University Green Historic District

Coordinates: 44°28′39″N 73°12′2″W

The University Green Historic District encompasses the

central green and surrounding buildings of the main campus of University Green Historic District
the University of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington, Vermont. The U.S. National Register of Historic
green took shape in 1801, and has been a central element of the Places
campus since then. It is flanked by some of the university's U.S. Historic district
oldest and most architecturally important buildings, and was
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

Description and history

The University Green at UVM is a long and roughly
rectangular park, bounded on the north by Colchester Street,
the south by Main Street, the east by University Place, and the
west by South Prospect Street. It is roughly three blocks long in
the north-south direction, and its terrain slopes, rising to east. It
is criss-crossed by paved walkways, and has a fountain at the View of the green
center, from which some of the walkways radiate. Trees,
benches, and public artwork and memorials dot the
landscape.[2]

1853 map of the University Green

(formerly known as "College Green").
Main College (right), labeled
"University of Vermont" is today
known as the "Old Mill" building

The architecture lining the green is divided roughly into three

groups. On the east side of the green are some of the
university's finest buildings, including the Ira Allen Chapel
(1926, McKim, Meade & White), the Billings Memorial
Library (1883, H.H. Richardson), Williams Hall (1884, Wilson
Brothers), the Old Mill (1825), the university's oldest surviving
building, and Morrill Hall (1907, C.W. Buckham). The short
southern side of the green is lined by a series of four 19th-
century houses, all now in university ownership and housing
some of its facilities. The green's west side is dominated by
Waterman Hall (1941, McKim, Meade & White), the
university's main administration building, and a cluster of
buildings at the northern end that are part of the University of
Vermont Medical Center. The northern flank of the park is
dominated by Grasse Mount, an architecturally eclectic
mansion house built in 1803.[2] Location University of
The land that makes up the green was part of a gift to the Vermont
university made by Ira Allen, and was originally intended by campus,
Allen as an open space. This was reinforced in 1801, when Burlington,
Allen complained of plans by the university trustees to build on Vermont
it; those plans were later altered, securing its status as a park. It Coordinates 44°28′39″N
has acted as such to both the university community and the 73°12′2″W
larger Burlington populace for over two centuries.[2]
Area 58 acres (23 ha)
Architectural style Colonial Revival,
See also Greek Revival,
National Register of Historic Places listings in Richardsonian
Chittenden County, Vermont Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 75000139 (http
References s://npgallery.np
s.gov/AssetDetai
1. "National Register Information System" (https://npgall l/NRIS/7500013
ery.nps.gov/NRHP). National Register of Historic 9)[1]
Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Added to NRHP April 14, 1975
2. Hugh Henry (1974). "NRHP nomination for University
Green Historic District" (https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/75000139_text).
National Park Service. Retrieved December 10, 2016. with photos from 1974 (https://npgaller
y.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/75000139_photos)

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