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LINKS Below: There are 293 Arts and Humanities links for you to choose from! Do you see this message near the top of your browser, when you click on the links? "Pop-up blocked. To see this pop-up or additional options click here..." Click here if you would like would like to see if your browser is going to prevent you from using my links. When you click on a link in my directories, the web site you are requesting will be opened in a separate window or tab. This worked great until version six. Unfortunately, many web sites will open windows with advertisements and junk that you don't want. So Internet Explorer is asking you if you really requested that information or web site -- or is this web site just trying to force feed it to you? This web site does NOT open up pop-ups with ads or porn, here. I open up the web sites you request in a separate window or tab as a convenience. For best results, I recommend clicking on the "Pop-up blocked. To see this pop-up or additional options click here..." and then select the "Always Allow Pop-ups from this site..." If you do this I will be able to open the web pages as you request them. If a link is no longer clickable, it is probably a temporary link that has expired or whose content has changed. Red Links have been found to be unavailable. The web site might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. To be a featured web site, you must be a most 10 requested web site of your category -- or, be cross-linked to this web site. Both incoming and outgoing traffic is measured on all web sites. Web sites are listed in the following order, 1. web sites added within the last 7 days in alphabetical order, 2. The top-ten (featured or popular) web sites in alphabetical order, and 3. remaining web site in alphabetical order. Arnold Harness Shop of 248 North Street was built in the late 1840's as a simple, gable-end entry, "workers" style. However, the main floor, at least, has consistently been used as a commercial space since its construction. It served as the Arnold's harness shop from approximately 1870 through 1900. In about 1905 two additions were made: a gambrel, Dutch, period revival front entry addition, and a rear wing. In 1912 the space served as a vacuum cleaner shop. By 1912 it housed a cobbler. A 1940 McAllister photo shows that shoes and boots remained the goods of sale up through the middle 1900s. A "Brockton Shoe Store" was located here in 1940. Endicott Johnson and Abraham Baker were the proprietors 1. Circa 1940 the rear wing was removed and a staircase was built to a rear, second floor entrance. Click here to read more. (Link number 179 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 52 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~jfelling/nenorthstreet/248north.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Arnold House of 218 North Street was built around 1850 using wood-frame construction to achieve its Greek Revival style. It is a tall 1 1/2 stories and mimics the general proportions of the more classic Greek Revival examples. Previous research places a circa of 1866 on this property 1. Scrutiny of the Presdee and Edwards map, however, shows that there was a structure on this site prior to 1853. Wyllys Lyman, who owned much property in this area in the early 1800s, is back-referenced to have sold a Mr. Brunelle this property in 1865 2. Mr. Brunelle was a teamster 3. In that same year John Arnold purchased the property, and the deed mentions "a dwelling house thereon." Robert Arnold, John's son, who worked as a saddler, took ownership of the property in 1881. Click here to read more. (Link number 176 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 48 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~jfelling/nenorthstreet/218north.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Bailey-Hyde house of 247 Pearl Street was built circa 1820 and acted as both home and office to Benjamin F. Bailey and his family. This five-by-two bay, two-and-a-half story brick building has been somewhat altered with additions over the past 180 years, however it still stands as a fine example of the Federal Style buildings so prominent on Pearl Street.(1) In 1825 Benjamin Bailey, a lawyer who used the building as his residence and office, formed a law partnership with George P. Marsh, a Woodstock, Vermont native. The partnership lasted until Bailey's untimely death at the age of 36 on May 22, 1832. Catherine Hyde Bailey, along with their daughter Marcia V. and son George F. was left a widow at the age of 32. Benjamin's young wife and children were able to remain in the home with the help of her brother, Archibald W. Hyde, who took over ownership of the property in 1833. Click here to read more. (Link number 105 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 72 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/HPJ/burl1830/streets/union/247pearl.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Benedict House of 31 South Prospect Street named for its second prominent resident, is a typical example of a high-style early 19th century Burlington residence. Judge Daniel Farrand built the house for himself in 1809 and raised his nine daughters in its confines. Farrand enjoyed an illustrious public career (1). Trained in law, he served as Vermont Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1798-99, and spent two years on the Vermont Supreme Court. His Federalist views won him the latter position, but political tides reversed to force him out. An extremely prominent figure, Farrand was tapped to give a welcoming speech when President Monroe visited the city in 1817. Despite his late arrival to the city, Farrand contributed a great deal before his death in 1825. Click here to read more. (Link number 115 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 72 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/HPJ/burl1830/streets/sprospect/benweb.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Billings Student Center was originally constructed between 1883 and 1885 as the Billings Library to the design of one of the country's most influential architects of the era, Henry Hobson Richardson. Other noteworthy examples of H. H. Richardson's works include: the State Capitol in Albany, New York; Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts; Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Sever Hall at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Billings is an outstanding example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture. Important architectural features include its imposing reddish-brown sandstone exterior with beautiful carvings, the monumental arched entrance opening, the black slate roof with "eye-brow" dormers and the two stone towers. Click here to read more. (Link number 253 was added on 17-Oct-2002 and has had 37 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~campus/billings/billingshistory.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Brinsmaid Home of 71 North Winooski Avenue was built in the 1840's. Identified by Mike Bowman for last year's 1830 project, this building more properly belongs in this time span. It is three bays wide with brick bearing walls on a stone foundation. The pedimented gable front with boxed cornices has a semi-elliptical arch. A two story four bay by two bay porch spans the front and wraps around the south façade. It is consistent with the other Greek Revival structures built during this period on North Winooski Avenue. (Link number 167 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 50 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~rpanepin/rfpwebpages/71nwa.html . This resource no longer appears to be available. But you are free to click on the red links anyway if you like. Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Buell-Hungerford House, of 303 Pearl Street, was Built in 1818 by Ozia Buell (11), a wealthy merchant, 303 Pearl originally consisted of a five-by-three bay, two-story structure. Russell Skinner (12) , who also designed 308 Pearl across the street, designed this Federal style house. These two houses were very similar, with almost identical massing and comparable details such as fanlights. Only with later additions did the houses become different. The owners of the residences were also related, as Ozia Buell was the cousin of Eleazer Deming (13), owner of 308 Pearl. Click here to read more. (Link number 106 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 84 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/HPJ/burl1830/streets/willard/303pearl.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Burnham Seaver House of 221/223 North Winooski Avenue was built in 1850. It is quite striking to see this brick, Greek Revival house set directly across Decatur Street from one of its twins, 219 North Winooski. What this location must have looked like in 1845! This brick veneered house is also of the same massing as 230 and 318 North Street. The 1869 Beers atlas shows an outbuilding barely connected to the main house at its north corner. By 1889 a large, 2 story ell had replaced or been added onto the outbuilding. This space was most likely used as a separate tenement from this point on. Porches have been added over the years, and the horizontal section of the pediment has been removed from the front facade, but the main layout has not changed since before 1890. A Mr. Burnham Seaver purchased this plot of land from Wyllys Lyman in September of 1848 Click here to read more. (Link number 187 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 52 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~jfelling/nenorthstreet/221nwinooski.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Clement House Italianate style house with Colonial Revial style additions at 194 South Prospect street was built for Nathan S. Hill, treasurer of the University of Vermont in 1861. Hill served as treasurer until he retired in 1881. He died ten years later and his wife, Mary, continured to reside here until she passed away in1898. From around 1910 the house was owned by Lillian and Foster Clement, a retired lawyer and banker. Soon after it was aquired by the Clements, they hired local architect Frank L. Austin to design the Colonial Revival porches and veranda that were added to the front, south side and rear of the house. Foster Clement died in 1933 and his second wife and Maruerite Prentiss Clement lived here until she sold it to the University of Vermont in 1967. The house was then converted into office space for the UVM undergraduate admissions department. Click here to read more. (Link number 262 was added on 18-Nov-2002 and has had 36 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~campus/admissions/admissionshistory.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Crooker House of 60 North Prospect Street is Among the six houses along the corridor of Prospect Street highlighted in this study, the inclusion of this structure is probably the most contentious. The Historic Sites and Structures Survey (hereafter HSS) states that the "unusual old house probably dates from the 1920's or the 1930's," although Burlington historian David Blow disagrees, dating the house in the 1840s (1). Unfortunately, the National Register does not recognize the building, and thus cannot be called on to settle the argument. While the data is inconclusive, the Ammi B. Young map shows a footprint on this site, and it is probable that the Crooker house was part of the pre-1830 fabric of Burlington (2). Click here to read more. (Link number 100 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 70 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/HPJ/burl1830/streets/sprospect/60web.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Daniel Barnes House of 251 Main Street This clapboard house's architectural features, such as its gable end facing the street and doorway with flanking sidelights, are characteristic of the Greek Revival style popular in Burlington from the 1830's into the 1850's. In 1865 the house was listed as the residence of Daniel Barnes, whose profession was carpentry and joinery. (1) David Blow's research indicates that Barnes held a variety of jobs: machinist, fish market operator, railroad worker and Burlington city employee. (Link number 194 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 54 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~wmaros/1853pages/251main.html . This resource no longer appears to be available. But you are free to click on the red links anyway if you like. Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Deming-Isham House of 308 Pearl Street When it was built in 1817, the Deming house was halfway between "the settlements at Burlington Bay and Winooski Falls"(17) The house was designed by Russell Skinner (18), who also built 303 Pearl. Unlike its neighbor, however, 308 Pearl saw very few changes to its front façade and appears today much as it did in the 1820s. The delicate fanlight tracery remains the focal point of this Federal style house. Eleazer Deming was a businessman who had prospered and become "one of the wealthiest men in Chittenden County"(19) His wealth no doubt allowed him to establish an estate so separate from the town. Cousin to his neighbor Ozia Buell, Deming owned the land from Pearl to North Street. The house was one of the social centers of Burlington: "it is a significant part of the early Pearl Street upper crust residential district."(20) Click here to read more. (Link number 107 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 80 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/HPJ/burl1830/streets/willard/308pearl.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Dr. James Lewis House of 269 Pearl Street is thought to have been constructed ca. 1850 as a pedimented gable front Greek Revival house with balancing wings. (1) According to David Blow, dentist Dr. James Lewis was the probable builder of this house where he maintained his dentistry office in the low wing at the left (east) side of the building. (2) Around 1889-94, the westerly wing was replaced by the two-story tower wing with the pyramidal roof, resulting in a picturesque composition where the three distinct parts of the structure rise progressively higher from the eastern to the western end of the building. From roughly 1860 to 1880 the building was home to Hiram Walker, a tinware manufacturer who later was a member of the wholesale grocery firm O.J. Walker & Bros. His widow lived in the house until circa 1920, after which it served as doctors' offices until the 1930's when the building was converted to apartments. (Link number 207 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 69 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~wmaros/1853pages/269pearl.html . This resource no longer appears to be available. But you are free to click on the red links anyway if you like. Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Emile DuPont Roofing Company Building, at 152 Battery Street, is an Italianate style commercial structure that stands as a relatively unaltered physical witness to over one hundred years of Burlington, Vermont's waterfront history. The DuPont Building, as it is commonly known, retains its original wood storefront and elaborate cornice, and is listed in the Battery Street National Historic District. Battery Street between Main and Maple Streets is home to buildings displaying a wide array of architectural styles that reflect many phases of Burlington's history. One finds the first stately homes of Burlington's early elite, such as the Pomeroy House (c. 1797), standing in close proximity to industrial structures that tell of Burlington's commercial history, such as the Stone Store (c. 1827) and the Ice House (c. 1870). The neighborhood is also rich in buildings and sites that remind us of Burlington's role as a transportation center, including the ferry landing (c. 1810) and Union Station (1915). (Link number 29 was added on 22-Aug-2002 and has had 68 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.civilcity.org/historic_preservation/dupont/duponthist.html . This resource no longer appears to be available. But you are free to click on the red links anyway if you like. Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) First Baptist Church located at 81 St. Paul Street, has been a landmark in the city of Burlington since it was built in 1864. The architect, John Stevens, designed several Boston area buildings in the Italianate style and the First Baptist Church is one of the earliest examples of the style in Burlington. The Baptist Church itself has been active in Vermont since 1768, which is relatively early in the city's history, when the first congregation was formed in Shaftsbury. The first Baptist service in Burlington occurred in 1823 and the first Baptist organization appeared on January 5, 1830, when the First Baptist Society was formed. Reverend Norris was appointed as the first minister of the congregation in January 1834. The Baptists have maintained an active presence in Burlington since then and have thus been a major contributor to local social history. Backup text available. Click here to read more. (Link number 32 was added on 31-Aug-2002 and has had 41 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~histpres/HPJ/NR/burlbapt/nr.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) First Congregational Church was built in 1852. On the east side of South Winooski Avenue at the head of Cherry Street is the First Congregational Church. It was built in 1842 to replace the original Old White Church built in 1812 and destroyed by arson in 1839. The new building was designed by Henry Serle and supposedly modeled it after the Church of St. Pancras in London at a cost of between $8000 and $20,000. Built in the Greek Revival style, Professor Joseph Torrey of the University of Vermont was consulted on the correctness of the design. At the suggestion of George P. Marsh, a bell tower based on the Choragic Monument was added in 1845. (1) Originally five bays long, the brick bearing walls on a stone foundation support a wood truss roof presently covered with modern materials. Six massive columns of the Ionic order support the front portico. The church has been remodeled many times over the years; (Link number 170 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 55 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~rpanepin/rfpwebpages/38swa.html . This resource no longer appears to be available. But you are free to click on the red links anyway if you like. Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) First Congregational Church was built in 1842 to replace the original Old White Church built in 1812 and destroyed by arson in 1839. The new building was designed by Henry Serle and supposedly modeled it after the Church of St. Pancras in London at a cost of between $8000 and $20,000. Built in the Greek Revival style, Professor Joseph Torrey of the University of Vermont was consulted on the correctness of the design. At the suggestion of George P. Marsh, a bell tower based on the Choragic Monument was added in 1845. (1) Originally five bays long, the brick bearing walls on a stone foundation support a wood truss roof presently covered with modern materials. Six massive columns of the Ionic order support the front portico. The church has been remodeled many times over the years; however, it still retains its original form. At the turn of the century, in anticipation of the congregation's 100th anniversary, the building was extended by forty-four feet. (Link number 78 was added on 25-Sep-2002 and has had 52 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~rpanepin/rfpwebpages/38swa.html . This resource no longer appears to be available. But you are free to click on the red links anyway if you like. Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Follett House at 69 College Street is a lavish Greek Revival home overlooking Lake Champlain. The nationally known New England architect, Ammi B. Young built it for Timothy Follett. Follett was a shipping tycoon and at the height of his prosperity in 1840 when he commissioned Young for the building.1 Like many of the other early American born architects, Ammi B. Young became well versed in the Greek Revival style. Young was born in 1798 in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He learned from his father who was a master builder and then moved up to Burlington, Vermont. Among some of his earlier works were buildings on the Dartmouth campus and the Vermont State Capitol.2 Many of his early buildings were taken from Greek examples, if not as a whole, as an assemblage of Greek forms. Click here to read more. (Link number 129 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 78 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~elothrop/champlain/69c.html . Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) George Barrows House of 144 North Union Street brick house, built circa 1845, follows the general pattern popular in Burlington for middle-class Greek Revival residences of the period in that it is two-and-a-half stories high, three bays wide and has a pedimented gable facing the street. What gives this house a real distinction is the unusual ogee-shaped blind fanlight in its gable. The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation's survey of N. Union Street comments that this ogee fanlight motif is similar to one found on a house on North Battery Street, and that number 144 brings this part of N. Union Street a sense of elegance more typically associated with the Pearl Street corridor's historic buildings. This house was the residence of George Barrows who was one of the first commercial developers of upper Church Street, where he built number 38-44 a large commercial block in 1860. The Barrows family lived at 144 N. Union Street circa 1855-1900. (Link number 204 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 56 hits. The source of this resource was found at http://www.uvm.edu/~wmaros/1853pages/144nunion.html . This resource no longer appears to be available. But you are free to click on the red links anyway if you like. Display, modify, or delete resource in a separate tab or window.) Gleason House of 14 Intervale Avenue was built around 1850. This modest, "workers" dwelling appears on the 1853 Presdee and Edwards map as a simple block shoved tightly against the roadway on a shared plot with 208 North Street. By the time the property is included on a Sandborn Insurance Map in 1889, two additions have been made to the rear. The rearmost, an odd, two story, triangular garage. The middle addition served to connect the latter with the main house. These additions were probably built around 1880. The first known owner of the property was Patrick Farrall and he is thought to have built the original structure. The property was purchased by Catherine Cannon at public auction in 1867 1, and then bought by John Gleason, who lived here from 1873 till at least 1900. Mr. Gleason worked as a driver for the Van Ness House, a prominent hotel in Burlington, for much of the time he lived at this address. Click here to read more. (Link number 174 was added on 8-Oct-2002 and has had 78 hits. 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