Our History
The Horace Henry Powers House
This large, Federal style, two-story, symmetrically-ordered, wood-frame, gable-roof dwelling with cornice returns, corner pilasters (columns) and full sidelights and door surround, is quite typical of late 18th and early 19th-century farmhouse construction in Vermont. Several one-story outbuildings are attached to the rear of the house. This practice of connected architecture was quite common in Vermont, as it allowed easy passage between buildings during the cold winter months.
On March 21, 2007, the State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation entered the Horace Henry Powers House in the Morrisville Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior under provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
POWERS, Horace Henry
(1835-1913)
POWERS, Horace Henry, a Representative from Vermont; born in Morristown, Lamoille County, VT, May 29, 1835; attended Peoples Academy; was graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1855; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1858 and practiced in Hyde Park, VT 1859-1862; member of the State house of representatives in 1858; prosecuting attorney of Lamoille County in 1861 and 1862; member of the council of censors in 1869; member of the State constitutional convention in 1870; served in the State senate in 1872 and 1873; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1874 and served as speaker; judge of the supreme court of Vermont from Dec. 1874 to Dec. 1890; trustee of the University of Vermont from 1883 until his death; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892; elected as a Republican to the 52nd and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1901); chairman Committee on Pacific Railroads (54th - 56th Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law in Morrisville, VT; died in Morrisville, VT December 8, 1913; interment in Pleasant View Cemetery. (Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present)
