This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Old Stone House in Shaftsbury Preserves Colorful History
A Shaftsbury home built 1775–1782 by Parker Cole, quarried on-site, with 22 rooms and 18 inch thick stone walls, holds legends of secret Revolutionary War tunnels, haunted rooms, and a witch’s ballroom. The house remained in the Cole then Howard families, facing a 19th century roof loss and later restorations, while nearby older stone fort-like house recalls munitions storage during the Bennington era.
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Shaftsbury
Arthur Howard
Harriett
Helen
Route 7
East Street
State of
Vermont
Parker Cole
Howard’s
Howard
Herbert Wheaton Condon
Republic
Washington
Cole
Con
New England
Pearl W. Barton
Massachusetts
America
Hiram Cole
Solomon Howard
Barton
Ebenezer Cole
Parker
Howards
Richard Davis
New York
New Hampshire
Wentworth
England