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©1996 UVM Historic Preservation Program Revised 4/96 by Gabrielle Bourgerie
histpres@moose.uvm.edu
URL: http://moose.uvm.edu/~histpres/nsg1.3.html
This one story, 3x4 bay, gable front, imbricated course slate roof, vernacular building has a false front featuring a parapet. The central entrance is recessed with a plain wood door and wood surround. The foundation is stone and most of the building has clapboard siding. The windows are mostly 1/1 double-hung with plain wood surrounds. There is a two story porch on the east side of the building featuring half walls, posts and wood shingle siding. There is also a two story, one bay deep addition spanning the rear facade of the building. A shed roof dormer is on the west elevation. There is a secondary entrance off the east side of the porch. An interior end wall chimney is located toward the front of the building.
This building is distinct for its parapeted false front, which may have been added on the 1930s when the building was converted into a grocery store. In the forties and fifties, Simeon Gregoire worked here as a barber. According to city directories, James McCuen lived here as early as 1877. McCuen was a police officer and employee of the Shepard & Morse Lumber Company. A 1869 map shows the name "McEwen" written over a plot of land on this block. A Sanborn map from 1889 illustrates that this was one of only two buildings on this block at that time.
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©1996 UVM Historic Preservation Program
Revised 4/96 by Gabrielle Bourgerie
histpres@moose.uvm.edu
URL: http://moose.uvm.edu/~histpres/nsg1.3.html