this is pretty cool.

Looks very similar to today. Montpelier has been managing to block development for over 100 years!

Really cool

It’s so similar to todays layout

Absolutely! I was surprised at how similar it is

Yeah I think so!

Right? Super similar

I saw a similar one in a cafe yesterday of White River Junction!

God I love illustrative maps. Keep ‘em coming OP

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?

Beautiful

I can see my old house from here!

I count six covered bridges!

The sixth is a bit less obvious; see if you can find it. :)

Also, really interesting to see how Hubbard Park hill was almost completely treeless! Here are some more photos showing what that looked like, including an aerial photo from 1927.

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.

All those covered bridges!!!

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.

Not for lack of trying by the river..

I saw this and had to find one to buy for my Montpelier native husband for Christmas!

/r/papertowns

Shows how heavily deforested Vermont was 140 years ago compared to now.

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.

Thanks for sharing this!

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There’s a copy of this in Capitol grounds

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

Perhaps that was a predecessor to the current tower

I assume you know why but for others: wool >>> milk back then, which prioritizes cleared land…

I grew up in Richmond , Va and now live in Vermont ! Fun times ..

I can see my house ! It was built in 1880. The illustration doesn't really look like it but there is a building where my house is.

The Main St bridge/ Berlin St intersection and gateway looks way more interesting from back then instead of the gas station and supermarket parking lot of today.

Neat!

No Langdon street. That’s the only major addition to the downtown core I can see here. I wonder why it was added

No kidding! Funny how life works that way 😂

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

Still looks the same.