Shelburne Farms, Breeding Barn, 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: Shelburne Farms, originally the agricultural estate of William and Lila Webb, is a 1400-acre National Historic Landmark district located on the eastern edge of Lake Champlain in Vermont. The property is significant for its scenic landscape and for the Landmark buildings situated on it. The landscape design, contributed by celebrated landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, combines the pastoral and picturesque in the tradition of the great "ornamental farms" of 19th century Europe. The estate architecture was designed by New York architect Robert Henderson Robertson, a prominent 19th century designer of monumental architecture. Today, Robertson is best known for his Park Row Building, which was the tallest building in the world until 1908...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1448
Survey number: HABS VT-128-A
Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000330