83 North Champlain Street

c. 1845

 

By Eliot H. Lothrop

This house was listed on the Historic Sites and Structures Survey (HSSS) from 1978. Built as part of a middle class neighborhood in the 1840's, the first know resident is Chester Hildreth.1 Chester was a goldsmith and at the time of the 1850 Census Hildreth was 26 and living with P. Blackman.2 In 1854 Hildreth became a partner in the jewelry firm of the Brinsmaid family and he probably bought the house shortly thereafter.3

It is a brick building has a semi elliptical arch in the gable. There are heavy stone lintels on the building as well as Greek Revival pilasters and an entablature on the doorway.

1 Historic Sites & Structures Survey, 1978. #78-A-147. 83 North Champlain St. Burlington, VT. Bailey-Howe Library Special Collections, UVM.
2 P. 326 1850 U.S. Census. Burlington, VT. Bailey-Howe Library, UVM.
3 Historic Sites & Structures Survey, 1978. #78-A-147. 83 North Champlain St. Burlington, VT. Bailey-Howe Library Special Collections, UVM.