National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Inspection Station-North Troy, Vermont
Listed federally as U.S. Inspection Station--North Troy, Vermont
Troy, Orleans County, Vermont
The record
- Listed
- September 10, 2014
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 743 VT 243, Troy
- County
- Orleans
- State
- Vermont
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 45.00559, -72.41527
- Reference number
- 14000610
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The story
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The U.S. Inspection Station-North Troy, Vermont is a 1½-story building at 743 VT 243 in Troy, Orleans County, built in 1937 in the Colonial Revival style.
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. The nomination dates its significance to 1937, when the station was completed.
Physical character
The brick walls sit on a concrete foundation under an asphalt shingle roof, and a brick chimney has a concrete capital. The 1-story garage wings are clad in aluminum clapboard, and the building has a metal porte-cochere. In 1937 aluminum siding went over the wood cladding and the original service counters were removed; in 1956 the porte-cochere was replaced, cut from three lanes to one, and raised from 12 feet to 14.5 feet.
Historical context
A 1928 report by H.A. Benner and J.L. Hughes urged the government to build its own facilities at North Troy, and the station was finished in 1937. Louis A. Simon, its architect, became Supervising Architect of the Treasury in 1933 and left that post in 1939. It belongs to a group of border stations, the first built in 1930 and the last finished in 1943.