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North Street Historic District
Burlington, Vermont

(#27) 82 North Street / c.1889 / DeVarennes House

This one and one-half-story front gable, 3 x 3 bay, south facing vernacular house has clapboard siding with cornerboards and a plain frieze. The windows are mostly 2/2 with wide, plain surrounds and peaked lintels. There is also a one story, 3 x 1 bay rear wing with a shed roof. The entry porch on the west side of the building has full length posts with base and capital supporting a plain frieze and a hipped roof. The door surrounds match the window surrounds. The foundation is concrete; the wall structure is balloon structure, and the roofing is asphalt shingles.

Sanborn maps indicate that the footprint of this building has changed very little since 1889 and most of the original architectural detail is intact. The same maps illustrate that several sheds and barns that were once attached to the rear of the building, were removed sometime after 1934.

According to the 1900 City Directory, Oliver DeVarennes lived here and operated a store next door (#78) selling groceries, boots, shoes and other "provisions". In 1932 the Colompos lived there while they ran the store next door (#78). There is evidence of the beer garden at the rear of the house today. There was once a door at the rear of the house (now boarded over) that served the garden. Granite curbing neatly contains the space. This residence has been the home of two families for over a hundred years; both owners were shopkeepers next door.

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