Wheelock History
Wheelock is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.
The population was 759 at the 2020 census. Read more on Wikipedia.
Elevation: 1,581′
Interest in history is strong in Wheelock; however, the town does not have a historical society collecting and caring for artifacts and exhibiting them to the public. This site tells some of our town's stories. Many stories have been published in the Wheelock News.
The Gazebo
The gazebo was a bicentennial project to replace a previous one that was destroyed in the hurricane of 1938. It was built by residents in 1976 as a state bicentennial project. Here’s a link to the 1985 Wheelock Bicentennial Edition, edited by Allis Beaumont Reid, published by the
Wheelock Historical Commission.
Old Red Schoolhouse
View the 1915 dedication souvenir for the Old Red Schoolhouse Association, formed after the school closed to students. The booklet’s subtitle is “Those Were the Happy Days.” Biographies and photographs of the Association’s leaders and former teachers are followed by nostalgic verse. There are photos of other schoolhouses in South Wheelock that were no longer in use at that time, and lists of students who attended since 1848. The building has been a private residence for many decades.
The Thomas Jefferson
Cree Home
"It was kitty corner to the end of the green just at the bottom of the hill (across Sutton Road from Town Hall). There was a ballroom on the third floor.
My great-grandfather had three boys who played in an orchestra there and other places in the area.”
Photos & Narrative shared by Rachel Cree Sherman
The home burned in 1928.
History of Wheelock
by Eleanor J. Hutchinson
