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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 Italianate style building is a rectangular two story block with a flat roof. It is 5x4 bays wide with a stone foundation and clapboard siding, corner boards and a water table. A projecting cornice is embellished with paired, scrolled brackets with drops and five smaller brackets with drops spaced in between the paired brackets. A paneled fascia lies directly under the cornice. A cornice is also located between the first and second floors above the store front windows and is embellished with scrolled brackets. The first floor front facade has been remodeled with vertical siding and paired fixed sash windows with operable transoms. These windows wrap around to the sides, covering one bay; all with wood surrounds. There are two entrances symmetrically placed along the facade at the center bay, although one has been infilled and both are adorned with wood surrounds. Windows are 1/1 with drip caps and plain wood surrounds. Shed additions and enclosed porch are in the rear.
This building dates from the heyday of commercial activity on North Street. The building retains its most distinctive characteristic, the bracketed cornice. It was built in 1889 by contractor H.A. Jones for David McCuen, a long time North Street grocer. Like many small businessmen, McCuen built his new store with living quarters on the second floor. The building is listed on the Burlington Register of Historic Resources.
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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