National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Inspection Station--Derby Line, Vermont
Derby, Orleans County, Vermont
The record
- Listed
- September 10, 2014
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 84 Main St., Derby
- County
- Orleans
- State
- Vermont
- Contributing resources
- 3 buildings
- Coordinates
- 45.00441, -72.10038
- Reference number
- 14000609
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The story
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The U.S. Inspection Station--Derby Line, Vermont is a building at 84 Main St. in Derby, Orleans County, built in 1932 in the Colonial Revival style and designed by James A. Wetmore and Louis A. Simon.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2014 under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture and in politics and government, reflecting its 1932 construction and period of significance.
Physical character
The three contributing buildings on 3 acres have brick and marble walls on concrete foundations, brick quoins, marble sills and stringcourse, and wood columns with inset paneling under a dentil-molded cornice. Original 12/12 and 8/8 double-hung windows survive alongside a steel-and-aluminum porte-cochere and a canopied copper roof, and an eight-bay inspection garage with an inspection pit.
Historical context
The 1920s brought automobile traffic and smuggling tied to Prohibition, and in 1926 Congress passed the Public Buildings Act. A 1928 report by H.A. Benner and J.L. Hughes recommended the station, built in 1932 as a customs and immigration inspection station. The station grew underused after the 1950s removal of the border patrol and the 1960s completion of Interstate 91, and it was found eligible for the National Register in 1986.