Burlington, Vermont, USA
1895 - Burlington

Burlington, the most populous city of Vermont, and the capital of Chittenden co., is finely situated on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, about 1 mile W. of the Winooski River, 40 miles W.N.W. of Montpelier, and 80 miles by water N. of Whitehall. Lat. 44°29' N.; lon. 73° 15' W, It is a port of entry, and is on the Vermont Central Rail. road, which connects it with Rutland, Montpelier, and Ogdensburg, N.Y. It is surrounded with beautiful scenery, and is partly built on an eminence which is nearly 300 feet higher than the lake and commands magnificent views of the Adirondack Mountains and the intervening wide expanse of water. The part of the city next to the lake is but little elevated above its surface. Near the middle of the city is a public square, around which are located the handsome court-house, post-office, and principal hotels. It has a good harbor, which is protected by a breakwater constructed by the government of the United States. Here is a light-house, on Juniper Island. Burlington contains & national banks, 10 churches, the Vermont Episcopal Institute, a custom-house, and printing-offices which issue 1 daily and 4 weekly newspapers. It is the seat of the State Agricultural College, founded in 1865, and of the University of Vermont, which was founded about 1800, is not under the control of any sect, and is open to both sexes. It occupies 4, spacious buildings, standing on a pleasant site, which is about 280 feet higher than the lake. A medical college is connected with the university. Burlington has a free library of 12,000 volumes, and a large hospital, which was founded by Miss Mary Fletcher and cost $175,000. It is the see of a Catholic bishop and of a Protestant Episcopal bishop. It has an orphan asylum, 2 savings-banks, several machine-shops, large planing-mills, and manufactures of cotton, flour, carriages, furniture, lumber, steam fire-engine, cigars, spools, blinds and doors, mantels, and stoneware, This is one of the largest lumber markets in the United States, Burlington was founded in 1783, and incorporated as a city in 1864. Pop. in 1880, 11,365; in 1890, 14,590.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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