30 Spring Street is an excellent example of a vernacular Italianate
building and a relatively rare example of a brick house in the
Old North End. This one and one-half story gable-front ell house
has a single Italianate window in each gable end; not only is
the lintel arched, but the upper sash of the original two-over
two windows is arched as well. The house has many additions, including
several extending from the rear of the house. The 1877 Bird's-Eye-View
map shows a porch tucked into the ell of the house, but this has
been expanded to wrap around the gable end. The original variegated
slate shingles protect the roof.
The Lemerise family occupied this house from at least the early
1880s. Amos Lemerise, a shoemaker with a business next door at
32 Spring Street lived at this address, as did Mrs. Mary Buloil,
Laure Lemerise, and Carrie and Libbie Lemerise, both employees
of Mrs. Loveland, a dressmaker. The 1890 directory lists Miss
Anna Lemerise and Joseph Lemerise, a shoemaker, as residents of
this house.