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My husband and I moved to northern Vermont from Pennsylvania in the mid 1980s. We raised our three boys here and have been quite involved in the community over the decades. Although we live out of town off of a small dirt road, my husband had his architectural practice in Hardwick. The historic restoration of this and the adjacent building were the highlights of his career.

The history of this building is interesting and knowing about it helped us with its restoration. Willie W. Marshall arrived in Hardwick in 1890 and soon after constructed The Marshall Block building, now the site of the renovated apartments. Marshall opened a clothing, dry goods, and shoe store, which he maintained until 1920. Retaining ownership of the building, he turned his attention to land acquisition and property development in Hardwick, designing many of the streets and lots nearby. A movie theater once existed next to this building, where a landscaped park now sits, but it burned down years ago. My husband redesigned the space and our family has landscaped it.