National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Inspection Station-Beebe Plain, Vermont
Listed federally as U.S. Inspection Station--Beebe Plain, Vermont
Derby, Orleans County, Vermont
The record
- Listed
- September 10, 2014
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 3136 Beebe Rd., Derby
- County
- Orleans
- State
- Vermont
- Contributing resources
- 2 buildings
- Coordinates
- 45.00567, -72.14071
- Reference number
- 14000608
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The story
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The U.S. Inspection Station-Beebe Plain, Vermont is a Colonial Revival custom house at 3136 Beebe Rd. in Derby, Orleans County, built in 1937 and designed by Louis A. Simon.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2014 under criteria A and C, with local significance in architecture and politics and government; its period of significance is 1937, the year it was built.
Physical character
The station has brick and clapboard walls, a molded wood cornice, and a porte-cochere, alongside a two-bay freestanding garage; roofs are asphalt shingle over concrete foundations. In 1956 the porte-cochere was raised from 12 to 14.5 feet, and around the 1960s its wooden columns were replaced with steel columns encased in wood and the entrance door became an aluminum and glass storefront door.
Historical context
Automobile traffic increased and roads improved through the 1920s, alongside new federal immigration restrictions including 1917 head taxes and literacy tests and 1921 country quotas. A 1928 report by Benner and Hughes recommended Beebe Plain as the site; Simon signed the station's plans in 1936, and the Public Works Administration employed out-of-work labor as it was built in 1937.