321 Manhattan Drive

321 Manhattan Drive is a brick, two-and-a-half story, Greek Revival house with a gable roof.  The main façade faces west and has an unusual form of crowstepping along the northern and southern rooflines. It was constructed on a lot out of G.B. Shaws subdivision, a part of a small neighborhood called the French Village, located on the edge of the Intervale.

According to the Burlington City Directory, laborer Richard Dugan lived here as early as 1866. Dugan and his sons stayed in the house until about 1901, working first as laborers, then, finding employment with the Burlington and Winooski Horse Railroad Company.

The Sheahan family lived in the Manhattan Drive residence and worked in Burlington from 1901 until 1968. Jeremiah Sheahan served as a butcher for thirty years.  His sons also contributed to the household; Patrick worked for the Shepard and Morse Lumber Company as a driver and John worked as a clerk. 

Sources: C. Richard Morsbach, Historic Sites and Structures Survey, Chittendon County, Burlington,VT, August 1978; Burlington City Directories: 1867, 1869, 1879-81, 1884-85, 1890, 1901.