Fairholt Collection, 1895-2005 | Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

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The Fairholt estate was the built by publisher Henry Holt, a summer resident of Stowe Vermont.  He purchased the land after a visit to Burlington in 1890.  Early on, Holt employed renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to assist in creating a Fairholt Park, although it is unclear the extent to which Olmsted oversaw the project.  The building, designed by architect Staniford White, was finished in 1903.  A portion of the original property was ceded to the Burlington Country Club in 1924.  The Holt family owned the property until 1940, when it was sold to Willett and Lucille Foster.  Mrs. Foster conveyed part of the Fairholt to Arnold Skelly and later another part to Willett Foster Junior.  Skelly eventually sold the property to the Society of Saint Edmund in 1953.  The Society owned the property until 1995, when they sold it to Richard and Amy Tarrant.