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Gen. Samuel Strong House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
c. 1937 HABS photo
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Location	64? W. Main St., Vergennes, Vermont
Coordinates	44°9′50″N 73°15′30″W / 44.16389°N 73.25833°W / 44.16389; -73.25833
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1796 (1796)
Architectural style	Early Republic, Georgian, Adamesque
NRHP reference No.	73000182
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973

The Gen. Samuel Strong House is a historic house on West Main Street in Vergennes, Vermont. Built in 1796, it is one of Vermont's finest examples late Georgian/early Federal period architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Description and history

The General Samuel Strong House stands on the north side of West Main Street, west of downtown Vergennes and just north of the road's junction with Panton Road. It is fronted by a shallow semicircular drive, and is screened from the road by trees. It is a two-story L-shaped wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and clapboard siding. The street-facing southern main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a half-round transom window and gabled pediment. A low gable rises from the roof above the center three bays, with an oval window at its center. The eaves of the gable and roof are dentillated. The east-facing secondary facade is less elaborate than the main one, with its entrance sheltered by a gabled porch.

The house was built about 1796, supposedly by Samuel Strong himself as his residence. Strong was a local militia leader during the War of 1812 who was instrumental in organizing local forces for the Battle of Plattsburgh near the end of that war.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Chester Liebs (1972). "NRHP nomination for Gen. Samuel Strong House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-15. with photos from 1972

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Addison County, Vermont
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Districts	Bristol Downtown Historic District Camp Marbury Historic District Colonel Ephraim and Sarah Doolittle Farm Fenn Farm Field Farm John Hamilton Farmstead The Heights Middlebury Village Historic District Salisbury Fish Hatchery Shard Villa University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm Vergennes Historic District Vergennes Residential Historic District Witherell Farm
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Footnotes	† This entry has been removed from the register.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

• Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places in Addison County, Vermont
• Georgian Revival architecture in Vermont
• Houses completed in 1796
• Houses in Addison County, Vermont
• Buildings and structures in Vergennes, Vermont
• 1796 establishments in Vermont