Tontine Building, Guilford

Name: Tontine Building
Address: Guilford, United States

#3 among attractions in Guilford

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The Tontine Building is a historic mixed-use commercial and residential building at 500 Coolidge Highway in Guilford, Vermont. Built in 1819, it is a rare example of a Federal period commercial building in southeastern Vermont, and is one of only three buildings in the state known to have been financed by a tontine, a subscription-based investment model. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. It has been rehabilitated and converted entirely into housing units. ()

Built: 1819 (205 years ago)Coordinates: 42°49'34"N, 72°34'32"W

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Guilford United States

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Tontine Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Museum and Art Center, Asbury United Methodist Church, Christ Church, Creamery Covered Bridge.

2 miNE
Art museum, History museum, Museum
Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro
50 min walk • The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, a non-collecting museum, was founded in 1972 and is located in the former Central Vermont & Boston & Maine Union Station building in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont.
6.8 miNE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Asbury United Methodist Church, West Chesterfield
175 min walk • The Asbury United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church on NH 63 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. It has been termed the "mother church of Methodism in New Hampshire", and is home to the state's oldest continuously running Methodist congregation, organized in 1795.
0.7 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church, Guilford
18 min walk • Christ Church is a historic church located at Melendy Hill Road and US Route 5 in Guilford, Vermont. Built in 1817 and later given Gothic Revival styling, it was the first Episcopal Church in Vermont. On May 13, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
1.7 miN
Bridge
Creamery Covered Bridge, Brattleboro
44 min walk • The Creamery Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge in West Brattleboro, Vermont. Now closed to traffic, the Town lattice truss bridge formerly carried Guilford Road across Whetstone Brook, just south of Vermont Route 9.
2.1 miNE
42°51'11"N • 72°33'30"W
Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery, Brattleboro
53 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
2.2 miN
Library
Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro
56 min walk • Brooks Memorial Library is a public library in the municipality of Brattleboro, Vermont. The library was founded in 1887. The current head librarian is Starr LaTronica who joined the library in December 2015.
2.3 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture
Lewis Grout House, Brattleboro
59 min walk • The Lewis Grout House is a historic house on Western Avenue at Bonnyvale Road in West Brattleboro, Vermont. Built in about 1880 for a widely traveled minister, it is a well-preserved and somewhat late example of Gothic Revival architecture.
5 miN
Historical place, Shingle style architecture
Naulakha, Brattleboro
129 min walk • Naulakha, also known as the Rudyard Kipling House, is a historic Shingle Style house on Kipling Road in Dummerston, Vermont, a few miles outside Brattleboro.
2.3 miNW
42°51'14"N • 72°36'5"W
Tasha Tudor Society, Brattleboro
60 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
2.1 miNE
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture
Brattleboro Downtown Historic District, Brattleboro
54 min walk • The Brattleboro Downtown Historic District encompasses most of the central business district of the town of Brattleboro, Vermont.
2.4 miN
Shingle style architecture
Arthur D. and Emma J. Wyatt House, Brattleboro
62 min walk • The Arthur D. and Emma J. Wyatt House is a historic house at 125 Putney Road in Brattleboro, Vermont. Built in 1894, it is one of the state's finest examples of a mature Shingle style residence.