Black River Academy, Ludlow

Name: Black River Academy
Address: Ludlow, United States

#2 among attractions in Ludlow

Top attraction, History museum, Museum

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The Black River Academy is a historic school building on High Street in the village of Ludlow, Vermont. Chartered in 1835, the school served as the town high school until 1938. The present building, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure built in 1888, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 for its architectural and historic educational significance. It presently houses the Black River Academy Museum, operated by the Black River Historical Society. ()

Built: 1888 (136 years ago)Coordinates: 43°23'47"N, 72°41'45"W

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Black River Academy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Okemo Mountain Resort, Cavendish Universalist Church, Weston Priory, Congregational Church of Ludlow.

1.1 miW
Natural attraction, Ski area, Lookout
Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow
28 min walk • Okemo Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in the town of Ludlow, Vermont, United States. The resort experienced 600,000 skier visits in 2009. Parents Magazine rated it the Top US Family Snow Resort.
4.6 miE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Cavendish Universalist Church, Cavendish
118 min walk • Cavendish Universalist Church is a historic church building on Vermont Route 131 in Cavendish, Vermont. It was built in 1844 by Scottish immigrant stonemasons, using a "snecked" ashlar stone finish that is rare in the state outside the immediate area.
6.3 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Monastery
Weston Priory, Weston
162 min walk • Weston Priory is a community of Benedictine monks who reside in Weston, Vermont, founded in 1953. The Priory is within the confines of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, which encompasses the entirety of Vermont.
~410 ftNW
Church, Shingle style architecture
Congregational Church of Ludlow, Ludlow
2 min walk • The United Church of Ludlow, formerly the Congregational Church of Ludlow, is a historic church at 48 Pleasant Street in the village of Ludlow in Vermont.
4.5 miE
Bridge
Spaulding Bridge, Cavendish
115 min walk • The Spaulding Bridge is a historic Parker pony truss bridge carrying Mill Street across the Black River in Cavendish, Vermont. Built in 1905, it is one of the state's few surviving examples of a metal truss bridge built before state aid and standardization of bridge types became widespread in Vermont.
6.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Camp Plymouth State Park
158 min walk • Camp Plymouth State Park is a 295-acre state park on 96-acre Echo Lake in Ludlow, Vermont. Activities includes swimming, hiking, picnicking, fishing, boating, horseback riding, wildlife watching, winter sports and group camping.
4.2 miE
Gothic Revival architecture
Glimmerstone, Cavendish
109 min walk • Glimmerstone is a historic mansion house on Vermont Route 131, west of the village center of Cavendish, Vermont. Built 1844–47, it is a distinctive example of Gothic Revival architecture, built using a regional construction style called "snecked ashlar" out of locally quarried stone flecked with mica.