Greenbank's Hollow -- A Forgotten Village

Greenbank's Hollow -- A Forgotten Village is a Vermont historical marker in Danville, Caledonia County.

Intersection of Brook Road and Thaddeus Stevens Road, Danville

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On this site, in 1849, Benjamin Greenbank converted an existing small mill into a 5-story woolen factory. As many as 45 people worked here to produce up to 700 yards of cloth a day. Greenbank's Hollow, as it became known, included a company store, gristmill, sawmill, school, and several residences nearly all owned by Greenbank. On December 14, 1885, a fire at the mill quickly spread and destroyed the village including the covered bridge. Greenbank did not rebuild and today only the foundations of mills and homes remain--mute testimony to the existence of a once thriving and important Danville community.

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1841 · New Hampshire & Vermont (H. S. Tanner, 1841) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1841 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1849 · Vermont & New Hampshire. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Map of the White Mountains, And Vicinity. N.H. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Outline plan of Caledonia Co., Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Vermont & New Hampshire, 1849, covering the location of Greenbank's Hollow -- A Forgotten Village, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont & New Hampshire, 1849, 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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