Middlebury Historic District
Middlebury · 14 Court St, Middlebury, VT 05753
At a glance
Type
Historic District
Setting
Interior + Exterior
Parking
Yes
Power
Yes
Prior Filming
Forrest Gump (Vermont scenes), various Vermont-set productions
Permit
Required
Visual character
“Vermont Classic, Marble Architecture, College Town”
About
Middlebury is Vermont at its most cinematically coherent—a college town where Otter Creek falls through the center of a downtown built primarily from local Champlain Valley marble, creating an architectural character unique among New England villages. The Vermont Film Commission promotes Middlebury for its combination of authentic village green atmosphere, Middlebury College's Georgian Revival campus, and the surrounding Champlain Valley and Green Mountain landscape accessible within minutes. The marble commercial buildings, covered bridges in the surrounding valleys, and the visual rhythm of a working Vermont agricultural community provide period-flexible filming options. Seasonal variation is extreme and visually dramatic, from sugar maple foliage to deep winter snow that regularly exceeds eight feet.
Where you'll be
Permit Information
✓ VerifiedPromoted by Vermont Film Commission. Marble-rich architecture, Middlebury College, Green Mountains.
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