31 Hyde Street is a two-and-one-half story vernacular style house and was built c. 1875.[1] Burlington directories have Louis Pine as being the first resident living here c. 1877.[2] Pine was a clerk for M.P. Cook and L.W. Cook.[3]
[1] Sarah Vukovich, UVM Department of Historic
Preservation Program. Chittenden County, Burlington VT, May 03,
2003.
[2] Burlington City Directory and Business Advertiser (Burlington
VT: Free Press Association, 1877), 109
[3] Burlington City Directory and Business Advertiser (Burlington
VT: Free Press Association, 1877), 109
37 Hyde Street is a vernacular style house. It is not known
when this house was actually built, but it is believed to have
been built between 1870-1877. This is a tri-gable ell with a one-story
projecting bay on the front façade that was added c. 1900.[1]
It is believed that this house was built c.1880,[2] but 1873/74
Burlington directories show Peter Goslin, a carpenter, living
at 37 Hyde Street. Goslin is believed to have been the first resident
here, and his shop is also believed to have been at this same
residence as well.[3] It is also believed that Goslin lived here
until at least 1890.[4]
[1] Map of the City of Burlington Vermont.
C.M. Hopkins, CE, Philadelphia, 1890. Insurance Maps Burlington
VT, Chittenden County. (Broadway NY: Sanborn Perris Map
Co. Limited, 1894-1906).
[2] Sabrina Carlson, UVM Department of Historic Preservation.
Chittenden County, Burlington VT, May 09, 2003.
[3] Burlington City Directory and Business Advertiser (Burlington
VT: Free Press Association, 1873), 47
[4] Map of the City of Burlington Vermont. C.M. Hopkins, CE, Philadelphia,
1890.