Ripton Country Store-Front in the Fall of 2019
1933 Middlebury College students fishing in the Ripton Gorge Middlebury College Special Collections, Middlebury, Vermont
Writers' Conference faculty members posed outside on Bread Loaf campus, 1948. Individuals pictured include, back row (left to right): Warren Beck, Richard Brown, John Ciardi and Robeson Bailey; middle row: A. B. Guthrie Jr., Fletcher Pratt, Robert Frost, Bernard DeVoto, Mark Saxton and Director Theodore Morrison; front row: Kay Morrison and Helen Everitt. Middlebury College Special Collections, Middlebury, Vermont
Relaxing afternoon at the Breadloaf West Lawn Circa. 1950 Middlebury College Special Collections, Middlebury, Vermont
Covered bridge in Ripton, Vermont, with several signs posted at near end and several partially hidden people at the far end. Middlebury College Special Collections, Middlebury, Vermont

Present Day Chipman Inn in the center of Ripton, warmly engrossed in Summer Foliage, Summer 2020

Modern Day Ripton Town Center, with the three iconic structures now home to the community house, Town office (once school), and the Community church where all are welcome. Blanketed in a rather common winter dusting Circa 2018

Ripton Community House with Recent metal roof to ensure it's longevity. Circa 2020
F. W. Beers Atlas of Addison County, Ripton Vermont. Middlebury College Special Collections, Middlebury, Vermont




Peak Foliage season photo of the Ripton country store from the front lawn of the Chipman Inn, Autumn 2021