Pavilion Hotel Papers, 1968-1971.

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Pavilion Hotel Papers, 1968-1971.

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This collection contains files of Thomas S. Conlon, Chairman of Friends of the Pavilion, relating to the controversy over the fate of the Pavilion Hotel near the State House in Montpelier, Vermont, 1967-1971. It includes correspondence; personal notes; newspaper articles; governmental, architectural and engineering studies; and publications concerning one of the early battles of the historic preservation movement in Vermont. The collection includes correspondence with the Vermont Historical Society and its director Charles T. Morrissey; Governor Deane Davis; Governor Philip H. Hoff; Robert Burley, architect for the project; William Kearns, chairman, Board of State Buildings; Vermont Department of Administration; Pizzagalli Construction Company; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; National Trust for Historic Preservation; and U.S. Department of Interior, Historic American Buildings Survey. The collection also contains correspondence of Wesley and Miriam Herwig of Randolph, Vermont, about the same issue.

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Vermont Historical Society

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Vermont. Dept. of State Buildings.

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Hoff, Philip H. (Philip Henderson), 1924-

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Philip Henderson Hoff was born in Turners Fall, Massachusetts on June 29, 1924. He studied law and was elected governor of Vermont November 7, 1962. He was reelected in 1964 and 1966. In 1983 he was elected state senator for Chittenden County, Vermont. He served three terms, from 1983 to 1988. While serving as senator, Hoff was the chairman of the Senate Education Committee. From the description of Senator Philip H. Hoff letters, 1987-1988. (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat reco...

Herwig, Wesley.

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Pavilion Hotel (Montpelier, Vt.)

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Pizzagalli Construction Co.

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Friends of the Pavilion.

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Vermont. Dept. of Administration.

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Burley, Robert, 1957-....

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Historic American Building Survey (San Francisco, Calif.)

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The Hampton Lillibridge House was built in 1796 by Rhode Island native, Hampton Lillibridge in the traditional New England style. The house was originally located at 310 East Bryan Street in Savannah, Georgia, but when it was purchased by antiques dealer, Jim Williams, in 1963 it was moved to its present location at 507 East Julian Street in Savannah, where it is known as one of Savannah's most haunted homes. From the description of Hampton Lillibridge House architectural drawings, 1...

Morrissey, Charles T.

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Conlon, Thomas S., 1934-1990.

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The Pavilion Hotel was a "High Victorian" structure dating from 1875. Because of its location adjacent to the Vermont State House, it was known as "Vermont's Third House". In 1966, the Pavilion was bought by the State of Vermont and closed as a hotel. The question then was whether to restore and remodel the building for use as state offices or to tear it down. After many legislative votes the decision was to raze the building and rebuild it using the same facade on a modern structur...

Davis, Deane C., 1900-1990

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National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States

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William S. Kearns

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Herwig, Miriam

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