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Demolition Looms Over North Pownal School Building
The North Pownal School on Route 346 is set for demolition by Burgess Bros. for $2,000 after decades of use. Residents recall its independence, the 1832 land transfer with Whipple, and historic ties as preservation talks stall. The building’s fire safety upgrades were never completed, and a local committee failed to find a viable reuse. The bell was moved to the elementary library, and artifacts like desks and a 1898 program endure as memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
North Pownal
Burgess Bros
Joel Burrington
Andrew Whipple
Pownal School District No
Whipple
Rachel Mason
Green Mountain
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Hoosick Falls
North Adams
Burrington
Martha Rudd
Timothy Smith
State Department of Public Safety
Rudd
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Seminary
Pownal Center
Bernard Bisson
Bisson
Lions
Vincent Pizzano
Mary Darling
North Pownal School
State Division of Historic Sites
Tordis Isselhardt
Bennington County
Ted
Robert
Mrs. Darling
James Garfield
Chester Arthur
Garfield
First Congregational Church
Route 346
Division of Historic Preservation
Chester Lieds
Vermont
Barre
Franklin County
State Bicentennial Commission
Lieds
Municipal Planning and Development Act
Timent
Admiral Dewey
Academy Hall