Wheelock Law Office, Barre

Name: Wheelock Law Office
Address: Barre, United States

#15 among attractions in Barre

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The Wheelock Law Office is a historic commercial building at 135 North Main Street in the city of Barre, Vermont. Built in 1871 for a prominent local lawyer, it is a fine example of Second Empire architecture, and a rare surviving domestically scaled building in an area now primarily filled with larger commercial buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. ()

Built: 1871 (153 years ago)Coordinates: 44°11'53"N, 72°30'13"W

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Wheelock Law Office – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hope Cemetery, Barre City Hall and Opera House, Barre Opera House, Vermont Historical Society.

0.9 miN
Sculpture, Cemetery
Hope Cemetery, Barre
23 min walk • Hope Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Barre, Vermont. The city calls itself the "Granite Capital of the World", and the cemetery is known for the superb granite craftsmanship on its memorials and tombstones.
~740 ftSE
Shopping, City hall
Barre City Hall and Opera House, Barre
4 min walk • Barre City Hall and Opera House is a historic government building at 6 North Main Street in downtown Barre, Vermont. Built in 1899, it houses the city offices, and its upper floors have served for much of the time since its construction as a performing arts venue.
~860 ftE
Music and shows, Theater, Concerts and shows
Barre Opera House, Barre
5 min walk • The Barre Opera House is an opera house in Barre, Vermont, USA. It was built to replace the Barre City Hall/Opera House which burned down in 1898.
~1650 ftSE
Museum
Vermont Historical Society, Barre
8 min walk • The Vermont Historical Society was founded in 1838 to preserve and record the cultural history of the US state of Vermont. Headquartered in the old Spaulding School Building in Barre, the Vermont History Center is home to the Vermont Historical Society's administrative offices, the Leahy Library and a small book shop.
~1530 ftSE
Monuments and statues
Robert Burns Memorial, Barre
8 min walk • The Robert Burns Memorial is a granite monument located in downtown Barre, Vermont. It was erected by Barre's Scottish immigrants in 1899 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The statue was conceived and modeled by J. Massey Rhind. James B.
1.3 miNW
Science museum, Specialty museum, Natural history museum
Vermont Granite Museum, Barre
33 min walk • The Vermont Granite Museum is a museum in the city of Barre, Vermont, devoted to the city's historically important granite quarrying and processing industry.
~1580 ftSE
Library
Leahy Library, Barre
8 min walk • Howard and Alba Leahy Library is located in the Vermont History Center in Barre, VT. It is housed in the old Spaulding School Building and run by the Vermont Historical Society, which is also located in the same building.
~690 ftE
Library
Aldrich Public Library, Barre
4 min walk • The Aldrich Public Library is the public library serving the city of Barre, Vermont. It is located at 6 Washington Street in the city center, in an architecturally distinguished Classical Revival building constructed in 1907-08 with funds bequested by Leonard Frost Aldrich, a local businessman, and was substantially enlarged in 2000.
0.4 miNW
Church
Italian Baptist Church, Barre
12 min walk • The Italian Baptist Church is a historic church at 10 North Brook Street in the city of Barre, Vermont. Built in 1906-08 largely with volunteer labor, it is a distinctive regionalized example of vernacular church architecture more typically found in northern Italy.
0.6 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Joshua Twing Gristmill, Barre
16 min walk • The Joshua Twing Gristmill is a historic industrial facility at 450 North Main Street in the city of Barre, Vermont. Built in 1844, it is a remarkably high-style example of Greek Revival architecture for an essentially utilitarian industrial structure.
~1580 ftSE
Museum
Spaulding School Building, Barre
8 min walk • The former Spaulding School Building is a historic structure that has overlooked the city of Barre, Vermont, United States, since 1891. It now houses the Vermont History Center, the home of the Vermont Historical Society.

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Nearby attractions include Aldrich Public Library, Barre (4 min walk), Barre City Hall and Opera House, Barre (4 min walk), Barre Opera House, Barre (5 min walk), Saint Monica's Church, Barre (7 min walk).

Wheelock Law Office, Barre

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Wheelock Law Office – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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