Town of Norwich, Vermont

802 649-1419 | 300 Main Street, Norwich VT
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Home» About Norwich

About Norwich

Interesting facts in Norwich early history:

NORWICH WAS CHARTERED JULY 4, 1761

1765: First European settlers to winter in Norwich
1766: First saw mill on Blood Brook
1768: First town meeting held in Norwich
1771: Norwich had 40 families and 206 inhabitants
1775: Rev. Lyman Potter called as first minister
1777: Norwich sent two representatives to Westminister where Vermont independence was declared
1778: First meetinghouse started
1785: Vermont legislature met in Norwich
1790: Peter Olcott became second Lieutenant Governor in Vermont
1791: Vermont joined the U.S. Union as 14th state
1819: Captain Alden Partridge established A.L.S & M Academy in Norwich
1835: Academy chartered as Norwich University by Vermont Legislature
1866: After burning of South Barracks, University moved to Northfield, VT
1875: The “Old Corner Store” at Norwich village consumed by fire. The Baptist meeting-house at West Norwich demolished and removed to Sharon Village.
1880: Norwich Public Library established in December.
1889: Union Hotel and connecting buildings destroyed by fire.
1990: “The Newton Inn” erected by Dr. W. S. Bowles.
1892: Ames’ steam mill burned in August; rebuilt and again destroyed by fire, October, 1893.
1897: Academy building, formerly the north building of Norwich University, destroyed by fire.
1898: School building, Norwich village, erected.
1901: First observance of Old Home Week.
1927: Flood
1938: Hurricane. Town hall completed and opened.
1963: Dresden School District last bill JFK signed before his death in 1963.
1971-2: Dresden went interstate.
1951: Addition to school building.
1989: Another addition to school building.
1915: Community bandstand built.

Useful Local Links

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Chamber of Commerce
CATV
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network
Ford K. Sayre Memorial Ski Council
Hood Museum of Art
The Hop at Dartmouth
Lightning Soccer Club
Northern Stage
Revels North
SAU #70 – Interstate school district (includes Hanover HS, Richmond Middle School, Marion Cross Elementary, and Bernice A. Ray Elementary)
Senior Guidance
Trail Finder
Upper Valley Community Band
Upper Valley Haven
Upper Valley Ride
Upper Valley Rideshare
Upper Valley Rowing Foundation
Valley News Calendar
Vermont Veterans’ Home
Vital Communities
State of Vermont

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