184-186 N. Winooski Avenue

This two-story, cross-gable house sits midway along the east side of North Winooski Avenue, past North Street.  The house features one-over-one, double hung sash windows, aluminum siding, stone foundation, slate roof with raking eaves, and a small chimney at the rear, gable end.  Two entrances are found on both ends of an enclosed porch extending along the front facade, on top of which is a smaller, four bay wide addition with a peaked roof.  There is an addition to the southerly facade, toward the rear of the house and an addition on the back.  The house hints at a vernacular Gothic Revival with the slightly arched peaks over the original windows on the side. 

The 1894 Sanborn map does not show the front porch but, rather, a porch extending along the southerly facade, ending at the intersection of the cross gables.  The porch is still open on the 1978 Sanborn map and an open back porch appears.  The 1894 map reveals the back addition, which seems to appear merely as an extension of the main block.  The 1978 Sanborn map reveals the side addition.

The first know occupant was most likely J.S. Appleton, in 1873.¹  He worked at a livery stable, first on Mechanic Street, near Church Street and then, around 1881, at the neighboring property to the north, 188 N. Winooski Avenue.²  The Appleton family resided here until around 1891.³

Show house on 1877 Birds-Eye Map