapers.
BridgeVilas Bridge, Bellows Falls
122 min walk • The Charles N. Vilas Bridge is a 635-foot two-span concrete deck arch bridge over the Connecticut River between Bellows Falls, Vermont and North Walpole, New Hampshire. It was built in 1930 and has been closed since March 19, 2009.
LibraryRockingham Free Public Library, Bellows Falls
112 min walk • Rockingham Free Public Library is one of four Carnegie Libraries in the state of Vermont. The building, in Bellows Falls, Vermont, a village of Rockingham, Vermont, was designed by Boston architects McLean & Wright in Classical Revival style.
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architectureWalpole Academy, Walpole
46 min walk • The Walpole Academy is a historic former school building on Main Street in Walpole, New Hampshire. It is now owned by the Walpole Historical Society and operated as a local history museum.
ChurchOak Hill Cemetery Chapel, Bellows Falls
102 min walk • The Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel is a historic chapel, located in the Oak Hill Cemetery off Pleasant Street in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Built about 1885, it is one of a small number of 19th-century cemetery chapels in the state, and is the most modestly decorated of those, with vernacular Gothic Revival elements.
Greek Revival architecturePeck-Porter House, Walpole
47 min walk • The Peck-Porter House is a historic house at the corner of Main and Middle Streets in Walpole, New Hampshire. Built in 1839, it is an unusually elaborate and sophisticated example of Greek Revival architecture, given its small-town setting.
Greek Revival architectureStephen Rowe Bradley House, Walpole
44 min walk • The Stephen Rowe Bradley House is a historic house at 43 Westminster Street in Walpole, New Hampshire. The large Federal style mansion house was built c. 1808 for Francis Gardner, a lawyer and state legislator.
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architectureBellows Falls Neighborhood Historic District, Bellows Falls
113 min walk • The Bellows Falls Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a residential area of the village of Bellows Falls, Vermont. Located south of downtown Bellows Falls, the area has one of the largest concentrations of well-preserved 19th century residences in southern Vermont.
NeighbourhoodWestminster Terrace Historic District, Bellows Falls
106 min walk • The Westminster Terrace Historic District encompasses a locally architecturally distinctive residential area on Westminster Terrace in Bellows Falls and Westminster, Vermont.
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