Chittenden Home

Chittenden Home is a Vermont historical marker in Arlington, Bennington County.

Bennington County · Route 7A, Russell Street, Arlington

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Oldest frame building one block east, built by Jehiel Hawley, 1764, was home of Thomas Chittenden, Vermonts first Governor. Legend says the western vista, with its great pine, became the State Seal in 1779. Ethan and Ira Allen lived nearby.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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