Clementwood, Historic estate in Rutland, United States
Clementwood is a 19th-century estate in Rutland featuring Italian architectural style, with a two-story main house topped by a hip roof and crowned with a belvedere, set on a marble foundation across 21 acres. The property also includes a carriage barn and two former caretaker cottages nestled within landscaped and wooded grounds.
Charles Clement, whose family marble businesses grew with the railroad's arrival in Rutland in the 1850s, developed the estate; the house was probably built around 1856–57, possibly to designs by local architect J. J. R. Randall. After Percival Clement, governor of Vermont 1919–21, died in 1927, the estate was divided. This portion was bought in 1948 for the short-lived Rutland Junior College and became the College of St. Joseph campus in 1964.
The name Clementwood combines Charles Clement's surname with the maiden name of his wife, Elizabeth Wood. The main house later served as a library and housing for nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph after the estate became part of the College of St. Joseph campus in 1964.
Clementwood is a private residence, so the house and grounds are not open to visitors; view the estate only from public roads. The property lies on the south side of Otter Creek on Rutland's west side, within the former College of St. Joseph campus. The 1980 National Register listing covers the house, carriage barn and two former caretaker's houses.
The main house may have been designed by J. J. R. Randall, a prominent local architect, and was probably built around 1856–57. After Percival Clement's death in 1927 the estate was divided; this portion was bought in 1948 for the short-lived Rutland Junior College.
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