The Landmark Trust USA

12/11/2024

Today it's time for a throwback to 2018, when Rudyard Kipling's Naulakha was the subject of a Vermont Historical Society "This Place in History" feature! The 4 minute video is a breezy watch and gives a great tour of Kipling's "ship on a hill" and its history with a beautiful snowy backdrop 😃

Rudyard Kipling's Naulakha: Famed British author Rudyard Kipling lived in Vermont while writing The Jungle Book and other novels. His wife's family was from Dummerston and that connection brought Kipling to the area. He designed the house to look like a ship. The historic house is owned and preserve...

12/06/2024

If you're local to Southern VT or the Monadnock region, come on over to the historic Butterfield Library in Westminster, VT, this coming Tuesday, December 10, at 5pm for a deep dive into our preservation work, the history of our properties, and what makes it all so special. We promise lots of beautiful pictures, including some before and afters!

Join us on Tuesday, Dec. 10th at 5pm as we welcome Jeremy Ebersole from The Landmark Trust USA! Jeremy will talk about exactly what the Landmark Trust USA does — the hows and the whys! (Hint: If you've ever been to Scott Farm Orchard, you've been to one of their properties!)

We hope you will join us!

12/03/2024

It's ! We need to raise $33,000 for this year's Annual Appeal to continue providing transformative experiences with history in 2025 and beyond. Your gift today will keep the past present so it has a future!

Donate to help The Landmark Trust USA acquire, restore, and maintain historically important properties across New England. Our unique stewardship model protects historic properties for future generations. Because we are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, donations are tax-deductible.

12/02/2024

Some overnight accommodations give you a closed window and a view of a parking lot. And then there's Landmark Trust USA. No matter what mood you're in or what kind of chair you like, you're just steps away from a seat with a view in the great outdoors all to yourself. It may be chilly out in Vermont now, but what better time to plan your warm weather escape back to nature this Summer than right now?

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The Landmark Trust USA!

Not pictured: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who experienced an American Thanksgiving with the Kiplings at their Naulakha home in 1894!

11/25/2024

Miss our Annual Report or Carriage House video last month? Looking for a place to escape with your dogs or the perfect holiday gift? Read about all of this plus a recent elementary school student visit to Scott Farm Orchard and more in our November/December newsletter!

Newsletters Read the latest news from The Landmark Trust USA.Nov/Dec 2024Annual Report, Carriage House video, dog-friendly properties, holiday gifts, & MoreSept/Oct 2024New Board members, EV chargers, Just So Wild cider, share your pics, & MoreSummer 2024Golf Package, personal chef services, environ...

11/22/2024

Vermont is synonymous with maple syrup, producing more than any other state. As you drive around our sugary state, you're bound to see sugarhouses, where the raw sap is boiled into syrup, everywhere you look. But there's only one place where you can spend the night in a sugarhouse!

Our Sugarhouse overnight rental was built in 1915, and while the boiler is gone, the feeling of an extra cozy private New England cabin in the woods is abundant. Abutting the Scott Farm Orchard and surrounded by majestic maples, the 1 bedroom Sugarhouse is a step into history and out of your worries 🍁

11/20/2024

Thanksgiving is all about spending time with the people you love. For an extra special Thanksgiving this year, why not bring the family on a mini-vacation? Our 3 bedroom Amos Brown House has some last minute availability for the holiday week, and all bookings made less than a week before your stay are always 10% off!

We always say our properties have everything you'd need to cook a Thanksgiving dinner, so why not use our pots and pans instead of yours? You'll still have to buy the turkey, but we'll supply the ambiance! 🦃

Book a stay at the historic Amos Brown House in Whitingham, Vermont, which sleeps 6 guests and allows up to 2 dogs. Half an hour from the Marlboro Music Festival, half an hour from skiing and snowboarding at Mount Snow, and 20 minutes from the shops and restaurants of Wilmington. Hiking, bicycling,

11/15/2024

There are a million reasons to go on vacation, but one of the most powerful is the opportunity to experience awe and wonder in a way that is just much more accessible away from the grind of daily responsibilities. There's no better place to experience that awe and wonder that makes you gasp and think "wow, what a beautiful world I get to live in!" than our Dutton Farmhouse, with it's seemingly endless views across apple orchards and wooded hillsides. The 1849 four bedroom Greek Revival Vermont farmhouse is a private retreat to take your breath away!

11/11/2024

“We LOVED the peace and quiet; we loved the beauty of the original home and all the treasures there... Just perfect! Thank you for this rare opportunity to experience real life.”

Our Amos Brown House is all about escape, making it the perfect family or friend retreat for a long winter weekend. With 30 private acres of fields and forests, snowshoeing, XC skiing, and snowmobiling literally in the backyard, and only 20 minutes from Mount Snow, you'll have a vacation to remember. And you can even bring your dog!

Book a stay at the historic Amos Brown House in Whitingham, Vermont, which sleeps 6 guests and allows up to 2 dogs. Half an hour from the Marlboro Music Festival, half an hour from skiing and snowboarding at Mount Snow, and 20 minutes from the shops and restaurants of Wilmington. Hiking, bicycling,

11/08/2024

Thanks very much to Brattleboro Savings & Loan for their work to help repainting some of the trim at our historic Dutton Farmhouse property as part of their annual Walk the Walk Day!

It's these little details, like historically accurate paint colors and reproduction historic wallpaper that really make staying in a Landmark property something special and different. We're grateful for the help in making the history of this 1849 farmhouse shine!

11/07/2024

Nestled on a shaded hillside overlooking the expansive lawn at Rudyard Kipling's Naulakha complex is Kipling's 1895 Carriage House, now a 2 bedroom overnight Vermont rental with a gorgeous, light-filled kitchen in the former greenhouse and suitably stunning views to the mountains of New Hampshire. Gorgeous in the Fall or any time of year :)

11/01/2024

Kipling's Carriage House is a treasure. Tucked high on a wooded hillside steps away from Rudyard Kipling's Naulakha, it's a place full of stories and memories just waiting to be discovered. Come and make your own memories and become part of history today!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from all of us at The Landmark Trust USA!

There may not be any skeletons in the chimney, and we've cleared all the spider webs from the porch, but you can still enjoy the view at Rudyard Kipling's Naulakha just like the home's most famous houseguest, Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who we believe to be in the photo here c.1895.

The past comes alive when you stay overnight at any of our historic homes...but we can't promise no ghosts 👻