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whaletacochamp t1_ixd5exu wrote

Reply to comment by ChefPneuma in Old 1884 illustrative map of Montpelier. Source: Library of Congress by MisterMcFlyXXVI

It’s almost like it’s the same town with most of the same buildings!

Not to be an ass…but…how would the layout be any different now?

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MisterMcFlyXXVI OP t1_ixdcjih wrote

This map was 140 years ago. So many cities look entirely different than they did then. Though I grew up in Vermont I lived the last 9 years in Richmond Virginia which is virtually unrecognizable compared to 1884.

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whaletacochamp t1_ixdgv4a wrote

Fair point. But with a rural city like Montpelier I don’t expect the large changes that many other large cities would see. Even a lot of old northeast cities like Boston and Montreal have sections that are largely unchanged minus what’s been added around it.

Montpelier is also a city that is very much built around its natural landmarks. So things tend to stay where they are because there’s no better place for them.

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Hell_Camino t1_ixep4yo wrote

I live in Montpelier in a neighborhood off Terrace Street (upper left corner of the map) that was developed in the 50s and 60s. It’s not even on the map as anything other than woods.

And the tower of Hubbard Park isn’t on the map; which is a local landmark.

So, lots of changes are possible over that time.

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mountainofclay t1_ixey075 wrote

There is a tower farther back though. I wonder what that was?

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Hell_Camino t1_ixfahi1 wrote

Perhaps that was a predecessor to the current tower

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mountainofclay t1_ixid1e0 wrote

Do you think the tower in the map is the same location as the current tower or is it farther back?

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