Southern Vermont College has its roots in Saint Joseph College which was established in downtown Bennington by the Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1926.

The main house, now the Everett Mansion, started construction 1911 and was completed in 1914. The mansion was patterned after the English/Norman feudal mansions of the 14th century and was designed by an internationally known architect, George Totten, of Washington, DC.

The exterior was built of goldstone quarried on the estate property and in the neighboring town of Pownal. Thirty stonemasons from Italy worked seven days per week, ten hours per day, to complete the exterior of the mansion within a six-month period.

There are 27 interior rooms. Originally the interior of the house was lavishly furnished in the latest Victorian style. Some walls were covered with tapestries. Most of the floors are "parqueted" with various and intricate designs. The first floor of the Mansion was framed and paneled in oak, the second floor in maple, and the third floor in fir.

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