Bennington Battle Monument
— — the tallest thing in the state, still.
Not only on a wall.
“A 306-foot obelisk in dolomite blue, standing on the hill in Old Bennington where the colonial supply depot once sat. The Battle of Bennington was fought a few miles west in August 1777; the monument went up a hundred and ten years later. It is still the tallest structure in Vermont. An elevator runs to an observation level at two hundred feet, three states visible on a clear day.
Bennington Battle Monument, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Bennington Battle Monument is a 306-foot obelisk of blue magnesian limestone standing on Monument Avenue in Old Bennington, Vermont, on the site of the colonial supply depot the Battle of Bennington was fought to protect. The cornerstone was laid in 1887 and the monument was dedicated on August 19, 1891, the 114th anniversary of the battle. It remains the tallest structure in Vermont. An elevator carries visitors to an observation level at 200 feet; on a clear day the view takes in three states: Vermont, New York, and Massachusetts.
The shaft is faced with blue magnesian limestone quarried at Hudson Falls and Sandy Hill, New York, set on a granite foundation. The colour reads dove-grey in noon light and warms toward blue at dusk. The obelisk form follows the Washington Monument's earlier example, completed in 1884, though Bennington's monument is narrower and steps inward more sharply. Bronze statues of General John Stark and Colonel Seth Warner stand on the grounds. The hill itself is the highest point in the village, at roughly 900 feet above sea level.
The monument is open daily from mid-April through October, generally 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. An admission fee covers the elevator to the observation level at 200 feet. The site is about a mile west of downtown Bennington on Monument Avenue, a five-minute drive from U.S. Route 7. Parking is on the lawn around the base. Old Bennington's First Congregational Church and the cemetery where Robert Frost is buried are within walking distance. The monument closes for the winter; the grounds remain open to walk.