189 N. Winooski Avenue

This one-and-one-half story, gable front house sits along the west side of North Winooski Avenue, on the corner of Crombie Street.  The house boasts two-over-two windows, vinyl siding, stone foundation, slate roof with raking eaves and a tall chimney on the back gable end.  A small porch with entryway is tucked into the southeast corner of the house and is covered by a low pitched roof.  Two additions extend from the rear of the house.  The house is a bit ornate with the turned posts and decorative woodwork over the porch.

The slate roof with raking eaves, stone foundation and two-over-two windows indicate 1870s construction.  

The 1894 Sanborn map reveals the two additions, and little has changed on the house since then.  The windows on the addition match the style of the windows on the main block but are double hung sashes.  The 1877 Birds-Eye map seems to indicate the porch extending the entire length of the southerly facade.  The back half of the porch was enclosed at a later date, and perhaps the turned posts and decorative wood carvings were added at that time.

The first known occupant was is Henry C. Smith, 1877, who kept a livery stable at 122 Cherry Street.¹  The Smith family remained at this address through around 1916.²

Show house on 1877 Birds-Eye Map