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This residence, probably constructed in the 1830s, clearly demonstrates the immigrant, working-class origins of this neighborhood (1). Following the death of Archibald W. Hyde, this home was conveyed to Martin M. Thayer in 1847; two years later Thayer sold the home to William H. Spear, a mason from Clarenceville, Canada, for $600 (2). Spear lived here until his death in 1904, when his daughter, Daisy, assumed ownership of the property and rented it out until selling the house to Henry Bedard, a mason, in 1908 (3). Henry and his wife, Rose, sold the eastern portion of property in 1924 and enlarged the structure to the north between 1938 and 1942 (4). An employee of the American Woolen Company in Winooski, William P. and Rita E. Dillion bought the house in 1946, followed by Wallace S. and Nancy Criss in 1954, Clifford W. and Eva J. Jones in 1954, and Marcel R. and Lucille Godin in 1957 (5). An employee of General Electric Co., Jerome E. and Theresa M. Bouchard, purchased the house in 1959; Jerome E. Bouchard continues to live in the building, which is now covered in vinyl siding (6).
(1) The sister
of Jerome E. Bouchard, the current owner, maintains the residence
was constructed around 1820.
(2) Land Records of the Town of Burlington, Vermont, October
16, 1847, vol. 20, p. 517-518; Land Records of the Town of Burlington,
Vermont, April 7, 1849, vol. 20, p. 441; Land Records of the Town
of Burlington, Vermont, May 19, 1949, vol. 20, p. 518-519; Burlington
City Directory and Business Advertiser (Burlington: Hiram
S. Hart, 1865), 77.
(3) Burlington City and Winooski Directory (Burlington:
L. P. Waite & Co., 1905), 251; Land Records of the Town of
Burlington, Vermont, May 20, 1905, vol. 46, p. 137; Land Records
of the Town of Burlington, Vermont, June 25, 1908, vol. 58, p.
171; Burlington City Directory for 1922 (Burlington: H.
A. Manning Co., 1922), 76.
(4) Land Records of the Town of Burlington, Vermont, July 30,
1924, vol. 85, p. 265; Land Records of the Town of Burlington,
Vermont, October 14, 1924, vol. 59, p. 472; Land Records of the
Town of Burlington, Vermont, June 9, 1944, vol. 122, p. 110.
(5) Burlington, Winooski and Essex Junction Directory
(Springfield, MA: H. A. Manning Company, 1948), 82; Land Records
of the Town of Burlington, Vermont, September 13, 1946, vol. 26,
p. 262; Land Records of the Town of Burlington, Vermont, January
17, 1952, vol. 138, p. 593; Land Records of the Town of Burlington,
Vermont, April 11, 1952, vol. 138, p. 593; Land Records of the
Town of Burlington, Vermont, March 29, 1954, vol. 144, p. 572;
Land Records of the Town of Burlington, Vermont, April 14, 1954,
vol. 144, p. 571; Land Records of the Town of Burlington, Vermont,
August 20, 1957, vol. 152, p. 703.
(6) Burlington, Winooski, and Essex Junction Directory
(Springfield, MA: H. A. Manning Company, 1960), 273; Land Records
of the Town of Burlington, Vermont, May 11, 1959, vol. 158, p.
331.