393 South Prospect Street was constructed in 1859 by architect
William Bergholtz as part of Le Grand Canon's Overlake estate.
This Gothic Revival was originally the caretaker's cottage. William
Rudolph Otto Bergholz was the architect who designed all the
buildings at the "Overlake." Bergholz was born in Germany
and educated in Munich. He came to the United States in 1855
as an architect-engineer and landscape artist. Frederick Otto
and Catherine (Olsen) Ockenbad were the first tenants of 393
South Prospect. The Ockenbad's came from Norway, and Frederick
was Colonial Cannon's first gardener. Louis Crawford Clark was
Colonel Cannon's coachman, he shared rooms with the Okenbads
but took his meals with the other servants at the estate. Clark
eloped with Cannon's daughter Marion. The Clarks built a sizable
home of their own further down South Prospect Street. Upon Cannon's
death, the Overlake passed into the Clark's possession. In 1925
the main house was razed and the Olmstead Brother's of Massachusetts
were hired to layout plans for a new subdivision on the grounds.
(1) The Ockenbads are listed in city directories as late as 1901.
By 1903 George Townsend, who was listed for several years prior
as an employee of Cannon's is the occupant the caretaker's cottage.
Joseph Hebert appears as the occupant from as early as 1910 until
1919. Hebert is listed as a gardener for L.C. Clark, the former
coachman who now owned the Overlake. In 1920 the house is listed
as vacant. By 1930 U.V.M. professor George H. Burrows is listed
as the occupant. Burrows remained at the house into the 1940's.(2)
(1) Historic Guide to Burlington (2) Burlington City Directories