James Whitehill Stone House -- 1808

James Whitehill Stone House -- 1808 is a Vermont historical marker in Ryegate, Caledonia County.

78 Stone House Rd, Ryegate

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In the style of a Scottish stone croft (farmhouse), this house was erected by James Whitehill, a prosperous farmer and one of a large number of immigrants from Inchinnan Parish, Scotland, who settled Ryegate under the sponsorship of the Scotch American Company of Farmers. He purchased 600 acres, known as the Witherspoon Tract, from James Witherspoon, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who owned the entire township. Whitehill was a founder of the Ryegate Reformed Presbyterian Church. This is one of the oldest surviving houses in Ryegate and was the first library in town. The house and surrounding acreage is still owned by the Whitehill family.

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1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Map of the White Mountains, And Vicinity. N.H. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Railroad and post office map of Vermont (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Outline plan of Caledonia Co., Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Outline plan of Caledonia Co., Vermont, 1876, covering the location of James Whitehill Stone House -- 1808, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Outline plan of Caledonia Co., Vermont, 1876, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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James Whitehill Stone House -- 1808

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