The Governor Hunt House is a historic house in Vernon, Vermont, United States, and is one of the oldest houses in Vermont. It was built in 1764, a date verified by dendrochronology in 2022, by Jonathan Hunt, a Vermont pioneer who served as the state's second lieutenant governor, although he never served as governor.[1][2] The house, and an attached conference wing, served for many years as a visitor center and site for training for the adjacent Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. The last operator of that plant, Entergy Corporation, donated the house in 2019 to the Friends of Vernon Center, Inc., a non-profit organization, which is working to develop the building into a community center for the town of Vernon.[3][4] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.[5]
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edit- ^ "Jonathan Hunt". Friends of Vernon Center. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Smallheer, Susan (3 November 2022). "Governor Hunt House even older than was thought (but looks good for its age)". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Coming full circle". Friends of Vernon Center. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Entergy Donates Historic Governor Hunt House to Town of Vernon Non-Profit". Entergy News Center. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Weekly List 2022 04 15". National Park Service. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.