Hartness House, Historic house in Springfield, Vermont.
Hartness House is a T-shaped, 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house built in 1904, with its main facade facing south. The ground floor is finished in fieldstone, the upper levels are clad in wooden shingles, and the windows vary in size and style, many with diamond lights and tracery. Additions and ells extend mainly to the rear.
The house was built in 1904 for inventor James Hartness, who later served as Vermont governor in the early 1920s. The property reflects the industrial innovation and engineering interests of its time period.
James Hartness, who built the house in 1904, was one of the first licensed aircraft pilots in the United States and received his friend Charles Lindbergh here as a guest. The house later became a small hotel, and its rear additions were made to serve that lodging use.
The house stands at the northern end of Orchard Street, on the northeastern edge of central Springfield, with its main facade facing south. It now operates as a small hotel, and later additions and ells extend mainly to the rear.
James Hartness was one of the first licensed aircraft pilots in the United States, and he hosted his friend, the aviator Charles Lindbergh, at this house. The visit links the Shingle-style residence to early American aviation and to Hartness's own flying.
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