Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

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10 drawings
44 b&w photos
40 data pages
4 photo caption pages
9 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

CALL NUMBER:
HAER VT,14-WOOD,9-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 10 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 44 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 39 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4
Color Transparencies: 9

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER VT-27

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N962).

Building/structure dates: 1870 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1903 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1956 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1978 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1998 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1872 initial construction

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. Traveling along the roads, riders could see reforestation in progress, picturesque vistas, and the reward of the view from the top of Mount Tom. The good stewardship of Billings' descendants allowed this model nineteenth century landscape to survive, with minor modifications that reflect changes in land use.

SUBJECTS:
VERMONT--Windsor County--Woodstock
fireplace
automobiles
balustrades

OTHER TITLE:
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Par

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.vt0122

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
MOUNT TOM AND MARSH-BILLINGS-ROCKEFELLER NHP FROM BLAKE HILL. VIEW WNW
MANSION ENTRY DRIVE FROM ROUTE 12. VIEW WSW
MANSION ENTRY DRIVE TOWARD ROUTE 12 WITH GATE POSTS. VIEW E
BILLINGS FARM AND BLAKE HILL FROM MANSION PORCH. VIEW E
HISTORIC SPRUCE PLANTATION ALONG DRIVES BEHIND BELVEDERE. VIEW W
WOOD DRIVE NEAR WATERFALL GARDEN WITH STONE RETAINING WALL. VIEW N, UPHILL
WOOD DRIVE NEAR WATERFALL GARDEN. VIEW WSW, DOWNHILL
GABLE ENTRANCE OF WOODSHED. VIEW NW
RETAINING WALL UNDER WOODSHED. VIEW SE
VIEW OF UPPER MEADOW FROM PONY SHED. VIEW NNE
STONE RETAINING WALL ALONG NORTH PEAK TURNAROUND. VIEW SE
VIEW OF STONE DRAINAGE OUTLET ON UPPER POGUE ROAD FROM LOWER POGUE ROAD. VIEW WSW
INTERSECTION OF UPPER AND LOWER POGUE ROAD. VIEW ESE
VIEW OF LONG UNDULATING SECTION OF POGUE ROAD. VIEW E
STONE CULVERT AND RETAINING WALL ON POGUE ROAD. VIEW N
ROGERS TRACT GRANITE MARKER ALONG POGUE ROAD NEAR SUMMER PASTURE. VIEW SW
UPPER WATERING TROUGH ALONG POGUE ROAD. VIEW ESE
APPROACH TO POGUE DAM FROM THE EAST. VIEW NW
VIEW OF POGUE ROAD ACROSS TOP OF DAM. VIEW WNW
VIEW OF POGUE ROAD FROM DAM. VIEW N
VIEW OF POGUE FROM BENCH TOWARD DAM. VIEW SSW
VIEW OF ELM LOT TOWARD RED PINE PLANTATION FROM ROAD TO SOUTH PEAK. VIEW SW
"WOLF TREE", OLD MAPLE IN RED PINE PLANTATION ABOVE ELM LOT. VIEW ENE
SIGN FOR NPS FORESTRY DEMONSTRATION SITE WEST OF ELM LOT. VIEW W
NORWAY SPRUCE ALLEE WEST OF FRENCH LOT. VIEW SSE
VIEW OF FRENCH LOT, WITH EUROPEAN LARCH EAST, NORWAY SPRUCE WEST, MT. ASCUTNEY CENTER HORIZON. VIEW S
VIEW OF STONE CAUSEWAY ALONG ROAD TO SOUTH PEAK FROM SLOPE ABOVE. VIEW SSW
DETAIL OF STONE CAUSEWAY WALL ALONG ROAD TO SOUTH PEAK. VIEW NNE
VIEW OF STONE CAUSEWAY ALONG ROAD TO SOUTH PEAK FROM ROAD LEVEL
IRON HITCHING POST AT SOUTH PEAK. VIEW NE
VIEW FROM SOUTH PEAK WITH VILLAGE OF WOODSTOCK BELOW. VIEW ESE
VIEW FROM SUMMER PASTURE. VIEW E
MAPLE TREES ALONG SUMMER PASTURE ROAD. VIEW ESE
VIEW OF SPRING LOT FROM SKI SHELTER, SUMMER LOT IN DISTANCE. VIEW WSW
INTERSECTION OF ROADS FROM THE POGUE, SUMMER PASTURE, AND MACKENZIE ROAD. VIEW SE
INTERSECTION OF ROADS TO THE POGUE, MACKENZIE ROAD, AND THE NORTH RIDGE. VIEW W
RED PINE PLANTATION SKID ROAD INTERSECTING MACKENZIE ROAD TO PROSPER ROAD. VIEW N
PROSPER ROAD ENTRANCE GATE. VIEW E
TRAILHEAD PARKING AREA OFF PROSPER ROAD. VIEW NNE
VIEW FROM NORTH RIDGE OVERLOOK. VIEW N
S-CURVE ALONG NORTH RIDGE ROAD, UPPER SWEEP. VIEW NNE
S-CURVE ALONG NORTH RIDGE ROAD, LOWER SWEEP. VIEW SW
WHITE PINE PLANTATION ALONG NORTH RIDGE ROAD. VIEW S
GATE POST AT RIVER STREET CEMETERY ENTRANCE. VIEW WSW
MOUNT TOM AND MARSH-BILLINGS-ROCKEFELLER NHP FROM BLAKE HILL. VIEW WNW
FLOWER GARDEN BEHIND MANSION. VIEW E
VIEW FROM SUMMER PASTURE. VIEW E
VIEW OF POGUE ROAD ACROSS TOP OF DAM. VIEW WNW
VIEW OF THE POGUE. VIEW W.
VIEW OF FRENCH LOT, WITH EUROPEAN LARCH EAST, NORWAY SPRUCE WEST, MT. ASCUTNEY CENTER HORIZON. VIEW S
VIEW OF STONE CAUSEWAY ALONG ROAD TO SOUTH PEAK FROM ROAD LEVEL. VIEW N
INTERSECTION OF ROADS TO THE POGUE, MACKENZIE ROAD, AND THE NORTH RIDGE. VIEW W
FOREST VIEW ALONG NORTH RIDGE ROAD. VIEW E

CONTROL #:
VT0122

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