238 North Street

This small, one-and-one-half story, three-by-two bay, gable front house sits midway along the north side of North Street, between North Winooski and Intervale avenues.  The house features one-over-one, double hung sash windows, aluminum siding, concrete foundation, balloon frame construction, asphalt shingle roof with raking eaves, and a small, central chimney.  Entry is found on the right side of the simple, unadorned front facade.  A large, two-stroy, pent roof addition extends off the back of the house, with a two-story porch extending its width.

The raking eaves, balloon frame construction and small, central chimney are characteristic of the 1870s.  The windows appear to be replacements, and the aluminum siding has replaced the original clapboards.  

The 1885 Sanborn map reveals a porch running along the easterly facade, behind the main block, next to the addition.  By the 1978 Sanborn map, the side porch has been replaced with the back porch.  A front porch also appears on the 1978 map, but only a small stoop remains today.

The first occupant was most likely Christopher C. Smith, in 1875.¹  Christopher was a barber, working first for H.C.A. Smith, then at the Van Ness House, 122 Church Street, 147 Main Street, and finally for Smith and Deguise at 124 Church Street.²  Miss Emma Smith occupied the house until 1894, when she moved to Montpelier, and Ida Smith remained until 1901.³ 

Show house on 1877 Birds-Eye Map