Fenton Pottery Site -- 1801-1810

Fenton Pottery Site -- 1801-1810 is a Vermont historical marker in Dorset, Bennington County.

Intersection of Dorset Hollow Road and Kirby Hollow Road, Dorset

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Jonathon Fenton established a pottery and kiln near this site in 1801. He first made redware from clay found along the banks of the Mettowee River. He then became the first potter in Vermont to make salt-glazed stoneware. In 1810 he moved his pottery to East Dorest. His two sone, Richard Lucas Fenton and Christopher Webber Fenton, aslo became stoneware potters of note, working in East Dorest and later with the Norton family in Bennington.

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1795 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1804 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Carte des Provines Septles. des Etats-Unis. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Fenton Pottery Site -- 1801-1810

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