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Peabody Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	7922 VT Route 113, Thetford, Vermont
Coordinates	43°53′7″N 72°15′40″W / 43.88528°N 72.26111°W / 43.88528; -72.26111
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1867 (1867)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	84003466
Added to NRHP	September 27, 1984

The Peabody Library is one of two public libraries buildings in Thetford, Vermont, USA. Serving the village of Post Mills, it was built in 1867, and is the oldest active library in the state federation of public libraries. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Architecture and history

The Peabody Library stands near the western end of the dispersed rural village of Post Mills in northern Thetford, just south of the junction of Vermont Routes 113 and 244. It is a modest single-story wood-frame building, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is well decorated with Greek Revival and early Italianate features, including quoined corners, tall windows topped by corniced lintels and a recessed front porch supported by paneled pilasters. Above the porch is a fully pedimented gable with oculus window at the center. The interior has a single large chamber, which includes a narrow mezzanine level accessed by winding stairs near the front corners.

The library was a gift to the community of Post Mills by George Peabody, one of the first great American philanthropists. Peabody spent some time in Post Mills as a teenager, where his maternal grandfather lived. Peabody's grant of $5,000 paid for purchase of the land, construction of the building and acquisition of 1,100 volumes. The Thetford library system also includes the more modern Latham Library, located in Thetford Hill.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Hugh Henry (1984). "NRHP nomination for Peabody Library". National Park Service. Retrieved September 5, 2016. with photos from 1984

External links

• Peabody Library web site

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, Vermont
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Structures	Bedell Covered Bridge ‡ Braley Covered Bridge Bridge 22 Cilley Covered Bridge Flint Covered Bridge Foundry Bridge Gifford Covered Bridge Howe Covered Bridge Kingsbury Covered Bridge Larkin Covered Bridge Lyme–East Thetford Bridge ‡ Mill Covered Bridge Morey Memorial Bridge ‡ Moxley Covered Bridge Piermont Bridge ‡ Thetford Center Covered Bridge Union Village Covered Bridge
Footnotes	‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

• Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, Vermont
• Greek Revival architecture in Vermont
• Italianate architecture in Vermont
• Library buildings completed in 1867
• Buildings and structures in Thetford, Vermont
• 1867 establishments in Vermont
• Libraries established in 1867
• Public libraries in Vermont
• Libraries in Vermont