141 N. Winooski Avenue

This large two-story, gable front house sits along the west side of North Winooski Avenue, near North Street.  The house features one-over-one, double hung sash windows with wooden lintels, vinyl siding, stone foundation, and a roof with boxed eaves.  There is a two story porch extending along the front facade, with an entrance on the right side.  This building has undergone significant changes since the 1800s.

The 1894 Sanborn map already reveals multiple additions, but the southerly facade was open along the main block of the house, and the 1978 Sanborn map reveals the side still open.  The asymmetry along the front facade reveals the enclosure of the porch into the house, and the open portion of the side may have extended back to the long, ground to roof, widow visible on the southerly facade.  The porch and the shallower peaked roof were most likely added at that time.

Loren B. Lord was most likely the first occupant, in 1871.¹  Loren worked for the firm of Lord and Jones, which later became Johnson and Lord, and he remained at this address until around 1883.²  Subsequently, P.H. McMahon, a barber at 36 Church Street, moves in and remains until 1904.³  During his inhabitance, he eventually opens up a medical practice from home, working as a physician and surgeon.⁴  His wife works as a proprietress of a Lady’s Bazaar.⁵  The Pomeroy Kindergarten was also housed here, beginning in 1901.⁶  The structure is now multiple family dwelling.

Show house on 1877 Birds-Eye Map