Located south of downtown Bellows Falls, the area has one of the largest concentrations of well-preserved 19th century residences in southern Vermont.

As a consequence, the village has since then been a transportation hub, as a nexus of water, road, and railroad routes formed there over the course of the 19th century.

[3] This neighborhood area contains one of the best concentrations of pre-World War II residential architecture in southern Vermont.

Most of the housing stock was built between about 1850 and 1920, when the village was economically at its peak, and represent a cross section of architectural styles of that period.

Institutional buildings include two schools, two churches, two fraternal meeting houses, a library, and a funeral home.