Birth of a Broadway Hit - Corner of Elm & Langdon Streets

That does it for jail talk. We're going to continue up Elm Street, but before we start cross the street for a look at the house on the corner of Elm and Langdon streets. It was built in the 1850s by James Langdon, who I mentioned in the last tour, and it’s another of the city’s moveable houses. When first constructed it sat at the other end of Langdon Street on the corner of Main. It was also the city’s police station at one time. The police are all gone now, and for many years it's served under various owners as an intimate venue for live music of every genre. From 2005-2011 it operated as a quirky, friendly bar called the Langdon Street Café. It was an important inspiration to notable Montpelier native Anais Mitchell, the creator of the Tony award-winning musical “Hadestown”, and many of the songs from that show had their début in this building.