The Old Cobbler Shop

     Possibly the oldest brick structure in Vermont, The Old Cobbler shop was acquired by the Castleton Historical Society in 1947 and turned into their first museum in 1954. Located at the corner of Main Street and Cemetery Street, The Old Cobbler Shop stands on a corner of a piece of land that Zadock Remington bought from Amos Bird in 1769. Remington's Tavern was located further west on this piece of land. David and Zadock Remington sold 6 ¾ acres of their land to Nehemiah Hoyt in 1774. Nehemiah Hoyt in his turn, sold it to Enos Merrill in 1794 by which time this small brick building had been erected which Enos Merrill used for a tannery and cobbler's shop.