Historical Significance:

On this site stood the Old State House built for use by the Vermont Legislature in 1810.  Town meetings were also held in the building.  It was also a district school, and the current structure was built in 1851 as a (Village) District No. 4 one-room schoolhouse.  It is owned by the Town of Newbury, Vermont, but is leased to and maintained by the Oxbow Chapter, NSDAR.

Historic Marker:

• Marker Text:

  Old State House.  On this site stood the Old State House built for the use of the Legislature in 1801, which convened here in 1801.  Town meetings were held here.  A district school was kept in this building until 1829.  Built by public spirited men of that day headed by Colonel Thomas Johnson.  A school house was built on this plot in 1829.

• The 1829 date on the marker does not refer to the current structure, which was built in 1851.