241 Loomis Street

Built: circa 1889
Builder/architect: John Roberts

Like the other Roberts houses in this area, this home's construction was likely financed by U.A. Woodbury (as it appears on his subdivision¹) and later sold or rented as income property. In 1903 it was home to Mrs. Maria Smith, Miss Ethel Sanderson, and Weston K. Sanderson, a carpenter.² In 1905 Martin Barry, an employee at Mount St. Mary Academy, occupied the home, while the Sandersons moved to North Union Street.³ (Interestingly, the 1905 city directory lists Weston Sanderson's occupation now as a clerk at 41 Church Street, rather than carpenter.) Barry died circa 1926, and his widow Mary remained in the house another decade, presumably until her death (for she does not appear in the directories after 1937).

Unfortunately, most of the decorative detailing so indicative of a Roberts dwelling has been obscured by aluminum siding. The fenestration in the gable end also differs to Roberts' other houses (the second-story windows are not paired, but set apart, and there is an additional small window in the peak) suggesting that the interior may have also been remodeled.

1. G. M. Hopkins, C.E., Map of the City of Burlington, Vermont, From Official Records, Private Plans and Actual Surveys (Philadelphia: Hopkins, 1890).
2. Burlington City Directory (1903).
3. Burlington City Directory (1905).