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Shelburne Farms

Established	1972
Location	Shelburne, Vermont
Coordinates	44°23′31.69″N 73°15′26.04″W / 44.3921361°N 73.2572333°W / 44.3921361; -73.2572333
Type	Nonprofit
President	Alec Webb
Website	shelburnefarms.org
Shelburne Farms
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Area	1,339 acres (542 ha)
Built	1887
Architect	Robert Henderson Robertson
Architectural style	Tudor Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	80000330
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 11, 1980
Designated NHLD	January 3, 2001

Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education center for sustainability, 1,400-acre (570 ha) working farm, and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. The property is nationally significant as a well-preserved example of a Gilded Age "ornamental farm", developed in the late 19th century with architecture by Robert Henderson Robertson and landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Description and history

Shelburne Farms was created in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate, using money inherited from railroad magnate William Henry Vanderbilt. They commissioned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to guide the layout of 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) of farm, field and forest, and New York architect Robert Henderson Robertson, to design the buildings. The estate was created by purchasing a large number of mostly agricultural properties, and then adapting the existing roads and lanes (some of which were public ways the Webbs petitioned to have closed) to fulfill the Webbs' vision for the estate. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2001.

Shelburne Farms was incorporated as a nonprofit educational organization in 1972 by descendants of the Webbs. Nearly 400 acres (160 ha) of sustainably managed woodlands received Green Certification from the Forest Stewardship Council in 1998. The farm's grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows. Their milk is made into farmhouse cheddar cheese. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable.

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Chittenden County, Vermont

References

1. "Shelburne Farms Board & Staff". Retrieved December 11, 2019.
2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
3. ^ "Shelburne Farms". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved June 25, 2008.
4. "NHL nomination for Shelburne Farms". National Park Service. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
5. "Shelburne Farms - Cheesmaking - Awards". Archived from the original on September 8, 2006. Retrieved April 24, 2006.

External links

• Shelburne Farms Website
• A Pastoral Preserve Faces the Future in Smithsonian Magazine by Chris Granstrom, May 1998.
• Opulence and comfort on a Vanderbilt scale in The Boston Globe By Patricia Harr and David Lyon, September 12, 2004

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Chittenden County, Vermont
National Historic Landmarks	Round Church Shelburne Farms Ticonderoga
Districts	Martin M. Bates Farmstead Battery Street Historic District Buell Street–Bradley Street Historic District Charlotte Center Historic District Giles Chittenden Farmstead Church Street Historic District City Hall Park Historic District Downtown Essex Junction Commercial Historic District Fort Ethan Allen Historic District Gray Rocks Head of Church Street Historic District Hinesburg Town Forest Honey Hollow Camp Jericho Center Historic District Jericho Village Historic District Dan Johnson Farmstead Lakeside Development LeClair Avenue Historic District Mad River Glen Ski Area Historic District ‡ Main Street–College Street Historic District Mount Philo State Park Murray–Isham Farm North Street Historic District Pearl Street Historic District Pine Street Industrial Historic District Preston–Lafreniere Farm Redstone Historic District Remington–Williamson Farm Sand Bar State Park Shelburne Village Historic District South Union Street Historic District South Willard Street Historic District Sutton Farm Underhill State Park University Green Historic District Wells-Richardson Complex M. S. Whitcomb Farm Williston Village Historic District Winooski Falls Mill District
Buildings	Commercial/ Industrial Burlington Montgomery Ward Building Burlington Traction Company Ethan Allen Engine Company No. 4 William Fitzgerald Block Moquin's Bakery Moran Municipal Generation Station Old Red Mill and Mill House Porter Screen Company Richmond Underwear Company Building Saltus Grocery Store Tavern on Mutton Hill Winooski Block Government Chittenden County Courthouse † U.S. Post Office and Custom House Educational Carnegie Building of the Fletcher Free Library Champlain School Converse Hall District No. 5 Schoolhouse Jonesville Academy Proctor Maple Research Farm Religious First Baptist Church First Methodist Church Howard Mortuary Chapel Huntington Lower Village Church Methodist Episcopal Church of Winooski Old Ohavi Zedek Synagogue Richmond Congregational Church Williston Congregational Church Residential Ethan Allen Homestead Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley House Roswell Butler House Martin Chittenden House Dumas Tenements Duplex at 22-26 Johnson Street Duplex at 73-75 Sherman Street Follett House Galusha House Grasse Mount House at 44 Front Street Martin L. Kelsey House LeFerriere House McNeil Homestead Mintzer House Normand House Old Stone House Charles R. Palmer House Cicero Goddard Peck House John B. Robarge Duplex Roberge-Desautels Apartment House Daniel Webster Robinson House Lucy Ruggles House Stannard House Lee Tracy House Edward Wells House Wells-Jackson Carriage House Complex Winterbotham Estate
Sites	Burlington Bay Horse Ferry General Butler (shipwreck) O.J. Walker (shipwreck) Phoenix (shipwreck) Winooski Archeological Site
Structures	Burlington Breakwater Holmes Creek Covered Bridge Quinlan's Covered Bridge Seguin Covered Bridge West Milton Bridge Winooski River Bridge
Footnotes	† This entry has been removed from the registry. ‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Chittenden County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

• National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
• Shelburne, Vermont
• 1886 establishments in Vermont
• Houses completed in 1887
• Vermont culture
• Robert Henderson Robertson buildings
• Shingle Style houses
• Buildings and structures in Shelburne, Vermont
• Tourist attractions in Chittenden County, Vermont
• Environmental education in the United States
• Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• Vanderbilt family residences
• Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places in Chittenden County, Vermont
• Shingle Style architecture in Vermont
• Gilded Age mansions