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103 North Winooski Avenue
was built in the 1840's. The ell shaped floor plan of 103 helps differentiate it from other Greek Revival structures on North Winooski Avenue. The brick bearing wall construction resting on a stone foundation supports a wood truss roof with slate shingles. The front, gable, side hall entrance is on the left side and is protected by a flat roofed entrance porch with turned posts added at a later date. The front façade of this 2 and one-half story structure is 3 bays wide with one over one double hung sashes arranged symmetrically with flat arched lintels. Cornice returns delineate a gable with a triangular panel. A second entrance is located in the front facing wall of the one bay wide ell and is protected by a flat roofed porch with turned posts that is two bays long. A newer addition to the rear contains a number of apartments.-- end --
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11 North Union Street
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Greek Revival house is thought to have been constructed in the 1840's. It is quite in keeping with the Greek Revival treatment so popular in Burlington for its period: built of brick, with a pedimented gable oriented to the street and a peaked window in the gable. A nearly identical design can be found at number 52 North Union Street. What distinguishes this house from others of its kind is the later 19th century addition of a pedimented hood above the front door in a style sometimes referred to as "Eastlake," after Charles Eastlake, an English furniture designer who was influential in promoting decorative architectural work. (1) This building has been cited by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation as an example of the type of house built for prosperous middle-class families in Burlington's North End.
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111-113 St. Paul Street is a brick four-story storefront
108 North Winooski Avenue
was Constructed in the 1840's, this ell shaped, pedimented, three bay wide Greek Revival structure is of brick bearing wall construction on a stone foundation. A pedimented entrance porch with turned posts and a sunburst design protects the left side hall entrance. The two over two windows are symmetrically arranged and capped by flat arch lintels. A blind pointed window is centered in the gable pediment. The wood truss roof is covered in slate with a boxed cornice.
The 1853 Presdee and Edwards map lists the owner of the property as Reverend J. H. Worcester, pastor of the First Congregational Church on South Winooski Avenue. Ownership subsequently passed to John Herrick, a joiner, in the 1860's and Orman P. Ray, county clerk, in the 1890's. Today the structure has been divided into apartments.
11 Center Street
was built in the 1840's as a three bay wide Greek Revival structure is two and one half stories. It is of brick load bearing wall construction with a stone foundation. The wood truss roof is covered with asphalt shingles. One over one windows with flat arches are symmetrically arranged on the gable front façade. The gable with cornice returns has a full size window. The concrete block wing on the right is a later addition. This building appears on the 1853 Presdee and Edwards map when Center Street was Caitlins Lane. The 1869 Worley map lists the owner as L. S. Drew. (1) Today the building has a golf pro shop and offices.
111 North Winooski Avenue
was built in the 1850's with a pedimented gable front, three bay wide Greek Revival structure has a right side hall entrance. A porch with turned posts, turned balusters, and brackets extends across the front of the façade and wraps around the south side of the building where it terminates at a bay window. Windows are one over one double hung sashes symmetrically arranged with flat arched lintels. The building is of brick bearing wall construction on a stone foundation. The shallow pitched wood truss roof is covered with slate shingles. A semi-elliptical louvered panel is in the gable. A wood framed clapboard clad ell was added at a later date. Originally a single-family residence, the building now houses apartments. -- end --
111-113 Church Street
The Abrahams building was built circa 1830.The building has a unique design, with the flat roof (being) pitched at the south end to a third story molded cornice with returns, and capped along the east and west ends with parapets that create a Federal style silhouette[1]. The building has undergone significant remodeling, including a 1933 facelift that added a black glass and aluminum storefront that was removed in the 1960s.The current Art Deco faade, the result of a 1946 remodeling, makes the building one of the finest examples of the Moderne Style in the State[1].Extensive remodeling occurred again in 1950 when the recently acquired corner section was resurfaced and the interior was completely redone. The building now houses a restaurant. Until 2003, it also held Abraham's Camera Store.
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116 North Winooski Avenue
was built in the 1840's as a two and one-half story, clapboard clad, ell shaped Greek Revival structure with a pedimented gable, and boxed cornices rests on a stone foundation. A pedimented porch with turned posts, balusters, and a sunburst design protects the left side hall entrance. Windows are one over one and symmetrically arranged with a blind triangular window in the gable pediment. The cross gable, wood truss roof is sheathed with three tab asphalt shingles. A flat-roofed one bay by one bay porch is within the arms of the ell.
The 1853 Presdee and Edwards map identifies the owner of the house as L.E. Smith. Mr. Smith was a local businessman who, together with George Chase, operated a window, sash, and blind manufactory near the waterfront. Smith's widow sold the house in 1889 to Nelson Chamberlin, the proprietor of a dry goods store on Church Street.
118 South Willard Street
was formerly a farmhouse that was originally a one and one-half story home built in 1830 on property that extended up to the University of Vermont; a rear ell, added around 1850, joins the house to a pre-1853 carriage barn (1). Despite moving to New York City in 1852, Cassius P. Peck, the second son of Dr. John Peck, is recorded as owner on both the 1853 Presdee & Edwards map and the 1857 Wallings map of Burlington (2). By 1862 Salmon Wires, an attorney who founded a Burlington insurance agency in 1844 with his brother, Rodney Wires, had purchased the property. Although Wires died in 1866, his widow, Sarah, resided in the home until her death in 1892. Sarah D. Wires, an unmarried daughter, continued to live in the home, having been joined by her sister, Francis Wires Bryant, who returned to Burlington in the 1880s
123 North Winooski Avenue
was built in the 1840's as a two and one-half story, three bay wide, pedimented gable front structure shows more detail than many of its neighbors. Brick load bearing walls rest on a stone foundation. The front porch with turned posts and brackets is a later addition and runs the width of the façade. A covered one bay wide porch is atop this porch and above the front door which is on the left of the façade. Windows are one over one double hung sashes symmetrically arranged. A pointed louvered panel is in the gable. The roof system is wood truss with slate shingles. A two story bay window, also a later addition, graces the southern façade. Although one of the older structures in the neighborhood, little is known of the residents until Eugene Smalley rented it. -- end --
127 North Winooski Avenue
-- was built in the 1840's as a wood framed, clapboard clad Greek Revival residence with a stone foundation, left side entrance, and front facing gable with cornice returns. The front door is flanked by sidelights and is flanked by pilasters supporting a flat-topped entabulature. The windows of the three bay by four bay, two and one-half story structure are varied with those on the front façade being one over one on the first floor, six over one on the second floor, and a single six over six in the gable. The roof of the main structure is wood truss covered in slate shingles with a boxed cornice. A shed roofed addition is located on the north façade.
Originally a single-family residence owned by Franklin Wight (c. 1865, but possibly earlier), by the turn of the century it had been converted to a rental property.
129 North Champlain Street
132 North Winooski Avenue
was built in the 1840's
Unlike most of the Greek Revival structures on North Winooski Avenue, 132 is a wood frame structure sheathed in clapboards. Aside from this, it is typical for the area. The two and one-half story gable front structure is three bays wide with a two-story porch protecting the right side entrance. The second story is enclosed. Windows, with shutters, are one over one double-hung sashes symmetrically arranged. The wood truss roof is covered in slate shingles with projecting eaves.
133 has remained a single-family residence. The first known occupant was A. S. Mears, a photographer who operated a studio on Church Street. He ran a store from the house in the 1880's. Mr. Mears resided here until 1900. -- end --
133 North Winooski Avenue
-- built in the 1840's as a vernacular Greek Revival structure, this one and one-half story structure is typical for the area. A wood truss roof is supported by a brick bearing wall on a stone foundation. This simple, front gabled unadorned structure is three bays wide with one over one double hung windows. A bracketed hood protects the left side entrance door. The rear ell was added at a later date and is constructed of brick. (I was unable to determine if the ell is brick veneered or of bearing wall construction.) A one bay wide by three bay long porch runs down the left side of the building within the arms of the ell. The wood truss roof is covered in slate shingles with a boxed cornice. The Vermont Historical Structure Survey indicates the building has a box cornice, but as the building is covered with ivy this could not be confirmed.
136 North Winooski Avenue
was built in the 1840's as a three bay wide, gable front Greek Revival structure appears on the 1853 Presdee and Edwards map (1) and 1869 Worley Map (2). The original façade has been covered with vinyl siding and the windows have been replaced with modern aluminum sashes. The foundation is stone.
137 North Winooski Avenue
First appearing on the 1853 Presdee and Edwards' map, this two and one half story, three bay wide, pedimented gable front Greek Revival structure is typical of those found on North Winooski Avenue between Pearl and North Streets. Built in the mid-1840's, the brick load bearing walls rest on a stone foundation and support a wood truss roof currently sheathed with three tab asphalt shingles. The plain entry without sidelights is on the left side of the structure and is covered by a two bay wide, two-story porch. Windows are two over two symmetrically arranged on the front façade with a half round window in the gable.
Originally built as a residence, the structure has been added to extensively. A rear addition is wood framed and sheathed in clapboards. At present, the structure houses four apartments.
143 South Willard Street
was Built in 1850 for James Whelphey Hickok, son of early Burlington resident Samuel Hickok, this Italianate house may have been the first example of the style in Burlington. The first floor of this house, the exterior of which was only altered by the enclosing of the western porch by 1978, contained Italianate style woodworking with Walton Wincrusta Wainscotting in the hall and wall niches in the parlor (1). Admitted to the Chittenden County Bar Association in 1842, James W. Hickok, who graduated from the University of Vermont in 1837, worked as treasurer for the University of Vermont and the Burlington Savings Bank (2). In accord with the prevailing late nineteenth century development patterns in this portion of Burlington, Hickok subdivided two additional lots from his property in 1884
151 South Champlain
151 South Prospect Street -- Bittersweet,
159 Cherry Street
was built in the 1840's as a two and one-half story Greek Revival building has a front facing pedimented gable with boxed cornice and a blind pointed window within the pediment. A pedimented hood supported by brackets protects the right, side hall entrance. Windows are symmetrically arranged. The rear ell was added at a later date. Brick bearing wall construction on a stone foundation supports a wood truss roof. A one bay by one bay covered porch protects a side entrance on the left of the building. Owned in the 1860's by Timothy Lovell, the footprint appears on the 1853 Presdee and Edward map. Today the building contains a number of apartments. -- end --
161 North Union Street
179 Elmwood Avenue
is the sibling to 185 Elmwood. They were built together by Mr. Noble Lovely in 1851.(1) After Mr. Lovely left town in the 1860's, one H. N. Drury lived here until the turn of the century and was survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary W. Drury from 1900 until 1903.(2) Since then it has seen many tenants and its interior has slowly been altered to house several people in separate apartments.(3).
Its exterior does remain well preserved. Like 185 it retains its original door with Greek Revival Style sidelights and blind fan light in the front gable. A small entrance porch has been added to one side.
18 Park Street
was built in 1845 as a
brick two story gable front Greek Revival building is located in the area that was known as "Glassville" while the Champlain Glass Company was in operation. Indeed, it was company property until after the Civil War.(1) It has some unusual characteristics, including an ogee shape gable vent and Italianate brackets inside the gable and underneath the eaves. This is the second occurrence of this ogee vent. The other was seen in the gable of 31/33 Pitkin Street. There could be a connection between these and a handful of similar details in and around Burlington, and further investigation may prove fruitful. The footprint of the structure has changed very little throughout its lifetime. Inspection of the 1853 Presdee & Edwards map and the 1877 Bird's Eye map of Burlington reveals that the southerly porch may have been added between these dates.
18 Pearl Street
-- Though significantly altered, 18 Pearl Street -- maintains a very similar footprint to that of the 1853 Presdee & Edwards map. Its gable front orientation and three bay fenestration are all that remains of its Greek Revival roots. The new commercial façade does a good job of hiding the original. The porch on the easterly side of the building is clearly a later addition.
This house and many like it were built on the lower section of Pearl Street to accommodate middle class families from 1850-1900. There was a great amount of pressure to adapt these homes to commercial uses even after the Civil War. Increased demand for local stores and the area's proximity to Church Street caused this Section of Pearl to become an extension of Burlington's business district.
185 Elmwood Avenue
was built with 179 Elmwood Avenue and the two houses remain nearly identical to this day. Built in 1851 for a Mr. Noble Lovely as a residence and for business purposes.(1) Mr. Lovely had left Burlington by 1866 and a Sylvester Churchill lived here until 1884, after which the home was inhabited by a William Kelley, the foreman of the J. R. Booth Lumber Company. The Burlington City Directories show the passing of several tenants in the twentieth century but the building remains as a single-family dwelling today.(2)
Its distinguishing features are characterized by the blind fan light in the front gable and the side-lights flanking the entrance.(3) It remains with little alteration to its exterior, a small entrance porch has been added to the side.
186 South Willard Street
was Built in 1850 by Lemuel W. Page, a partner in the dry goods mercantile firm of Page & Best, this Greek Revival style house occupies land that Henry Leavenworth subdivided from the Grasse Mount property between 1845 and 1853. On March 16, 1859, Page sold it for ,600 to Judge Davis Rich of Shoreham, who gave the house to his daughter, Lucina Dewey, wife of Archibald S. Dewey, a local merchant. In May of the same year John Dewey, the famous philosopher, was born here (1). Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Archibald S. Dewey, then fifty years old, joined the army in September 1861, and the family moved out (2). In 1869 George G. Benedict purchased the home and sold it ten years later to Charles F. Wheeler, proprietor of a clothing store on Church Street (3). Upon Wheeler's death in 1898, ownership of the property passed to his three children
194 South Champlain Street is a brick schoolhouse built in 1850.
195 St. Paul Street
is a one-and-one-half story front gabled, brick dwelling ... built circa 1850.(1) The bay windows and front entrance porch appear in 1942, revealing Italianate features which were added at the time.(2) It was probably built for a Mr. Phelps who is shown here from 1869 until 1890.(3) A Helen M. Phelps is then listed until the 1920's followed by a Samuel B. Conant until 1940. Directory listings suggest the building was renovated to house apartments around 1940.(4) -- end --
196 South Willard Street
was Built circa 1845, this structure's current appearance is the result of multiple modifications during its one and a half centuries of existence. This building stands on former Grasse Mount property, which was being subdivided at the time of this home's construction by Henry Leavenworth, who is listed as the owner of this structure in 1853. The front section of the building contains hewn summer beams, and an Isle La Motte stone carriage stoop sits on the street curb in front of the house. A. Robbins purchased the home in 1858, followed by Chauncey W. Brownell, a prominent Burlington attorney, in 1878; at this date the building had a full length, one-story, front porch. Brownell eventually became president of the Home Savings Bank, vice-president of the Burlington Building and Loan Association, and vice president of the Vermont Structural Steel Corporation (1). The building's Italianate moldings and Queen Anne style fireplace mantels suggest Brownell remodeled it on several occasions
208 North Street
213 North Winooski Avenue
244 North Street
25 Elmwood Avenue
was originally two-and-one-half stories when it was built circa 1845. Catherine Fleming was the founder of a boarding and day school later called the Worcester School for Girls after she married Reverend John H. Worcester in 1851. The school operated from 1845 until 1870. The school was located at 25 Elmwood Avenue by 1855 and remained there until it closed in 1870. John and Catherine remained here until there deaths in 1897 and 1901, respectively.(1)
In 1909 the roof was raised to three-and-one-half stories and the two-story porch on the front façade was added in 1911.(2) Since the Worcesters passed away, the building has served as a boarding house and apartments. In the 1920's it was the New Elmwood Hotel and during Mrs. Lillian J. Smith's management in the 1930's, it was Smith's Inn.
26 North Winooski Avenue
was built in the 1840's as a two and one-half story building is a late vernacular example of the Greek Revival style. A bracketed, pedimented hood covers a left, side hall entrance with three-quarter sidelights. Two over two windows are symmetrically arranged. Brick bearing walls resting on a stone foundation support a wood truss roof covered with slate shingles. A peaked window is located in the front facing gable. The building is currently divided into multiple dwellings.
262 South Prospect Street
275 College Street
This Greek Revival house was built ca. 1835 for Thomas Peck, a son of Dr. John Peck who made a fortune through his varied business interests (druggist, wholesaler and forwarder) in Burlington. According to David Blow, who provides copious information on the Peck family, this house was a wedding gift from Dr. Peck to his son. (1) According to the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation's research, number 275 was the first of four similar brick, gable-ended Greek Revival houses built on the south side of College Street by the firm of Morse Bros., who were bricklayers, masons and builders. After the Civil War, the house was inherited by T.S. Peck, who added the Italianate doors and the fret-work porch. The interior was altered in the late 1970's. (2)
28 Front Street
was built in the 1840's as a
gable front Greek Revival building has little remaining of its original exterior fabric, but appears to be a staunch survivor nonetheless. Like many older buildings in Burlington, it is clad in aluminum siding and weatherproof windows. The current footprint of the building is identical to the footprint on the 1853 Presdee & Edwards map. It remains the same on the succeeding Sanborn Insurance maps until current times. Close inspection of the 1877 Bird's Eye View map of Burlington shows that the building maintains the same fenestration.
One surprising detail of the building is its entrance. The original Greek Revival door surround survives, its wood construction protruding distinctively from the aluminum that surrounds it.
285 North Street
289 College Street
David Blow found that this Greek Revival house was listed for sale in 1845 as a "new brick house" by Noble Lovely, owner of a dry goods firm. A comparison to nearby number 301 College Street shows that the two houses are stylistically very similar: both are gable-ended three-bay structures with full pediments that contain elliptical fanlights. Following the failure of his business in 1848, Lovely conveyed all his property to James Hickok. The house remained in the Hickok family until 1860, when it was sold to watchmaker and jeweler Charles W. Wingate, who in turn sold it to former Vermont state senator Lemuel B. Platt in 1862. (1) From 1877 to 1920 the house was home to the family of Torrey Wales, an attorney. The Italianate double doors, bay window and two-over-two sash windows were added in the 1870's in an attempt to update the house to current fashion.
29 North Union Street
is an unusual building for the 1840's in this neighborhood of period houses with gable ends facing the street, number 29 presents its long side to the street. The distinctive "bellcast" (concave) gambrel roof may be a later alteration. A pent eave runs the length of the building at the top of the first story. The early 20th century radio manufacturer and broadcasting businessman A. Atwater Kent was born in this house in 1873.
30-32 North Champlain Street
-- On the 1830 Young map, there are only ten structures on the entire stretch of North Street, from North Avenue to North Prospect Street. Add to that another ten on the section of North Champlain Street in question, and we can see that this part of the city was probably still quite rural.Understanding this, we should consider the possibility that some of these structures may have been agricultural outbuildings. There is actually a good deal of corroboration that in 1830 the area of North Street was rural and removed from the main part of Burlington.(1) The clearest statement on this topic comes from W.S. Rann in his History of Chittenden County, VT. : "In 1827, there were not more than a half dozen houses north of Pearl. The only street beyond Pearl was North Avenue, which was inhabited chiefly by colored people in shanties"
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31/33 Pitkin Street
is a two story brick structure that was formerly occupied by several members of the Murphy family from 1865 to around 1900. This area of Pitkin Street was said to have been occupied by six Murphy families at one time, most of them being lumber workers. This building has an unusual ogee shaped fan in the front gable. A similar fan can be found in a handful of Burlington homes of this same period, including another waterfront structure at 18 Park Street. Further study of these details may reveal that the buildings were constructed by the same builder. There are later additions to the front and rear of the building. The building now serves as a duplex apartment.
32 Monroe Street was listed on the Historic Sites and Structures
Survey (HSSS) in 1978. This T shaped house, modified around the turn of the century with Queen Anne details, was probably built before 1840. In 1841 John Johnson did a survey of the recently created "Munroe Street" in which he included the home of Anson George Bostwick, at this location. At that time the house was one and a half stories with a kitchen coming off the side in an L form. The house was subsequently added on to in the back to form a T, the southern and eastern sections being original. ... On the corner of Champlain and Monroe Street Johnson shows a blacksmith shop which probably belonged to Bostwick, a blacksmith and carriage-maker. One of the oldest houses on Monroe Street, it was later the residence of the widow, Serepta Bostwick from1869 to 1900. Serepta was either sister-in-law or daughter-in-law of George Bostwick.2
Inside, the house still has hand hewn floor joists which are only hewn on one side as well as floorboards cut with a reciprocating saw.
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323 College Street
-- Around 2:00 a.m. on October 27, 1832, a fire, which began in an adjoining barn, completely destroyed Chauncey Goodrich's brick home at this location (1). Goodrich, a local publisher and author of The Northern Fruit Culturalist, or the Farmers' Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden, had the house and its long rear wing, only the western side of which is made of brick, rebuilt by the Morse brothers, local masons, who also built the homes at 275, 289, and 301 College Street (2). A Burlington Free Press notice indicated Goodrich's plan to use more bricks than he intended to purchase suggesting bricks from the burned structure may have been used in the construction of the new residence, which was completed in 1834 (3).
325 Main Street
is the only structure in Section #8 originally used for commercial purposes. ... this brick structure was constructed between 1838 and 1845 to serve as the law office for Carlos Baxter, a wealthy attorney, who then owned the Winterbotham Estate (1). Originally accessed from the residence by a rear door on the eastern end of the south elevation, a matching portico on the gabled south end first appears on the 1942 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map; at what point this porch was enclosed is a matter of some dispute for the 1978 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map depicts both a north and south portico, but the 1975 National Register Nomination states that the porch had already been enclosed. The building is currently owned by Champlain College and used as a radiology classroom
325 St. Paul Street
was built circa 1845, its front gabled orientation with side ell is typical of Greek Revival buildings built during this period. Its property was part of Kilburn & Gates, a brick manufacturer, in 1869, and a J. H. Gates living here in 1890's.(1)
Mrs. Matilda Hovey lived here from the early 1900's until 1920. After which Joseph DesJardins is listed here in 1920.(2) His use of this property as a boarding house marks the start of this building serving multi-family purposes. One addition and several porches are seen in the early 1900's.(3) The main entrance with three-quarter sidelights and cornice remains, however, several other entrances have been added to facilitate apartments.
326 College Street
-- Replacing an earlier frame structure at the same location, this structure's original early Greek Revival styling is still discernable despite undergoing numerous subsequent alterations. Four years after Dr. Peck's death in 1862, Edward W. Peck and his wife, Harriet, moved into the house and in 1869 added the third floor to create servants' quarters (4). Although they did not have any children, by the time Edward W. Peck died in 1906 a second story had been added to the north wing, which was also adorned with new bay windows on the east and west elevations of the first floor, and the original entrance portico supported by single columns had been removed. Having purchased the residence in 1908, William T. Harrington, Sr. added a two-story porch along the western elevation of the wing and the dormers on the main block in order to convert the home into five apartments
327 Pearl Street -- George Perkins Marsh,
328 Pearl Street
is a late Federal style house with a brick rear wing was constructed between 1835 and 1845 (1). "A large, brick structure," at north end of Willard Street, then Shelburne Street, on the 1830 Ammi B. Young map, housed Eleazer H. Demings' store and was purchased in 1828 by Sidney Barlow (2). According to the Historic Guide to Burlington Neighborhoods, this store may have been dismantled between 1834 and 1836, and its bricks used to construct this house to the east of the original structure. Ellen Platt, daughter of Sidney Barlow and widow of the late George K. Platt, who died in 1857, is the first recorded resident (3). She lived here until her death in 1883, when Emory C. Mower, who later became president of the Burlington Grocery Company, purchased the property and replaced the front entrance door. He and his wife lived here until her death in 1925, when the Athena Club, a national women's social group, purchased the home to use as its Club House
331 St. Paul Street
is very similar to its neighbor 325 St. Paul Street and was also built circa 1845. The front-gable with enclosed pediment and side ell is nearly identical to 325 St. Paul Street. The splayed, brick lintels contrast the heavy granite lintels at 325. Its unusual door surround with fluted, ionic columns turned sideways is also different from what is seen on other Greek Revival houses in Burlington.(1)
It was the home of Dr. Matthew Cole until 1866. A Mrs. Paul is shown here on the 1869 and 1890 maps but directories list a Mrs. Ira Paul at another address and a Mrs. Fannie Paul at 349 St. Paul street in 1891.(2)
By 1900, directories list three individuals here showing its change to apartments. A large, unconnected extension off the rear of the building was completed by 1982 that gives this property a total of ten apartments today
336 St. Paul Street
Federal Style house was the home of James Morse, a bricksman, builder, and contractor. It was constructed shortly after 1830.(1) Morse bought the land from Will Harrington in 1832 for four-hundred-and-fifty dollars. James' daughter inherited the house in 1868 when James Morse died. His daughter, Elizabeth was married to Berkely Beeman in 1888 and they used 336 St. Paul Street as one of the earliest tourist houses in Burlington.(2)
Elizabeth Beeman survived her husband and went on to care for her brother Cassius P. Morse until his death in 1928.(3) She remained in the house until the 1930's. It has since been altered to serve an apartment in the rear of the building -- end --
344 North Street
provides a transition between the two areas documented herein, as it was originally constructed for a prominent Burlington resident but in the Old North End. Built in 1840 for Epriam Mills, by 1853 the house consisted of a two-story, brick block with a one-story, brick, rear wing. Mills, with his brothers Thomas and Samuel, owned a commercial building on the south side of Court House Square, in addition to 189 Church Street, and published the Burlington Sentinel newspaper (1). Following Epriam Mills' death in 1876, his widow, Sarah A., continued to reside here until her death in 1897 (2). The property then passed to her heirs, Byron M. and Delia W. Mills; Byron Mills, a carpenter, constructed a second story above the one-story brick wing and a one-story porch along the east side of the wing between 1900 and 1906 (3). After Delia Mills's death, Joseph A. and Eugenie S. Jordan bought the property in 1926 and rented it to Fiore Prudenzano, a tailor on Church Street;
38 Sherman Street
was built in the 1840's as a
Greek Revival gable front building is very similar to 28 Front Street in its use of aluminum wall cladding. There is little left of the original building aside from its fenestration, footprint, and Greek Revival entrance. In addition to the footprint, it is this entrance with its sidelights and unusual door bell that suggest a construction date prior to 1853. There appear to have been no additions throughout its life, aside from the front section of the porch which was added sometime after 1889.(1)
According to the 1869 Beers Atlas map of Burlington, C. Wainright resided at this address.
392 North Street
is a brick one and a half story Greek Revival structure typical to the upper North Street neighborhood. The house is a rectangular volume capped with a gable roof. Its gable end entrance is orientated to North Street. A one by three porch has been added to the west façade and wraps around the corner to cover the entrance on the South façade. The West façade also has a shed roof dormer, windows and doors have altered to incorporate arched lintels and wood sills(1). This neighborhood was mainly composed of blue collar and skilled workers. The house contributes as an excellent representation of a Greek Revival home common to this neighborhood
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constructed c. 1820. Ebenezer Englesby originally built it as a three and one-half story parapet gabled Federal style building for use as a store.(1) It was built as a part of a two building complex with a common brick wall dividing the two store fronts. The fourth floor and the Italianate detailing were added in c. 1870.(2) Between 1910 and 1912 this building, its northern half, and the building to the north on the corner of College and St. Paul were all combined to create the Burlington Steam Laundry.(3) The laundry, excluding Englesby's store, was torn down to build a gas station sometime between 1942 and 1960.(4) The northern exterior wall now exposed was the old party between the circa 1820's pair of buildings. After being used as a store by Ebenezer Englesby, the building was used as an Express Office from 1862 until the 1930's.
was listed on the Historic Sites and Structures Survey (HSSS) in 1978. It was built for Peter Reager around 1850. The HSSS claims that Mr. Reager may have also built the house. This is peculiar however, because Reager was a mason and the house is only a brick veneer a timber frame.1 The Presdee and Edwards map shows a house on the location and notes that it belonged to P. Reager.2 Reager's son, Philip, inherited the house when his father died in 1875. Phillip was a mason, like his father and lived in the house for ten years after his father died.3
It faces North Champlain Street with its gable end, in the back there is a small wing. Two Tuscan columns support the front entrance porch.
is listed as the Enos Blinn House on the National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Battery Street Historic District. The nomination form claims that the house was built around 18501 and it probably was even earlier than that. Although it too does not give a location for his house, there is a record from 1850 of Enos Blinn seeking compensation from the Vermont Central Railroad Co. running rail lines through part of his back yard.2 As shown on the 1853 Presdee and Edwards map, the lines did cut diagonally through a portion of 151 S. Champlain Street. Although it too does not give an address, the 1840 Census lists Blinn as the head of the household with a wife and a son between the ages of five and ten.3
Ichabod Tuttle built this structure at the intersection of South Prospect Street and Main Street in 1809. Originally intended as a trading post, it evidently became his home as well. Tuttle's father, Thaddeus, left Grasse Mount to spend his later years in his son's home (1). Margaret Smith bought the property in 1928, and resided there until her death in 1961.
Smith bestowed the name Bittersweet on the house in honor of her late husband, who had perished in an automobile accident in 1918.
was built around 1850 as a
simple, worker's dwelling. Unilke most of the other dwellings of its type, the entrance was located on the eave face, not at the gable end. By 1889, however, the structure had been substantially altered by major wing additions off either side of the original block 1. These additions most likely served to transform the house into a duplex. The transition from original foundation to addition foundation is easily visable at the building's front. Small changes, such as porch additions and rear stairways, are the only changes that have been made since.
A Mr. Willam Powers owned the building in 1869, according to the Beers Atlas from that year. The next known reference is found where the Chittenden County Court of Chancery conveys the property to a Rodney Roby. Mr. Roby sold the property to Joseph Lauzon in 1883.
It replaced the old and dangerous wooden schoolhouses around Burlington village. District #8 as it became known, is one of only two remaining district schoolhouses in Burlington. In 1874 it was sold to Horace W. Smith and it has been a residence since.2
The schoolhouse is oriented with the gable end facing the street typical of a Greek Revival style building. On the exterior it contains a pointed peak vent and splayed brick lintels.
was built in 1850 as an is an eclectic structure. The raised foundation, gable roofed, 2 story, brick veneered building sits on the plot where Intervale Avenue heads off to the northeast from the intersection of Elmwood Avenue and North Street. Thus, the plot between Intervale and North is acute in angle, not rectilinear. The Presdee & Edwards (P&E) map shows the structure as a rectangular block set tightly against this corner. By the time it shows up on the 1889 Sandborn Map the floor plan is a trapezoid, the pointed corner built to match the odd angle of the streets. Whether an alteration was made to the west wall between 1853 and 1889 or whether there was lack of accuracy on the P&E map, it is unclear. If a physical alteration was made, perhaps it was done in order to make room for a sidewalk on the eastern side of Intervale Avenue sometime prior to 1889.
was built in the late 1840's as a
wood-framed house built to mimick the brick, Greek Revival houses of the period. The 1889 Sandborn map shows a one-story, frame addition, built off the rear of the building, and a hipped-roof, framed outbuilding to the rear. By 1900 the house addition was bumped out to the northwest, slightly. Circa 1904 the main house addition and the outbuilding had been connected with an addition. Sometime around 1932, the middle addition was brought back to the plane of the main house on its northwest side. About the same time, the rearmost addition was being used as an apartment. About 1940, the entire assemblage of rear additions was torn out, and a large addition matching the profile of original structure was built.
was built in 1850 as a
a wood-framed structure that mimics the fashionable, yet more expensive, brick, Greek Revival style houses. It is very similar in form to 218 North Street (see 218 North Street), and shows up on the Presdee & Edwards map as a simple block with no additions. John Arnold is believed to have built the house and lived here, prior to transferring the property to son Robert Arnold, a saddler, and then moving to 218 North Street. Robert owned lived here with his family from 1865 until around 1870 when his son Henry, who also worked as a saddler, took over the property. Henry resided here until beyond 1900 1. The structure next door, 248 North Street, served as their harness shop.
Tucked neatly behind the Italian Villa mansion fronting South Prospect Street stands a house dating back to the 1820s (1). An isolated structure in this area appears on the 1830 Ammi B. Young map, adding veracity to the claim that the rear of the Ruggles Foundation survives from this early date (2). What is now the eastern wing of the complex was built between 1819 and 1828 for Jesse and Clarissa Hollister. Jesse had joined the Continental army at 19, participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and been taken prisoner to Canada prior to settling down for a more sedate existence in Burlington. He died at the age of 76 in 1831, and Clarissa remained in the house until 1835, when Congregational minister Marshall Shedd acquired the property.
is a simple brick gable-ended Greek Revival house may have been built in the late 1840's. Beginning in 1869 it was the home of Orestes Story, who operated a livery stable in downtown Burlington for many years.
a "lawyer, diplomat and scholar"(25) built this house around 1815 (26). Originally, it was a Federal style house of post and beam construction, though the later alterations to this house have been extensive. Marsh married Harriet Buell, daughter of Ozia Buell who lived in 308 Pearl across the street (27). However, Harriet died in 1839 and Marsh moved to Church Street, keeping the house at 327 Pearl for rental. It is hard to ascertain whether this house was present on the 1830 Young map. A house is certainly visible at the corner of Willard and Pearl streets but its footprint is different. However, it is more than likely that the different footprint today is due to extensive additions to the house, making it probable that 127 Pearl is the house shown on Young's map.