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North Street Historic District
Burlington, Vermont

(#53)153-157 North Street / c.1875 / Bernard Market
This one-and-a-half story, gable front, corner, clapboarded, north facing dwelling has a two-story gable roofed west facing ell and the same to the east. Attached to the east ell is a two-story, 3 x 3 bay, shed-roofed addition. Attached to the east facade of the main house is a one story 2 x 2 bay shed-roofed addition. The building has corner boards, a water table and a plain frieze. The windows are mostly 2/2 sash with plain surrounds and drip molds. There is a roof dormer 1/1 window on the west facade of the main block and as well as a one-story porch, which protects the main entrance. An additional entry and bracketed corniced storefront were added to the North Street facade c.1905, when the building was used for a grocery store. Today the storefront has been converted into an enclosed porch. The foundation is concrete, the walls balloon frame and the roofing is asphalt shingle. There is an exterior brick chimney on the east ell gable facade.

This vernacular house has been divided into apartments, but its history as a commercial building is suggested by its unusual massing and the remnants of the storefront. In the 1924 Burlington Directory, Alfred Bernard is listed as a grocer at this address. In 1932 the Burlington Glass Company is listed and in 1940-60, the Martin Glass and Paint Company.

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