Historical Site

Vermont State Prison

65 State Street, Windsor, VT 05089, Windsor, VT, 05089, US
Cultural LandmarkGovernment & CivicHistoric SiteVermont History

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Vermont's first and last state prison was an essential thread in Windsor's fabric for over 150 years. Boston architect-builder Stuart J. Park designed the original granite cellblock around 1809; capacity later grew to 352 cells. Inmate labor here seeded Windsor's precision-manufacturing future — in 1828 warden Asahael Hubbard patented a rotary pump built from standardized metal parts made by machines he installed in the prison. When it closed in 1975 it was the oldest maximum-security prison in the state.

Historical Context

Year Established

1809

Historical Period

Industrial Era

Significance

Regional

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    Vermont's first and last state prison was an essential thread in Windsor's fabric for over 150 years. Boston architect-builder Stuart J. Park designed the original granite cellblock around 1809; capacity later grew to 352 cells. Inmate labor here seeded Windsor's precision-manufacturing future — in 1828 warden Asahael Hubbard patented a rotary pump built from standardized metal parts made by machines he installed in the prison. When it closed in 1975 it was the oldest maximum-security prison in the state.

Location

65 State Street, Windsor, VT 05089, Windsor, VT, 05089, US43.4804, -72.3902

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