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Common Name: Old Valley Hotel |
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Ref - 604_044_043
COMMON NAME: Valley House
ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL OR STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTION:
3 1/2 Story, 4
x 4, brick Greek Revival structure at the corner of Spring Street and Bridge
Streets. Brick laid in American Comman
bond, painted yellow. Stone foundation
and metal-covered gable roof w/cornice returns. Wide plan. No fireplaces,
interior half chimney. The main
entrance is located on the southeast eaves side, left and enters onto a gable
entrance porch (addition). Windows are
2/2. Flat wood lintels. Fenestration is symmetrical. There is a basement on the northwest eaves
side (facing Spring St.) that has both a left and right entrance. Built as a hotel, in the po;ular Greek
Revival mode this structure housed a butcher shop downstairs, and originally
had a wing on the southwest side w/livery stable on the first floor and a dance
hall above. Having several names over
the years, the most common being the Valley House.
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17 May 1976 |
James K. Warner to Richard C., Jr. and
Donna Soule..W.D....A certain piece of land together with the buildings
thereon, in the town of Fairfax...being a flat iron shape piece of land
situated at the intersection of Main, Maple and Bridge Streets, so-called, in
the Village of Fairfax...... |
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19 Apr 1975<!--
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Minerva Maloof, Adm. Of Estate of Janet
& Joseph Peloquin to James Warner, Administrator Deed...Also known as the
Old Hotel in the Town of Fairfax.... |
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25 Aug 1972<!--
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Eric A. Schuppin to Joseph & Janet
Peloquin Estate....Quit Claim Deed..Being the Old Hotel property so-called... |
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04 Apr 1966<!--
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Joseph F. & Janet K. Peloquin to Eric
A. Schuppin..W.D..Being a flat iron shaped piece of land situated at the
intersection of Main, Maple and Bridge Streets....... |
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03 Nov 1947<!--
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William H. & Lillian B. Archambault
to Joseph T. & Janet K. Peloquin..W.D..Same as above.... |
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16 Sep 1946<!--
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Louis L. & Ruby A. Ebare to William
H. Archambault...W.D...Same as above |
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08 March 1946<!-- Row 8 Column 1 --> |
Cordelia B. St. Jock to Louis L. &
Ruby A. Ebare.W.D...Being a flat iron shaped piece of land..... |
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477 |
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28 Aug 1943 |
Home Owners Loan Corp. to Joseph St.
Jock..Q.C...Deed...First parcel: and
is a flat iron shaped piece of land....... |
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14 Jul 1942<!--
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Home Owners Loan Corp. vs O. E. &
Rose Audette and L. J. Burleson..Decree of Foreclosure...1st....and is a flat
iron shaped piece of land..Together with the hereditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging and also together with all disappearing beds and boxes,
mechanical refrigeration units, wquipment for heating, lighting and cooking,
mirrors, doors and window shades and personal property as are ever furnished
by a landlord in letting or operating an unfurnished building similar to the
buildings erected upon said mortgaged premises and now or hereafter installed
therein....... |
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28 Dec 1931<!--
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Lillian M. Burleson to G. S. &
Lillian C. Burleson...W.D..... |
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14 Sep 1931<!--
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G. S. & Lillian Burleson to Lillian
M. Burleson.Q.C...Deed...... |
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25 Jun 1924<!--
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Merton E. & Louise A. Shedd to George
S. & Lillian Burleson..W. D...being the so-called J. D. Shedd hotel
property, located in the Village of Fairfax, in the hollow, so-called, and
lying on both sides of the highway leading from Fairfax Hollow to Fairfax
Plains and bounded as follows: the first parcel on which hotel building
stands is bounded......... |
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05 Feb 1923<!--
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Laura N. Shedd et als to M. E.
Shedd.Q.C...Deed......being the so called land with the buildings thereon on
which the hotel known as the Valley House and barn is located the same being
formerly owned and run by J. D. Shedd now deceased. Said hotel propertyt lying on the west side of the road leading
from Fairfax Hollow to Westford and the barn lying on the east side of said
road. Also all and singular the
personal property now being in the building..... |
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17 Dec 1910 |
M. E. Shedd to John D. Shedd..W.D....Valey
Hotel and barn, also 5 acres of land more or less, lying and being on Fairfax
Plains........ |
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<!-- Row 15 Column 1 -->17 Dec 1910<!-- Row 15 Column 2 --> |
Laura N. Shedd to M. E.
Shedd.W.D.......The hotel, known as the Valley Hotel, lying and being in
Fairfax Village, bounded on the easterly by the highway running from Fairfax
to Burlington, on the westerly by the highway known as Water Street,...Also a
small piece of land lying on the easterly side of said Burlington Road with
the hotel barn standing thereon, also the scales standing in front of said
hotel..also all the hotel furniture now remaining.... |
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19 Feb 1885<!--
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George A. Ballard, Guardian for James
Sheehan, Estate to Laura N. Shedd..Guardian's Deed... |
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<!-- Row 17 Column 1 -->31 Oct 1883<!-- Row 17 Column 2 --> |
Fred R. Woodward to James
Sheehan.W.D....A certain piece or parcel of land and the buildings thereon
standing lying and being in Fairfax in said County and described as
follows: bounded easterly by the
highway leading from Fairfax Village to Westford..also all the personal
property inventoried and left by me in the hotel and barn and outbuildings on
said property.... |
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<!-- Row 18 Column 1 -->19 Mar 1883<!-- Row 18 Column 2 --> |
Louisa Bowman to Fred R.
Woodward.Q.C.Deed.... |
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<!-- Row 19 Column 1 -->31 Dec 1873<!-- Row 19 Column 2 --> |
M. G. & A. B. Ovitt to James
Pease..W.D....All and the same land and premises with hotel buildings and
tenant house thereon standing.... |
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<!-- Row 20 Column 1 -->06 Dec 1872<!-- Row 20 Column 2 --> |
Edward Flinn to M. G. Ovitt.W.D.....All
and the same land and premises with hotel building and tenant house thereon
standing.... |
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10 Oct 1870<!-- Row 21 Column 2 --> |
Richard & Maggie Flinn to Edward
Flinn.W.D....Being the same land and premises with hotel building and tenant
house thereon standing....... |
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<!-- Row 22 Column 1 -->16 Feb 1869<!-- Row 22 Column 2 --> |
Edward Flinn to Richard
Flinn..W.D.....Same as above...... |
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<!-- Row 23 Column 1 -->28 Mar 1868<!-- Row 23 Column 2 --> |
George H. & Sara J. Hill to Edward
Flinn..W.D......Being the same lands and premises with a brick hotel andhotel
barn thereon standing........... |
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<!-- Row 24 Column 1 -->03 Jul 1867<!-- Row 24 Column 2 --> |
Edward Flinn to George H.
Hill.W.D.......all and the same land and premises heretofore deeded to me by
Ebenezer Wood....... |
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<!-- Row 25 Column 1 -->18 Feb 1867<!-- Row 25 Column 2 --> |
Ebenezer Wood to Edward Flinn..W.D.......Being
all and the same land and premises deed to me by George & Sara Hill
reserving to myself all the manure on said premises |
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20 Oct 1866 |
George H. & Sara Jane Hill to
Ebenezer Wood..W.D.....All and the same land and premises heretofore deeded
to me by Edward & Jane Irish, part of said premises being subject to an
annual rent of $5.00. Said Hill
reserving all the manure now on said premises and all that may be made on the
same up to the 1st day of April next........ |
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20 Jan 1866 |
Ed M. Irish to George H. Hill.W.D.....all
and the same land and premises deeded by Samuel Randall and is the same now
occupied by me as a tavern.....reserving all the manure that now is upon said
premises and also reserves all the household furniture...... |
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03 Dec 1864 |
Samuel & Olive Randall to Ed
Irish.W.D...being the same land and premises...and is the same now occupied
by me as a tavern Stand in Fairfax Village...said Randall reserves all his
stoves and stove pipes and carpets plus the butcher sign nailed to the
building: Randall also reserves all
the manure now on the premises and all that should be made to the 1st day of
April, and said Randall is to pay said Irish $9.50 for said manure...... |
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12 Mar 1860 |
Joseph D. Soule to Samuel Randall.W.D.a
certain piece of land described as follows.
Viz: bounded easterly by the
highway, westerly by the highway, southerly by land owned by Joseph Root, Jr.
and land owned by H. E. Hubbell and J. H. Dewey...... |
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12 Mar 1860 |
MORTGAGE DEED Samuel Randall to Joseph
Soule ...being the same land this day deeded to me by the said Soule and
known as the Farnsworth Tavern Stand...... |
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12 Mar 1860 |
H. E. Hubbell to Joseph D.
Soule..Q.C..Deed described as follows....the Tavern Stand in Fairfax mortgaged
by Jude Brown to Luther Hyde by mortgage deed dated November 20, 1855, which
mortgage has been assigned to me and a decree of foreclosure made and the
decree expired one year from its date....... |
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20 Nov 1855 |
Luther A. Hyde to Jude Brown.W.D.....being
the same land that was deeded to Luther A. Hyde by Carlos H. & Carlton L.
Farnsworth and being the same premises now occupied by us..... |
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24 Mar 1853 |
Carlos & Carlton Farnsworth to Luther
A. Hyde.W.D...bounded westerly by Water Street, easterly by the highway
leading from the Village to the Arch Bridge and southerly by land heretofore
bought of Ephriam Butler by Alvah Farnsworth, hereby meaning to convey the
Tavern Stand and Tavern Stand lot in Fairfax....... |
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04 Jun 1853 |
A Wilson & H. E. Hubbell to C. H.
& C. L. Farnsworth.....QC...being the tavern stand heretofore known as
the Farnsworth Tavern Stand in Fairfax... |
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13 Apr 1846 |
Carlos Farnsworth & Brothers to James
Bellows........MORTGAGE DEED ......Bounded northwesterly by the highway
leading from the main road to the old toll bridge (place)
southeasterly by the highway leading from H. E. Hubbell's office to
Burlington, southwesterly by land owned by Ephriam Butler and is the same
formerly deeded by Ephriam Butler to Ira Farnsworth and by said Farnsworth to
us on which there is a brick house now standing occupied as a tavern...(This
Mortgage was discharged on January 4, 1853) |
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20 Nov 1844 |
Ira Farnsworth's deed to C. H., C. I.,
and A. D. Farnsworth....being the same heretofore deeded to me by Ephriam
Butler for a more particular description of which reference being had to said
deed or the records thereof in the Town Clerk's Office in Fairfax with a
brick house thereon standing in which I now live.... |
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22 Feb 1843 |
Ira Farnsworth's LEASE to Carlos
H. Farnsworth...land situate, lying and being in Fairfax aforesaid described
as follows viz: about twelve acres of land that heretofore belonged to the
Israel Richardson farm that was heretofore deeded to the said Ira by Moses
Bates - also the tanyard and shops there to attached together with the lot on
which it stands and water privileges thereto.................................Also
the basement story of the brick house recently built by the said Ira - also
the lot of land on which the said Ira now lives with the buildings thereon
standing...................To have and to hold the same to the said
Carlos H. his heirs and assigns for and during the term of five years from
the data hereof and the said Carlos H. for himself and his heirs covenant to
and with the said Ira, his heirs and assigns that he will use and improve
said premises in a good husbandlike manner and at all times keep the same in
as good repair as they now are, and commit no waste thereon and will pay all
taxes and assessments thereon and pay the said Ira One Hundred Dollars a year
as rent for the same to be paid quarterly in sums of Twenty five Dollars
cash, the first payment to be made March 22, 1843............. 1842 - TAX RECORDS IRA FARNSWORTH
- 13 A $1500 1843 - TAX RECORDS IRA FARNSWORTH - 13 A $2126 CENTURY AWARD _ 1842 |
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Researched By: Marian Chaffee
Date: August 1, 1975