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764: 302:-story brick structure, four bays wide, with a hip roof and a stone foundation. A two-bay two-story brick ell extends to the rear at a recess from the right site, and a wood-frame ell is attached to this wing. The house has modest Federal styling, with granite lintels above the windows and doors. The main entrance is in one of the center bays of the main block, framed by sidelight windows and a multilight transom window; there is a similar second entrance at the front of the side wing. The interior of the house also has modest Federal styling. 79: 104: 62: 111: 86: 309:
and Emma Willard; he was 50 and she 22 when they married that year. Emma Hart Willard was born in 1787 and educated at home, developing an interest in teaching at an early age. She moved to Middlebury, where she supervised a girls' academy and studied the curriculum at Middlebury College. In 1814
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offered her a building in which to open such a school, which was formally opened in 1821 as the Troy Female Seminary (now the Emma Willard School). In addition to managing the school, she taught classes and wrote textbooks, including volumes on geography and history that saw wide use. She retired
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she opened her Middlebury Female Seminary out of the family home to bring in additional income, and operated it there until 1819. In 1818 she proposed a plan for a model women's school to the New York State Legislature, but it was rejected. The people of
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from managing the school in 1838, but continued to be active in promoting school reform in general and female education in particular.
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The Willard House is set on the south side of South Main Street, opposite the main part of the
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Campus and southwest of the town's center. The main block is a
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
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Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
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Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1965 and 1974
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Polly M. Rettig and S. S. Bradford (December 2, 1974).
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South Starksboro Friends Meeting House and Cemetery
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Emma Willard House is located in Vermont
Emma Willard House is located in the United States
Middlebury, Vermont
44°0′27″N 73°10′29″W / 44.00750°N 73.17472°W / 44.00750; -73.17472
Federal
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Middlebury, Vermont
Emma Willard
Emma Willard School
boarding
university preparatory
day school
Troy, New York
National Historic Landmark
Middlebury College
Middlebury College
John Willard
Troy, New York
Female seminary
Women in education in the United States
List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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