LeFerriere House

Coordinates: 44°29′20″N 73°12′38″W / 44.48889°N 73.21056°W / 44.48889; -73.21056
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LeFerriere House
LeFerriere House is located in Vermont
LeFerriere House
Location171-173 Intervale Ave., Burlington, Vermont
Coordinates44°29′20″N 73°12′38″W / 44.48889°N 73.21056°W / 44.48889; -73.21056
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
Built byLeFerriere, F.M.
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSBurlington, Vermont MPS AD
NRHP reference No.07000499[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 2008

The LeFerriere House is a historic house at 171-173 Intervale Avenue in Burlington, Vermont. Built about 1888 as worker housing in the city's Old North End, it is architecturally a distinctive vernacular interpretation of Queen Anne architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 as the LeFarriere House.[1]

Description and history[edit]

The LeFerriere House stands near the northernmost extent of Burlington's Old North End neighborhood, on the west side of Intervale Avenue roughly midway between Willow and Oak Streets. It is a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, with irregular asymmetric massing. It has a complex multi-gabled roofline, clapboarded exterior, and a stone foundation. The highest roof ridge is parallel to the street, with forward projecting gabled wings. The front of the leftmost wing has the building's most distinctive feature, a low polygonal turret above a single-story porch with turned posts and balusters. A modern shed-roof ell extends to the rear. The interior retains many original features, including Corinthian columns in the room under the turret and cabinets in the kitchen.[2]

The area where the LeFerriere House stands was rural for many years. Even though a subdivision including its parcel was laid out in 1855, the house itself was not built until about 1888 by F.M. LeFerriere, a French Canadian immigrant. It was originally built as a two-family, and may have been first occupied by extended members of the LeFerriere family. From 1910 to 1961 the house was occupied by two Jewish immigrant families, exemplifying a changing trend in immigration patterns. The house is now divided into three units.[2]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Deborah Noble (2006). "NRHP nomination for LeFerriere House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-31. with photos from 2006