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Ethan Allen Homestead Museum was Ethan Allen's last home. The site commands rolling fields and scenic curves of the Winooski (Onion) River. ... Only a short drive from downtown Burlington, the Homestead offers hands-on history, spectacular scenery, and riverside picnic areas and walks. The Homestead provides a genuine slice of 18th century life, and an intimate look at Vermont's most colorful - and controversial founder. ... Ethan Allen, who has become a folk hero in Vermont, was an unusually flamboyant backwoodsman-turned-statesman from Connecticut. He was one of the early inhabitants of Burlington, where he lived on his property in the Winooski River intervale from 1787 until his death in 1789. ^popular Click here to read more.

Shelburn Museum's Founder's estate to open for public tours in 2002 SHELBURNE, VT -The Brick House, the colonial revival Vermont country estate of Shelburne Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb, has been designated an official project of Save America's Treasures. Save America's Treasures is a public-private partnership between the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and is committed to the preservation of historic and cultural assets. In being designated an American Treasure, The Brick House joins a distinguished class of nationally recognized examples of American heritage including The Star Spangled Banner flag and the ancient cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park. There are only four Save America's Treasures official projects in Vermont, including Benedict Arnold's Revolutionary War Gunboat in Vergennes and the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Landmark. ^popular Click here to read more.

Three Centuries of American Interiors open at Shelburne Museum SHELBURNE, VT - Shelburne Museum, a museum of art, Americana, and historic architecture located in northwest Vermont, presents a new exhibition of six separate houses illustrating the evolution of American interior aesthetics from the settlement era to the 21st-century. Three Centuries of American Interiors is the product of a 2 year effort to create three new historic houses, while simultaneously updating and re-interpreting three existing historic houses at the museum. The result is a series of six structures functioning as one exhibition, allowing the visitor to move chronologically from the days of log house living, through the 19th and 20th centuries, and ahead into the future with a modern pre-fabricated metal and glass structure. ^popular Click here to read more.

Firehouse Art Gallery is located in a very old building, which created a big problem. But those who struggled to open the center had good reason to celebrate this weekend. After a year of delay the Center for the Visual Arts has opened at the historic firehouse next to City Hall. ... The arts are big business, and Burlington has a large arts community. First, the non-profit City Arts must raise a lot of cash. The firehouse project was dealt a blow when serious structural damage was discovered in the building that dates from 1889, adding a million dollars to the cost. That makes this a nearly $3.5 million project. City Arts is still $800,000 short of its goal to finish the renovations on the five-story building by next summer. The half-finished center contains plenty of space for art shows and lectures. In a city full of historic buildings, this one represents a work of art. Click here to read more.

historic photos and views

Burlington Traction Company --- In November of 1896 the Burlington & Winooski Horse Railroad Company changed their name to Burlington Traction Company after leasing and operating the Military Post Street Railway for about three and a half months. The Military Post Street Railway existed on paper until July of 1926. Click here to read more.

miscellaneous

Elder Art Program is a non-profit membership run arts organization for those 55 and older in northwest Vermont. They are working on collaborations with local arts organizations like Artspace & Burlington City Arts. Many of their seniors are Burlington residents on fixed-income who are just beginning to explore creatively with art. One goal is to put together the stories behind the art work their members have made and turn it into a theatre piece for the black box at the Flynn, sometime in early 2002. Their board is based from their membership. They are also trying to bridge the art world and the senior world, a quite massive task! Click here to read more.

The Essex Fall Craft & Fine Art Show -- For over 20 years, Vermont Craft Workers, Inc. has been doing their annual Essex Fall Craft & Fine Art Show around the last weekend of October (Friday 12-8, Saturday 9-6, Sunday 10-5) at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, Vermont. Free parking and on-site shuttle service is provided. Click here to read more.

The Firehouse Center celebrates "The Bus Barns Project through February 18^th of 2001. The Bus Barns Project was a site-specific performance event that took place in June, 2000 at the Vermont Transit bus repair barns on North Winooski Avenue in Burlington. Directed by Hannah Dennison, the performances honored the historic public transportation site and opened the door for its transformation into affordable rental housing and start up business. Click here to read more.