Deacon John Holbrook House
historic house at 80 Linden Street in Brattleboro, Vermont
The Deacon John Holbrook House is a historic building at 80 Linden Street in Brattleboro, Vermont. Built in 1825 for prominent local businessman John Holbrook, it is a high-quality example of Federal period architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It now houses professional offices.
Description and history
The Holbrook House is located north of downtown Brattleboro, at the northwest corner of Linden and Chapin Streets, across from the town common. Linden Street is a major continuation of Brattleboro's Main Street. The house is a roughly L-shaped 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboard siding. Its front facade, facing Linden Street, has a projecting three-bay section with angled sides, with similar single-story gabled porches set in front of each bay. The porches are supported by slender smooth round Ionic columns set on high square posts, with the adjoining posts joined at the top of the post. The entrance is set on the rightmost bay, topped by a Federal style fanlight.
The public source identifies “Deacon John Holbrook House” as historic house at 80 Linden Street in Brattleboro, Vermont. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Deacon, John and Holbrook.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25004813. Authority coordinates are 42.857, -72.562. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1825 and 1982.
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