Historic Buildings in Peacham

PHA Historical House

Visit the annual summer exhibit, experience the innovation of the past in our extensive tool room, take a trip back in time at our country store counter display or relax in Lorna’s Garden. Donations are appreciated.

  • Historical House - Peacham Historical Assoc, Peacham Vermont
  • Lorna's Garden at Peacham Historical Assoc, Peacham, VT
  • Lorna's garden at Peacham Historical House, Peacham, Vermont
  • Lorna's garden at Peacham Historical House, Peacham, Vermont

Ashbel Goodenough Blacksmith Shop

Visit our fully functioning blacksmith shop and gain a new appreciation of the craftsmanship of this utilitarian art. The Peacham Historical Association purchased the historic Ashbel Goodenough Blacksmith Shop in 1997. It is significant as one of the few surviving relics of Peacham’s “industrial” past. The structure is also important to Vermont’s history as a whole. The shop and its immediate surroundings are being used as an educational tool for interpreting the past. The shop is open on the 4th of July and Fall Foliage Day every year.  For other dates, see our events page.

  • Blacksmith Shop - Peacham Historical Assoc, Peacham Vermont
  • Blacksmith shop, Peacham, Vermont - Peacham Historical Assoc

Snow Roller Barn

Peacham has an excellent Snow Roller Barn Museum. It features the massive horse or oxen-drawn rollers that kept snow compacted on town roads well into the 20th century.

The barn is located just behind the Civil War Monument at the top of the cemetery green. Although this property is not owned by the Peacham Historical Association, we strongly encourage you to visit. Public hours are limited to the 4th of July and Fall Foliage Day, but private visits may be scheduled by contacting Dave Stauffer at 802-592-3076 or Jane Alper at 802-592-3161.

  • Snow Roller Barn in Peacham, Vermont
  • Snow Roller Barn in Peacham, Vermont
  • Snow Roller Barn in Peacham, Vermont
  • Snow Roller Barn in Peacham, Vermont

Monuments in Peacham

In 1924, the PHA placed a marker beside the Old Hazen Road, which served to commemorate not merely this road, built in 1776 by General Jacob Bailey, but also the Peacham stockade, which was built around the Bailey house in 1785 and which stood in the field about ten rods east, the house of Jonathan Elkins, built in 1776, which stood on the opposite side of the road about thirty-two rods to the south and Elkins Tavern.  This marker was erected by the joint efforts of the Peacham Historical Association, the Vermont Society and the Sons of the American Revolution.