Pleasant View Farm's White Farmhouse / UVM Miller Research and Educational Center

The land that became the University of Vermont Miller Research and Educational Center had been used for agriculture since 1763, when it was deeded to Jacob Kirbee by Royal Land Grant. By 1823, Eleazer H. Deming, one of the wealthiest men in Chittenden County, owned the farm, and his son-in-law expanded it to include a sawmill. By 1862, James Shedd had purchased Deming’s farm and named it Pleasant View Farm. A Burlington merchant and director of the State Agricultural Society, Shedd developed the farm into a model operation known for award-winning cattle, sheep, and horses. About 1870, a 2½-story Italianate-style house known as the White Farmhouse was built for the farm manager. In 1944, the University of Vermont acquired Pleasant View Farm and the White Farmhouse and adapted the property as the UVM Paul R. Miller Research and Education Center to develop and promote agriculture in Vermont and New England. Shedd’s barns were replaced with new teaching and research facilities, including modern free-stall and stanchion barns, and the White Farmhouse, along with a bungalow moved from the main campus in 1951, continued to house UVM farm employees until the early 1990s. The White Farmhouse was razed in 2015 to make way for the modern expansion of the Miller Research and Educational Center facilities.

South Burlington, Vermont · United States