The General Store, Shelburne

Exterior of the General Store located at the Shelburne Museum.

Coordinates: 44°22′35.6″N 73°13′52.25″W / 44.376556°N 73.2311806°W The General Store, constructed in 1840 in Shelburne, Vermont, originally operated as the village post office. Its front-gable orientation, accentuated with a multi-paned, triangular pedimental window, reflects the popular Greek Revival style. [1]

History

In 1952 the Shelburne Museum rolled the building to the grounds on a specially laid railroad track. [2] The first level re-creates a late nineteenth-century general store with fully stocked shelves displaying the types of goods available for purchase. Smaller adjoining rooms offer a variety of community services including a post office, a barbershop, and a taproom. The adjacent wing houses a replication of a nineteenth-century Apothecary Shop that the museum added after moving the building to the grounds. [3]

The building’s second story exhibits medical equipment, tools, and furnishings spanning the first half of the 20th century. Replicated settings include a dentist’s laboratory and examining room, the offices of an ophthalmologist, and those of an ear, nose, and throat physician. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shelburne Museum. 1993. Shelburne Museum: A Guide to the Collections. Shelburne: Shelburne Museum, Inc.
  2. ↑ http://www.vermonter.com/shelburne-museum-4.asp
  3. ↑ http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/buildings_and_grounds/detail.php?id=10
  4. ↑ Hill, Ralph Nading and Lilian Baker Carlisle. The Story of The Shelburne Museum. 1955.

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