Chester Village Historic District

Chester is a census-designated place (CDP) in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,005 at the 2010 census. The CDP is a statistical area encompassing three distinct places: the urbanized center of the town of Chester; a locale known as Chester Depot, which is separated from the town center by the tracks of the former Rutland Railroad; and the village of North Chester. For many years, the Steamtown rail collection ran train excursions on these tracks between Chester Depot and Bellows Falls before relocating to Pennsylvania. Today, Vermont Rail System operates freight trains along the line, and the depot is still visited by passengers riding the Green Mountain Flyer, also operated by VTR. Chester Depot is known for the Stone Village, a street with several stone houses built in similar style. Stone was an uncommon building material in rural Vermont.

The Augustus and Laura Blaisdell House is a historic house at 517 Depot Street in Chester, Vermont. Built in 1868 for a local businessman, it is a fine local example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture. It has historically served both commercial and residential functions, and now contains apartments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

The Stone Village Historic District encompasses a distinctive collection of stone buildings on Vermont Route 103 in Chester, Vermont. Dating to the first half of the 19th century are a remarkable concentration of buildings constructed in a regionally distinctive snecked ashlar technique brought to the area by Scottish masons. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

The Fire District No. 2 Firehouse, also known locally as the Yosemite Engine House, is a historic fire station at 716 Depot Street in Chester, Vermont. Built in 1879, it is architecturally distinctive in the state as the only period fire station with two towers, which also distinctively exhibit Second Empire styling. Now owned by the town, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

The Jeffrey House is a historic house on North Street in Chester, Vermont. Built in 1797, it is one of Vermont's small number of surviving Georgian style houses. It was built by the son of one of the area's early settlers, and originally served as a tavern. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

The Greenwood House, now the Gingerbread Apartments, is a historic house on Vermont Route 103 in Chester, Vermont. Built about 1850 and restyled about 1900, it is an architecturally distinctive blend of Greek Revival and Late Victorian styles. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Chester is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,005 at the 2020 census.

The Windsor-1-1 Representative District is a one-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one- or two-member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census. The Windsor-1-1 District includes all of the Windsor County towns of Andover, Baltimore, and Chester, as well as part of the town of Springfield: encompassed within a boundary beginning at the Chester-Springfield town lines at Northfield Drive, then easterly along the centerline of Northfield Drive to the intersection with Fairbanks Road, then northerly along the centerline of Fairbanks Road to the intersection with Main Street, North Springfield, then easterly along the centerline of Main Street, North Springfield to the intersection with the County Road, then northeasterly along the centerline of the County Road to the intersection with VT 106, then northwesterly along the centerline of VT 106 to the intersection with the Baltimore Road, then northwesterly along the centerline of the Baltimore Road to the Chester boundary line, then southerly along the Chester boundary line to the point of the beginning. The rest of the town of Springfield is in Windsor-1-2. As of the 2000 census, the state as a whole had a population of 608,827. As there are a total of 150 representatives, there were 4,059 residents per representative (or 8,118 residents per two representatives). The one member Windsor-1-1 District had a population of 3,912 in that same census, 3.62% below the state average.

William C. Putnam State Forest covers 146 acres (0.59 km2) in Grafton in Windham County, Vermont. The forest is managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. Activities in the forest include hiking, snowshoeing and hunting.

Grafton is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 645 at the 2020 census.

Williams River State Forest covers 108 acres (0.44 km2) in Chester in Windham County, Vermont. The forest is managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation.Activities in the forest include hiking, snowshoeing, hunting and wildlife viewing. The south branch of Williams River (Vermont) flows along the edge of the forest.

The Bartonsville Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge in the village of Bartonsville, in Rockingham, Vermont, United States. The bridge is a lattice truss style with a 151-foot span, carrying Lower Bartonsville Road over the Williams River. It was built in 2012, replacing a similar bridge built in 1870 by Sanford Granger. The 1870 bridge, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was destroyed in 2011 in flooding caused by Hurricane Irene.