Saxtons River is an incorporated village in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 565 2010. For over a hundred years, Saxtons River has been the home of Vermont Academy, an independent secondary school.
The Saxtons River Village Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It covers 270 acres and is roughly bounded by Burk Hill and Belleview Roads, Oak Street, the Saxtons River, and Westminster West Road. The district comprises 133 contributing and 22 non-contributing buildings including examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne architectural styles.
Historic buildings in the Village of Saxtons River, Vermont include:
- Congregational Church, now Saxtons River Historical Society; 1836, 1871
- Saxtons River Village Building (Upper Main Street); c. 1860, c. 1970
- “Maple Grove,” Smith-Bancroft-Neill House (Upper Main Street); c. 1830
- Warner Block-Odd Fellows Building, now Main Street Arts; c. 1850
- Sabin-Bryant Block (Main and School Street); c. 1865
- Saxtons River Public School (School Street); 1915
- Saxtons River Inn (Main Street and Academy Avenue); 1903
- “The Beehive” (Academy Avenue); c. 1860
- Simonds Store – Saxtons River Village Market (Main Street) c. 1870
- Tin Shop or Saxwin Building (Main and Maple Streets); c. 1850
- Baptist Church (Main Street), now Christ’s Church, UCC; 1840
- Fuller Hardware Store (Main Street); c. 1830
- Saxtons River Woolen Mill foundation (Maple Street); c. 1847 and later.
- Wool Pulling Shop (River Street); c. 1870
- Old South Meetinghouse site (Westminster Street)
- Saxtons River Cemetery (off Westminster Street)
- Tenney’s Lumber Mill (off Westminster Street); 1870
- Thompson Gristmill (Westminster Street); c. 1850
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