Stone Village Historic District, Historic district in Chester, Vermont, US.

Stone Village Historic District lines the north side of Vermont Route 103 in Chester Depot, Chester, Vermont. Of its seventeen buildings, thirteen are stone, built roughly 1830–50 in snecked ashlar: plates of stone fixed to a rubblestone wall. Most are 1+1⁄2-story Cape or two-story houses with Greek Revival trim; a stone church and district school also stand here.

In 1832 Scottish masons Alison and Wiley Clark came to Chester to work on a large factory building. In 1834 Doctor Ptolmey Edson hired them to build his house, the first snecked ashlar structure in the village. The church and district school followed in stone, possibly through Edson's influence on their building committees.

The stone buildings here show architectural tastes from the early 1800s, featuring Cape-style homes and Greek Revival elements that you can observe while walking through. Residents have maintained these design features as part of the area's identity over many generations.

The buildings spread along Route 103 on both sides of the river and are visible from the road. You can explore the area on foot and study the architecture of the houses from the outside without needing any special arrangements.

The snecked ashlar walls are built of thin stone plates fixed over a rubble core, a technique Scottish masons from the Aberdeen area brought to Chester in the 1832. About 50 such buildings survive in Vermont, and the densest run lines Route 103 here.