Shelburne Farms

Infobox_nrhp | name =Shelburne Farms
nrhp_type = nhld


caption =
nearest_city= Shelburne, Vermont
locmapin = Vermont
area =
built =1887
architect= Multiple; Robertson,Henderson Robert
architecture= Tudor Revival, Queen Anne, Other
designated=January 3, 2001cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1823955315&ResourceType=District
title=Shelburne Farms |accessdate=2008-06-25|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = August 11, 1980
governing_body = Local
refnum=80000330cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. It is also one of the principal concert sites for the Vermont Mozart Festival.

Shelburne Farms was created in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate. They commissioned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to guide the layout of convert|3800|acre|km2|0 of farm, field and forest, and architect "Robert H. Robertson", to design the buildings. Shelburne Farms was incorporated as a nonprofit educational facility in 1972. Nearly convert|400|acre|km2|1 of sustainably managed woodlands received "Green Certification" from the Forest Stewardship Council in 1998.

The Shelburne Farms grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows. Their milk is made into an award-winning [http://www.shelburnefarms.org/about/cheesmakingawards.htm] farmhouse cheddar cheese. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable. Visitors may enjoy the walking trails, children’s farmyard, inn, restaurant, property tours and special events.

References

External links

* [http://www.shelburnefarms.org/ Shelburne Farms Website]
* [http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/1998/may/faces.php A Pastoral Preserve Faces the Future] in [http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com Smithsonian Magazine] by Chris Granstrom, May 1998.
* [http://www.explorenewengland.com/travel?article=vermont/articles/2004/09/12/opulence_and_comfort_on_a_vanderbilt_scale/ Opulence and comfort on a Vanderbilt scale] in [http://www.boston.com The Boston Globe] By Patricia Harr and David Lyon, September 12, 2004
* [http://www.vmga.org/chittenden/shelburnefarm.html Shelburne Farms] in [http://www.vmga.org/ The Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance]