72-74 Adams Street
(northwest corner Adams and S. Winooski)
Lois H. Coulter
Built on an L plan this ca 1850 house
predates the 1853 Presdee and Edwards map; it has a front gable orientation
with a later hipped roof and pedimented gabled entrance porches repeating
the pediment on the gable end. Consistent on all elevations are two over
two sash windows with wood sills, plain surrounds and splayed flat arches.
A pointed arch attic window with a hooded arch lintel and lug sill accents
the gable end. The main entrance door has been replaced with double doors.
The post and beam frame construction rests on an uncoursed ashlar foundation.
There is a two story screened porch on the west elevation and a gabled
entrance porch on the ell which is similar in style to that of the main
entrance. The ell is probably original, but
subsequent additions unsympathetic to the style and materials in the original
building have left the west side of the house out of character with the
rest of the building. It was converted to apartments after 1924 subsequent
to the tenancy of Edward Johnson, the editor of the Burlington Times who
lived at this address from 1896-1924.1
1 The Vermont Division
for Historic Preservation, Vermont Historic Sites and Structures Survey,
Burlington, S. Winooski Avenue
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