text and photo by Gregory A. Tisher, fall 2004
34 Hayward appears to have been extensively altered since its apparent mid 1880s to 1890 construction. The two-story, gable-roofed section resembles neighboring "worker housing" built in "Hayward's Plan" during the mid 1880s to 1890. The hip-roofed section appears to be a later addition.
Vermont Historic Sites & Structures Survey [30] suggests a circa 1880 construction (and circa 1898 for the addition) --- an estimate that has to be adjusted upwards by at least three years in that Hayward Street, according to the Survey's own narrative, wasn't laid out until 1883. (City of Burlington annual reports relating to expenditures on street repair, maintenance, and improvement also point to a 1883 date for Hayward's street designation.) [31] A structure seems to appear at 34 Hayward Street on the 1890 Hopkins map of Burlington. [32]
Burlington's 1888-89 city directory lists Victor Barbeau, employed at Van Sicklen & Spaulding, at this address, and John Barbeau, employed at G.R. Holt, is listed as living over 34 Hayward Street. [33] Neither is listed in the 1890 directory, suggestive of the then new neighborhood's rental character and transitory population.
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