Preservation Burlington

03/01/2026

Help Tell Burlington’s Story — Join Our Social Media Team! 📱

Preservation Burlington is looking for creative, community-minded volunteers to help manage and grow our social media presence.

Do you enjoy:
• Creating engaging posts
• Writing captions that connect with the community
• Growing an audience and boosting engagement

As a volunteer social media contributor, you’ll help highlight Burlington’s historic architecture, promote events like our annual Homes Tour, and share preservation stories that matter.

Preservation Burlington is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to protecting and celebrating Burlington’s historic architecture through education and advocacy — and social media plays a key role in helping us reach the community.

No need to be a preservation expert — just bring creativity, reliability, and enthusiasm.

Interested in learning more?
💬 Message our page
📧 Send us an email [email protected]
Know someone who would be perfect for this? Please share!

02/27/2026

Help Tell Burlington’s Story — Join Our Social Media Team! 📱

Preservation Burlington is looking for creative, community-minded volunteers to help manage and grow our social media presence.

Do you enjoy:
• Creating engaging posts
• Writing captions that connect with the community
• Growing an audience and boosting engagement

As a volunteer social media contributor, you’ll help highlight Burlington’s historic architecture, promote events like our annual Homes Tour, and share preservation stories that matter.

Preservation Burlington is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to protecting and celebrating Burlington’s historic architecture through education and advocacy — and social media plays a key role in helping us reach the community.

No need to be a preservation expert — just bring creativity, reliability, and enthusiasm.

Interested in learning more?
💬 Message our page
📧 Send us an email [email protected]
Know someone who would be perfect for this? Please share!

Send a message to learn more

11/01/2025

This is a great opportunity to elevate Vermont women's history!

We're pleased to announce that applications are open for the Women’s History and and Material Culture Fellowship, which will will work with VHS’s Collections Manager to explore, identify, and research items from our vast artifact collection to identify and study objects that help to tell the story of women in Vermont.

Details via the link in our comments.

10/18/2025

Prof. Alexandra Garrett's / Saint Michael's College public history students always have SUCH good questions! Everything from how do historic preservation and climate change intersect, and how do we balance technological advances with historic character and integrity in old buildings? Thanks for another thoughtful discussion!

📸 Alexandra Garrett

10/16/2025

Congratulations to all our 2025 Historic Preservation award winners!

Yesterday at our Fall Meetup and Annual Awards we recognized a variety of Queen City property owners for their commitment to and stewardship of their historic buildings.

And this year’s recipient of the Ray O’Connor Award goes to the incredible Melinda Moulton, who has been such a champion of the Queen City and Preservation Burlington!

A great evening of celebration, conversation, updates from other local organizations including Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Heritage Winooski Mill Museum, North Star Community Hall, local authors Jim Jones and Carolyn Bates, and students in the UVM Historic Preservation Program. And a fantastic look back at the history of Grasse Mount with Glenn Fay.

More on the specific projects and awardees soon!

10/15/2025

Tonight's the night!

Come for the snacks, to see what historic property owners have been up to, and learn a thing or two about local history from our feature presenter Glenn Fay, Jr.

The fun starts at 5pm at Main Street Landing.

10/07/2025

Preservation Burlington Fall Meetup, Wed., 10/15, 5-7:30 pm

Join Preservation Burlington for the second annual Fall Meetup! Spend an evening with local history and preservation aficionados to celebrate the great projects taking place in Burlington.

5:00 PM: Social hour and table displays by local preservation organizations & UVM Historic Preservation students

6:00 PM: Preservation Burlington Annual Review & Awards

6:45 PM: Presentation by author Glenn Fay, Jr. on his book Hidden History of Burlington, Vermont

Location: Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Lake Street, Burlington, VT

09/20/2025

Tomorrow @10 am! Church St Walking Tour

Join us for a walking and talking tour of the Church Street/Downtown neighborhoods. We will convene at the historic Wilson Hotel (c. 1815) located at 189 Church Street. The Wilson Hotel was formerly the home of Samuel Mills, the publisher of the city’s first successful newspaper, and our newsletter namesake, The Sentinel. The graceful Federal style proportions and front door, now at a second-floor level due to grade adjustments on Church Street, speak of long-ago refinement.

07/25/2025

Know a teacher, homeschooling parent, librarian, or other educator who wants to engage kids in learning about history and architecture? Grab a beverage and learn all about the architectural toolkit PB board member and elementary school teacher Karyn Norwood developed!

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07/23/2025

We will be at the ONE Ramble this Saturday!!

Tour of Elmwood Cemetery at 2-3 pm. Meet at the main gate.

Booth at the ONE Market 11 am-3 pm.

See you there!!!!! Always so much fun.

07/21/2025

Vermont’s Historic Theater Curtains

Live Event

July 24: 7:00 pm, Contois Auditorium, Burlington
Free and open to all!

Between 1880 and World War II, painted theater curtains were artistic features of most New England villages and towns. In Vermont, painted curtains graced stages in town and grange halls, opera houses, and community theaters. A culture of local variety shows and traveling, professional talent flourished in front of those curtains in some very remote Vermont communities.

In a tour of some of the 177 curtains in Vermont, Christine Hadsel, director of Curtains Without Borders, provides a glimpse into the world of talented and often sophisticated artists who were part of the rural cultural scene, illustrating the rich cultural history of small-town Vermont before World War I.

Event is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's Speakers Bureau.

06/17/2025

What Style Is That? Architecture Walk

Date: Saturday, June 21st, 10-11 am 

Where: Start/End at Edmunds Middle School 

Just like fashion, architecture styles have changed over time! Join Preservation Burlington for an hour walking tour of S. Union and S. Willard Street to see a variety of house styles popular from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Learn about key identifying features, history, and approximate dates of historic architectural styles that were fashionable in Burlington and beyond! Meet at the corner of S. Union and Main Street in front of Edmunds Middle School. All are welcome! $10 per person, no pre-registration required.