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Simon Pearce’s historic Quechee mill beside the Ottauquechee River waterfall
VT

Vermont field entry

Simon Pearce — Quechee

Quechee, VT

A turbine-powered mill above the Ottauquechee River where glass and pottery retail shares the historic building with live glassblowing, a restaurant and views over the falls.

Simon Pearce’s Quechee mill combines handmade glass and pottery retail with a working glassblowing studio, riverside restaurant and turbine-powered historic setting.

Field notes

Why it belongs

Glass-and-pottery store, turbine-powered working glassblowing studio, historic riverside mill, waterfall viewpoint, full-service restaurant and bar.

The exact retail destination lets visitors shop finished wares and watch glass artisans work inside a historic mill whose turbine and river setting remain central to the experience.

Simon Pearce’s Quechee destination occupies a historic mill beside the Ottauquechee River. The store carries the company’s glass and pottery, home accents and a changing selection of near-perfect Seconds. Visitors can watch artisans at work in the turbine-powered glassblowing studio during its published viewing hours. The Mill at Simon Pearce restaurant and bar operate in the same building on their own schedule, making the stop a combined shopping, craft-viewing, dining and riverside experience. This record covers only the Quechee mill; the separate Windsor location is excluded.

Store contents

What you will find

Known for

  • Quechee mill
  • Handmade glass and pottery
  • Live glassblowing
  • Turbine-powered studio
  • Near-perfect Seconds
  • Ottauquechee River falls
  • The Mill restaurant and bar

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