One Family-Three Influential Generations

The Hall, Park, and McCullough families who once lived in what is now known as the Park-McCullough House, influenced both Vermont and United States history during the Victorian era, beginning with the Gold Rush. Members of this family were involved in politics, both in Vermont and California, with Hiland Hall and John McCullough ultimately serving as Governors of Vermont. McCullough and his father-in-law, Trenor Park, who built the house in 1865, played a significant role in the development of the railroads and were in the forefront of negotiations over the building of the Panama Canal. Correspondence and records kept by family members, as well as detailed letters and diary entries of John McCullough's wife, Eliza Hall Park McCullough (Lizzie), document not just historic events, but the family's Victorian way of life.