35 N. Winooski Avenue

This two-and-one-half story, three-by-four bay, gable front house sits midway along the west side of North Winooski Avenue, between Pearl and Grant Streets.  The house features one-over-one, double hung sash windows, vinyl siding, stone foundation, balloon frame construction, slate roof with raking eaves, and a small, central chimney.  The entrance is found on the right side of the front facade, beneath a decorative hood.  A bay window protrudes from the southerly facade. The house is a vernacular Italianate with decorative window and door hoods and brackets beneath the cornice of the bay window.

Along with the Italianate style, the slate roof with raking eaves, balloon frame construction, stone foundation, and small central chimney are characteristic of the 1870s.  The windows appear to be replacements, and the vinyl siding replaces the original clapboards.

The 1900 Sanborn map reveals a small porch along the north facade, which is also recognizable on the 1978 Sanborn map.  The porch has now been enclosed into the house.  The bay window does not appear on the 1900 Sanborn map but was added sometime prior to 1978.

No information could be found regarding the original occupants, although the land was originally owned by Noah Allen, a hatter, who had a lot or real estate holdings in the area.¹  The house was built c. 1870, although the first known occupants are the Maeck sisters, Currence, Mary, Emily and Jennie.²  They appear at this address in 1886 and resided here until around 1919.³  The 1978 map lists the building as a rooming house.

Show house on 1877 Birds-Eye Map