We have gathered a selection of houses from the 1930s that show an array of both style and purpose. Take a step back in time and appreciate the beauty of these old houses in Vermont.

  1. Old farmhouse near Lowell.

Carl Mydans

  1. Sign “Farm stock tools for sale” near Troy.

Carl Mydans

  1. Old Vermont farm building near Hyde Park.

Carl Mydans

  1. Milk house cooled by running spring water on farm near Lowell.

Carl Mydans

  1. Old abandoned farmhouse near Newport.

Carl Mydans

  1. A stately home in Burlington.

Arthur Rothstein

  1. Farmhouse with witch window in Windsor County.

Arthur Rothstein

  1. Chicken house on the McNally farm in Kirby.

Arthur Rothstein

  1. House and barn on the McNally farm.

Arthur Rothstein

  1. Front door of white Cupboard Inn, old home converted into tavern for winter and summer visitors in Woodstock.

Marion Post Wolcott

  1. Lumbermen’s shack near Barnard where they can get warm, eat their lunch, and house the tractor with which they haul logs to the road where they are picked up and hauled to the mill by truck.

Marion Post Wolcott

  1. Skiers during noon hour outside of toll house at the foot of Mount Mansfield, Smugglers Notch.

Marion Post Wolcott

  1. Old-fashioned country peddler who goes from door to door selling hardware and groceries near Woodstock.

Marion Post Wolcott

  1. Hired man hauling logs on farm near Waterbury, Vermont. They are then sold to the mill. He said “There ain’t nothin’ meaner than a log except a woman when she wants to be. They sure can be stubborn.”

Marion Post Wolcott

  1. Forest ranger bringing in supplies which he has carried up the mountain on skiis to his hut which is also used by skiers in the winter. About half an hour later on his next trip down the mountain on skiis for more supplies he broke his leg. Near the top of Mount Mansfield, Smuggler’s Notch, near Stowe.

Marion Post Wolcott

  1. A farmhouse in West Danville with stairway leading to the second floor through the porch roof

Paul Vanderbilt

  1. A house in Bradford in 1939.

Russell Lee

  1. Old farmstead near Bridgewater.

Russell Lee

Do you know if any of these featured are still standing? Let us know!

Carl Mydans

Arthur Rothstein

Marion Post Wolcott

Paul Vanderbilt

Russell Lee

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