Pine Street - Between Morse Place & Home Avenue |
September 18, 1942; Louis L. McAllister |
October 22, 2006; Caitlin Meives |
| McAllister took this image on Pine Street, between Home Avenue and Morse Place, looking south toward Morse Place. The spot at the bottom of the hill, where the houses begin, is the intersection of Morse Place and Pine Street, the point from which McAllister took Pine Street & Morse Place. In this image, the white one and a half story house from Pine Street & Morse Place image is just behind and to the left of the photographer. The workmen in this image are excavating a sewer trench that ran from Morse Place to about midway between Morse Place and Home Avenue. A trench hoe was used for digging the trench. The 1943 Annual City Report explains that this extension of the sewer line, “. . .was necessary to provide for the development of the building lots on either side of the street.”[35]
The two story house on the left of the image, at the northwest corner of Morse Place and Pine Street first appears in the city directory in 1911, without an address. It simply says “F & S Addition, John Fagga,” referring to the Ferguson and Scarff Addition. The house first appears in the directory with its current address, #947 Pine Street, in 1923. When McAllister took the image, the city directory lists Leo W. Fagga—presumably John Fagga's son—as the resident of 947 Pine Street. Barely visible at the top of the photograph in the background, is the steeple of St. Anthony's church on Flynn Avenue (more information on St. Anthony's). [35] Burlington Annual City Report, 1943, 168. | The present day view of this McAllister image has not changed much—the houses present in the McAllister image remain present for the most part and the overall feel of this suburban, residential neighborhood remains the same. The greatest difference is in the foreground, on the block of Pine Street between Morse Place and Home Avenue. In 1942 this area had yet to be developed but today it is as developed as the rest of the Ferguson and Scarff Addition. #947 remains today in much the same form with some alterations to the rear extension, a new roof, and new siding. |
Historic Burlington Project Depression Era Streetscapes: Old North End | Burlington 1890 | Burlington 1877 | Burlington 1869 | Burlington 1853 | Burlington 1830 Produced by University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program graduate students in HP 206 Researching Historic Structures and Sites - Prof. Thomas Visser - in collaboration with UVM Landscape Change Program Historic images courtesy of University of Vermont Library Special Collections, Louis L. McAllister Photograph Collection |
