176 N. Winooski Avenue

This two-story, gable front house sits midway along the east side of North Winooski Avenue, past North Street.  The house features a variety of window styles, stone foundation, asphalt shingle roof with raking eaves, and a small chimney on the back gable end.  There are two entrances off the porch, which wraps around the southwest corner of the house.  A bay window protrudes from the first story, next to the porch on the front facade.  A two story addition protrudes from the southerly facade, and a two-story and one-story addition protrude from the back, respectively.

The raking eaves and stone foundation are indicative of the 1870s.  The asphalt shingle roof and the windows are most likely replacements.

The 1894 Sanborn map reveals the first rear addition and the side addition, but the porch extending along the southerly facade, only, and not the front.  The 1978 Sanborn map reveals the current porch and second addition.  The bay window along the front is most likely a later addition, from the latter part of the century when the Queen Anne style was more popular.

The first known occupant was found to be Albert Metcalf, a carpenter, in 1877.¹  Albert resided here until he died March 6, 1890.²  The 1890 Hopkins map lists Dr. Walter Carpenter as the owner, but he did not reside here, most likely renting it out to tenants.³

Show house on 1877 Birds-Eye Map