Fred Nicklewhite

Fred Nicklewhite is a Vermont historical marker in Manchester Village, Bennington County.

3835 Main Street, Manchester Village

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Falcomb Knuche “Fred” Nicklewhite was born on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas and moved with his family in 1898 to Vermont. Trained as a master tailor, Nicklewhite spent summers working at the Equinox Hotel in Manchester and winters working at the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida. His notable clientele included legendary jazz musicians Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, with whom he maintained great friendships. Investing in his adopted hometown of Manchester, Nicklewhite owned several buildings that once stood at this site, including an early-19th-century house with Italianate-style alterations, two barns, a tailor shop, and a 1872 tinsmith/plumber’s shop that was rehabilitated for the Nicklewhite Shoe Factory.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1874 · Railroad and post office map of Vermont (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · New Hampshire and Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Map Of Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Equinox, Vermont (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Railroad and post office map of Vermont, 1874, covering the location of Fred Nicklewhite, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Railroad and post office map of Vermont, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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