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North Street Historic District
Burlington, Vermont
(#29) 84 North Street / c.1880 / Collins House
This one and one-half-story, 2 x 3 bay, right sidehall dwelling faces south. To the East of the main block is a 1 bay lean-to. The foundation is concrete block; the wall structure is balloon frame, covered with wide aluminum siding; and the roofing is slate with an imbricated course. There is a central brick chimney. The replacement front door and 1/1 windows have plain surrounds. This house has been a dwelling for 116 years. The property is owned by the Burlington Land Trust, to keep it forever affordable. The 1900 City Directory shows that Thomas Collins owned this house and Pat Collins, a laborer boarded here. The Deforge family lived here from 1930-60. Zeb was a meat cutter, Eusebe, a laborer, Clement, an employee of the Old Bee Hive and Isabel, an employee of the American Woolen Mill.
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Prepared by Elaine Park
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