Langdon-Hitchcock House

     The Langdon-Hitchcock House is considered to be master builder Thomas Dake's masterpiece. It was built in 1823 for B. F. Langdon on property that he had purchased from his father, Chauncey Langdon. It is one of two houses in Vermont with two-story room-width bay windows flanking the central hall. Of special interest outside the house are the wall pilasters, Palladian window, entry fanlight and entry columns. Of special interest inside the house is the "Dake staircase", Thomas Dake's signature structural component. The house is listed on the Historic American Buildings Survey, which resides in the Library of Congress. There is a photograph of the staircase in the Library of Congress' digitized collection.