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Shelburne Farms is a 1,400-acre nonprofit education center for sustainability and working farm on the shore of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont, designated a National Historic Landmark as a well-preserved example of a Gilded Age ornamental farm. Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb established the estate in 1886 as a model agricultural property, with architecture by Robert Henderson Robertson and landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted completed by 1887. Descendants of the founders converted the estate into a nonprofit educational organization in 1972, and it continues to operate as a working farm producing farmhouse cheddar cheese from a herd of Brown Swiss cows. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Farm 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Shelburne, United States 3
Completed Year
1887 1
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Standing 1
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Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Farm 2
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1. Shelburne Farms (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne_Farms, lead definition
    Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education center for sustainability, 1,400-acre (570 ha) working farm, and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont.
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    Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit education center for sustainability, 1,400-acre (570 ha) working farm, and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1887)
    completion_date/completed = 1887
  • In Style: Shingle Style, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Shingle style architecture in Vermont
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2. Shelburne Farms (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Farm)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Farm)
Wikidata item Q7493326, instance of (P31): farm
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3. Shelburne Farms (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Shelburne, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Shelburne, United States
Wikidata item Q7493326, property P131/P17 (location): Shelburne, United States
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