Intervale Avenue: Photograph taken by Louis McAllister August 15, 1939

The address of the first building on left is #1 Intervale Avenue. 
The identifiable buildings and addresses starting with those pictured on the left from closest to farthest: 1 Intervale Avenue, 3, 5, and7 Intervale Avenue which are located in the two story building that is connected to1 Intervale Avenue. These three addresses are now incorporated into one single building that is currently listed alternately as 1 and 5 Intervale Avenue. Behind this two-story building is 23 Intervale Avenue which is followed by 25 Intervale Avenue. The identifiable buildings and addresses starting with those pictured on the right from closest to farthest are 204 North Street, 10 Intervale Avenue, 14 Intervale Avenue, and last 20 Intervale Avenue.

1 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1870)

This commercial building is located on the corner of Intervale and Elmwood Avenues. The plan of this building is an intermeshing of several different buildings. The main two story structure that faces the corner is a rectangular gable roof building. The building is diagonally constructed on the Intervale facing side to conform to the site. The roof above this side is front hipped. The Elmwood Avenue side is five bays across on the second story and one bay on the first story. At what came be termed as the front of the building located at the meeting of the two avenues are three bays on the second story and one large bay on the first floor that consists of four single pane glass windows  that are separated by thin mullions and capped off with a narrow transom window. This string of windows continues around to the Intervale facing side. There are eight bays on the first floor, seven single paned windows and the main entrance door, and two one over one windows located asymmetrically above the door. The Intervale side is where the main building is joined by a larger two story almost L-shaped building that is connected to the main structure at the back of the rectangle and on the Intervale side at the conclusion of the string of first floor windows. This addition consists of seven bays on the second floor and two on the first floor.

23/25 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1894)
This Italianate/Queen Anne apartment building is located on Intervale Avenue. It is a four sided irregularly shaped building that is diagonally formed on the street facing facade. The roof a wood structure is flat built up with a simple cornice that occurs on two sides of the building. Located under the eaves are decorated braces that also show up on all sides. The street facing façade has three bay one-over-one windows on the first floor and four bay one-over-one windows on the second floor. The structure is clapboard sided with a stone foundation. The wall structure is balloon framing. [1] This Building has been used as two single apartments. At the time that the 1939 McAllister photograph was taken both apartments were occupied. [2]

204 North Street (Built c. 1850)
This commercial building is an irregularly shaped rectangle that has been clipped on the front two sides to fit into the lot. It is constructed of stone in the foundation and masonry for the main structure. The main entrance is located at the corner of Intervale Avenue and North Street. The windows are one over one double hung throughout. The structure is capped with an irregularly shaped front gabled roof.

10 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1900)

This commercial/residential building which is just visible to the left of 204 North Street is a rectangular two story wood frame building with a low saltbox style pitched roof. It is clapboard sided with two bays on the second story of the front façade and three bays on the first story. It has an asymmetrically located door to the left side of the front faced. Both sides have two bays located on both floors. The windows are a mix of one-over-one double-hung and single pane windows.

14 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1850)
This residence is square shaped front gabled building. It can be seen in the 1939 McAllister photograph to the left of 10 Intervale Street. In 1939 when the McAllister photo was taken it was being used as a residence. [3]

20 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1900)

This residence of which only the roof and front facade with a one story porch is visible has altered little from its original construction. In 1939 when the McAllister photo was taken it was a private residence. [4]

Intervale Avenue: Photograph taken by Rachel Podgurski, September 20, 2005, the geographic position of the photograph is from GPS coordinate UTM NAD83- (18 642018E 4927260N)

The addresses of the buildings have not changed from what they were in 1939.

1 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1870)

This commercial building has remained basically unchanged. The structure was repainted, and has been re-shingled. One obvious change occurs on the facade located on Elmwood Avenue parallel to the back wall of the main structure and connected at a right angle to the back end of the L-shaped addition is another rectangular gabled roof building that now serves as a garage. The entire structure is clapboard sided and topped with ash-fault shingles.
Currently this building, which is listed in the 2005 Burlington city directory as both 1 and 5 Intervale Avenue, is used by Myers Used and New Furniture Store. [1] The main building is used as a show room, the L-shaped building is used for factory storage and repairs, and the small back building is used as a garage. Windows and doors are the most noticeable alterations. The front door which was located at the corner end other building has been shifted to the Intervale side, the windows that dominated that side and the Intervale side have been replaced with larger ones and a connecting transom window. On the Intervale side of the L-shaped building three of the original seven bays on the second floor have been replaced with larger picture windows.
On the 1926 Sanborn map this grouping of buildings is listed as several different addresses which later were incorporated into the present single large building. [2] The main building was listed as 168 Elmwood Avenue and on the Intervale side was listed as number 1 Intervale Avenue, the back building which was recreated as a garage was a residence at 170 Elmwood Avenue. The first half of the back L-shaped building where the four one-over-one bays are located was labeled on the map as storage with 2 Intervale as the address and the section with the current three picture windows was listed a three separate residences addresses listed from front to back as 3, 5, and 7 Intervale Avenue.[3]
These grouping of buildings are first shown on the 1889 Sanborn map. The footprint for the buildings is basically the same, the back l-shaped addition is shown smaller than on later maps. On this map what is shown as storage on the 1926 Sanborn is listed as a grocery store.[4] The 1900 Sanborn also lists number 2 as a grocery and shows the back addition as the same as in 1889.[5] There is a change on the 1906 Sanborn, the addition is enlarged slightly, and what is listed as number 1 Intervale is labeled as a meat and grocery store and number 2 Intervale is once again shown as storage.[6] In 1912 the Sanborn map for that year shows 1 Intervale as a meat and grocery store and 2 Intervale as a second hand store.[7] In 1919 the grocery store is occupied by a tailor while the second hand store remains as is.[8]
The Burlington City Directories are able to give further insight into the buildings use and approximate date of construction. In the 1886 directory 2 Intervale is listed as a meat market owned by a person named Rushlow. The main building 168 Elmwood was listed as a dry goods, grocery and crockery store owned by a person named Nantell. The owner of the store is listed as residing in the back addition 170 Elmwood Avenue. [9] This same information can be traced back in both the 1881 and 1878 directories, showing that this building was present and being actively used. [10] Later directories give some information about the back three buildings. In the 1926 directory 5 Intervale was a second hand store owned by Alfred S. Frugere and 7 Intervale was a shoe repair owned by Joseph A. Myers. [2] These back three buildings fluctuate throughout the directories as residences and vacancies. The last separate notation in the directories of these separate addresses is in 1978, it may be around this time that the buildings were incorporated in to the current single building, which may explain the differing addresses for this business. [10]
At the time that McAllister took the photo 1 Intervale was listed in the directory as Martelle and Lavallee Grocers, 5 Intervale was still occupied by Myers Shoe repair. The rest of the addresses, 3, 7, and 168 are listed as residences. This building has changed little in the structure but as evidenced through the directories it has had a varied past in regard to its usage.

23/25 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1894)
This apartment building has changed little since its original design and from what can be seen in McAllister's 1939 photograph. Taking a closer look at the building to determine what the rest of the structure looks like shows straight on that on the left of the building, that facade consists on two one-over-one double-hung windows that are asymmetrically placed on both floors At the back of the building there is a three bay second story porch that acts as a vestibule for the first floor. The main entrance is located on the right side of the building. The structure is clapboard sided with a stone foundation. This building first shows up on the 1894 Sanborn map, its size and footprint has not changed.[11] This building has been used as two single apartments according to the 1929 Sanborn map and that has not changed either. At the time that the 1939 McAllister photo was taken both apartments were occupied.[12]

204 North Street (Built c. 1850)
This commercial building has not changed much from its 204 North Street first appears on the 1853 map of Burlington. On the 1900 Sanborn the building is listed as a grocery and a small addition is shown to the left of the back wall [5] this disappears by the 1919 Sanborn map. [8] It remained a grocery as shown on the 1906, 1912, 1919 Sanborn maps.During 1939 when the McAllister photo was taken the buildings housed a diner.[12] According to the “Historic Guide to Burlington Neighborhoods”, the building also housed a beer garden and a variety store. In the 1950’s it became Benway’s Taxi and is now the Yellow/Checker Cab. [13]

10 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1900)

This building has not been greatly altered from the original.
This building is listed in the city directories as an unknown business in 1910. [14] On the 1912 Sanborn it is shown as a liquor store.[7] In the 1926 city directory it is listed that the space was occupied by Dooley and L Valley Vulcanizing,[2] there is also a listing in the 1927 directory that a plumber was a 10 ½ Intervale Avenue.[15] In 1939 when the McAllister photo was taken the building was listed in the city directory as Dooley’s Tire and Battery Service.[12]

14 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1850)
This residence is square shaped front gabled building. It has two rear additions, the first of which is connected to the main building is also square, and connects the main house to the triangular two story garage located at the back of the property. The building is vinyl sided, with two bays on the first floor of the front façade; an asymmetrically located door at the left of the front and a bay window to the right above this is a single bay consisting of three single paned windows on the second story. The front has a one story front entry porch.
This building is shown on the 1853 map of Burlington. It is shown on the 1889 Sanborn map with its two additions.The property was first owned by Patrick Farrall who was thought to have built the original house. The property has changed little since its first appearance on the 1889 map. [4]

20 Intervale Avenue (Built c. 1900)

This residence is square a two and a half story balloon framed structure. The foundation is stone; the building is covered with vinyl siding with a wood hipped roof structure covered in slate. It has a bay window on the second story to the left on the front façade. There is a semi-enclosed porch located to the right by the front door. There are two dormers one at the front of the building and one to the left side. There is a square addition located off the back of the building.
The Historic Sites and Structures survey from 1978 lists the building as being built in 1910 for Augustus Brown. [16] It replaced an existing building that was on the site. This building is shown on the 1889 Sanborn map,[4] and again on the 1894 map with a small connected addition.[11] In 1900 on the Sanborn map the building is shown without any addition.[5] In 1906 the building was shown again with a much larger back addition.[6] After1906 the building as it currently stands is shown on the Sanborn maps from 1906 to 1978.

1.Burlington City Directory. 2005 Burlington VT

2.Sanborn Map,1926. Special Collections, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont

3.Burlington City Directory. 1926 (L. P Waite & Co, Publishers Burlington VT)

4.Sanborn Map,1889. Special Collections, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont

5. Sanborn Map,1900. Special Collections, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont

6.Sanborn Map,1906. Special Collections, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont

7.Sanborn Map,1912. Special Collections, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont

8.Sanborn Map,1919. Special Collections, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont

9.Burlington City Directory. 1886 (L. P Waite & Co, Publishers Burlington VT)

10.Burlington City Directory. 1978 (L. P Waite & Co, Publishers Burlington VT)

11.Sanborn Map,1894. Special Collections, University of Vermont, Burlington Vermont

12.Burlington City Directory. 1939 (L. P Waite & Co, Publishers Burlington VT)

13.Historic Guide to Burlington Neighborhoods. Vol. 3 Burlington.

14.Burlington City Directory. 1910 (L. P Waite & Co, Publishers Burlington VT)

15.Burlington City Directory. 1927 (L. P Waite & Co, Publishers Burlington VT)

16.Historic Sites and Structures Survey. “Intervale Avenue: 20 Intervale Avenue.”