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floor appears as a basement level, with large blocks of marble in horizontal bands and stylized arching over the window openings. The second and third floors, which are in a U shape opening to the south, have windows (tall on the second floor, short on the third) articulated by paired Ionic columns. The building is crowned by an entablature, dentillated cornice, and low balustrade.
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The Chittenden County Superior Courthouse stands in downtown Burlington, at the southeast corner of Church and Main Streets. It is a large three-story masonry structure, its exterior finished in marble and dressed granite. The principal facade faces Main Street, and is five bays wide. The ground
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The federal government built this facility in 1906, which is one of the state's finest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture. Until 1972 it served as a post office, custom house and federal courthouse. From 1963 until 1972 as the Smith-Goldberg Army Reserve Center) and remained in the Federal
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This article is about the 1906 building, first used as a post office and custom house. For the former Chittenden County Courthouse (burned down in 1982), see
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inventory. In 1972 The Treasury Department declared the building surplus, and it was acquired by in 1974 by
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The previous U. S. Custom House, front on Church Street, Burlington, Vermont (1901)
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Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
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Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street
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Old Chittenden County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Chittenden County Superior Courthouse is located in Vermont
Chittenden County Superior Courthouse is located in the United States
Burlington, Vermont
44°28′33″N 73°12′44″W / 44.47583°N 73.21222°W / 44.47583; -73.21222
James Knox Taylor
Beaux-Arts
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Burlington, Vermont
James Knox Taylor
Beaux-Arts style
the previous county courthouse
Chittenden County
The previous U. S. Custom House, front on Church Street, Burlington, Vermont (1901)
The western facade in 2013
National Register of Historic Places listings in Chittenden County, Vermont
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
""Smith Goldberg, U.S. Army Reserve Center Designation Report""
the original


"NRHP nomination for U.S. Post Office and Custom House"
National Park Service
photos from 1972
Historic Federal Courthouses
Federal Judicial Center

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