Saxtons River Historic District

DESCRIPTION:

Situated along the river of the same name, the Saxtons River Village Historic District coincides with the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century extent of Saxtons River village. The village center lies on the north side of the river with a roughly parallel Main Street intersected by eight side streets. Some 155 principal buildings, structures, and sites exist in the historic district, of which 22 are noncontributing to its historic character. The architectural styles present range from the Federal through the Greek Revival, Italianate Revival, and Queen Anne to the Colonial Revival, although only a handful of buildings exhibit high-style characteristics. The village consists overwhelmingly of wood-framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed residential buildings of domestic scale interspersed with a few commercial, industrial, religious, and other buildings of similar scale and appearance. The historic district retains a comparatively high degree of historic integrity, having only a small number of modern intrusions.

The Saxtons Rlver Village Historic District encompasses virtually the entire village apart from peripheral middle twentieth-century subdivisions. Focused on the so-called Middle Falls near the business center, the village flanks Saxtons River for a distance of about one mile. The river descends some 60 feet along this reach while flowing in an easterly direction. A forested ridge ascends about 1000 feet above the village to the south-southeast and lower hills rise to the north and west.

The village center occupies a relatively flat area along the north side of the river's curving course. About one-quarter mile north of the river, an abrupt embankment leads to a higher terrace that is both physically and visually distinct. A private secondary school by the name of Vermont Academy occupies this terrace with a complex of several predominantly twentieth-century buildings; this complex is excluded from the historic district. South of the river, the Westminster Street residential area lies on a similar terrace. A second private educational institution, New England Kurn Hattin Homes, has been developed here mostly during the present century, and is also excluded from the historic district.

The principal axis, Main Street and its Upper Main Street continuation, extends about three-quarters of a mile within the historic district following a generally east-west alignment. Five perpendicular streets intersect the north side of Main Street - Oak and Pleasant Streets, Academy Avenue, and School and Grove Streets, respectively from east to west. Along the opposite side, the principal Westminster Street leads southward across the river while River and Maple Streets form roughly semicircular loops that approach the river. The village lacks a public green although a small circular island of lawn survives within the enlarged intersection of Main and Westminster Streets. The streets are partly shaded by a dwindling number of scattered deciduous trees, mostly maples and elms remnant of the arbored streetscapes that reached their most luxuriant early this century.

A modest business core occurs along Main Street between Westminster Street and Academy Avenue. Even here, however, houses are interspersed among the commercial buildings. The streets north of Main Street serve almost exclusively residential areas. To the south, River and Maple Streets were formerly the locations of water powered industrial development along the river but those activities and most of their buildings have disappeared. One small industry, a sawmill (#154), survives on its riverside site next to Westminster Street while the remainder of that street traverses a residential area.

The detached buildings occupy individual lots that generally provide both limited front and somewhat larger side yards. The facade lines are somewhat irregular; only along two short stretches of Main Street are there uniform ranks among the small number of commercial buildings. The residential buildings are sited with variation of set back that ranges from informally landscaped front grounds of moderate depth to the nearly curbside pattern of River Street.

There exists within the boundary of the historic district a total of 155 principal buildings, structures, and sites. Among these, 22 are considered noncontributing to the character of the historic district. Additionally, a substantial number of outbuildings--principally sheds and carriage barns--complement the principal entities. Two sets of foundations represent extinct mills along the river; one (#120), of the former woolen mill on Maple Street, has been adapted to a public recreation area.

Residential buildings of one-and-one-half or two-and-one-half stories constitute the overwhelming majority within the historic district. Single family houses account for most of this type although a significant minority exists of historic tenements and originally single-family houses more recently adapted to apartments. Many houses possess sheds and carriage barns, often in connected series, that formerly sheltered both horses and domestic livestock. The small group of about a dozen commercial buildings exceeds a smaller number of industrial buildings, and they share only slightly larger scale than the residential buildings around them. Individual examples of religious, educational, and other public buildings are interspersed. Certain originally industrial or commercial buildings have been adapted to different, usually residential usage.

A limited variety of architectural styles is represented in the historic district, The Greek Revival and Colonial Revival styles appear with the greatest frequency albeit usually in vernacular expressions. A significant subset of five Greek Revival houses (#56, 67, 84, 92, and 100) exhibit a temple front with tetrastyle portico, carried in two conspicuous cases (#56 and 100) to the height of a two-story portico (but lacking a colossal order). High-style representatives also exist of the Italianate Revival (#52 and 122) and Queen Anne (#9) although there are fewer vernacular examples of such. The latter style, however, is appended to numerous older buildings in the form of porches and other decorative features. The Federal Style is expressed mostly by the sparse brick residential architecture (specifically #11, 36, 82, and 115) of the village.

Only a scattered few buildings in the historic district are not wood framed and now or formerly sheathed with clapboards. Synthetic siding materials have been applied in an increasing number of cases, the contemporary metal and vinyl versions having outstripped in frequency the earlier asbestos shingles. An unusually small proportion of the village's historic building stock is constructed of brick, there being only seven examples among the total. Slate is the dominant historic material used as roof sheathing while stamped metal appears to a limited extent.

The high proportion of classically-derived designs has yielded a predominantly monochromatic (white) color treatment among the village's buildings. The same treatment has been frequently applied to examples of the decorated styles. The Italianate Revival buildings - notably the imposing John Alexander House (#122) on Maple Street - display the most polychromatic paint schemes while the Queen Anne representatives largely lack that appropriate multi-color array.

Generally the buildings in the historic district are being maintained in adequate or better condition. In some cases, however, the application of synthetic siding has concealed (if not removed) important stylistic elements along with the original sheathing. The abrupt rise in energy costs during the past decade has caused the installation of numerous alternative heating systems, and several cases exist of modern exterior chimneys added to the public facades of buildings. The increasing traffic especially on Main Street (Vermont Route 121) makes porches less attractive for their intended purpose, and that has undoubtedly influenced the removal of same from several houses.

A group of eight buildings in the historic district wears the uniform coat of white relieved only by black shutters. These buildings (#48, 91, 103-105, 119, 124, and 124A) were rehabilitated in 1981-82 under the so-called Section 8 program sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to the project, the buildings were generally declining in condition and appearance. The rehabilitation succeeded in restoring them to good physical condition but at the cost of altering their historic fabric to varying degrees.

Two other highly visible projects have involved major historic buildings at the center of the village. In 1974, the largest commercial building, the Saxtons River Inn (#37), was rehabilitated from deteriorating condition and reopened in its original use. A decade later, the village's only brick commercial block, the Italianate Revival storefront (#51) across Academy Avenue from the inn, received a sympathetic rehabilitation and was reopened as a market. These efforts are symbolic of pervasive improvements in the condition and appearance of village buildings during recent years.

Descriptions follow of the buildings and structures in the historic district; numbers refer to the accompanying sketch map.

1. Congregational Church (Main Street); 1836, 1871.
Forming the western visual terminus of Main Street, the Congregational Church stands at the intersection of that street, its Upper Main Street extension, and Westminster Street. The present appearance of the building reflects several latter nineteenth-century alterations. The church was constructed in 1836 as a one-story building. In 1871, the building was raised several feet and the ground-level vestry was added. The present tower was erected at the same time, and a bell was hung in the early 1890s. The stained glass windows and the pipe organ were installed in 1900 during a project of extensive repairs and refurnishing.

The wood-framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed original block retains its Greek Revival temple form and related stylistic features. The original corner boards ascend from molded bases atop the wider corner boards of the added first story to capitals supporting the molded cornice. The roof is shingled with slate of mixed reddish and gray colors. An interior end chimney with corbeled cap surmounts the west gable. The granite foundation has been partly rebuilt with concrete blocks.

The three-bay main (east) gable facade is arranged symmetrically around the central entrance consisting of double-leaf doors, each of four molded panels, with an architrave surround and denticulated entablature. The flanking bays are occupied by fifteen-over-fifteen sash with textured monochromatic stained glass, architrave surrounds, and molded lintels. The second-story windows contain polychromatic stained glass within identical surrounds. The smaller side-bay windows flank a three-part window in the central bay with elongated middle panel. (These second-story windows replaced the original twin entrances.) The fully pedimented gable contrasts with the lower wall surface by its sheathing of horizontal flush boards. A triangular louver is centered on the tympanum.

Recessed somewhat from the gable end, the tower straddles the ridge with a square base stage below the slightly reduced belfry marked by a rectangular louver on each face. Above the belfry's projecting cornice, the octagonal transition is also delimited by a projecting cornice. The octagonal spire tapers upward to a copper cap and ball bearing a weathervane (now lacking its arrows). The entire tower was sheathed with synthetic siding in 1977.

The north and south eaves elevations share regular three-bay arrangements of principal openings. The clear-glass, fifteen-over-fifteen sash on the first story have plain surrounds and molded lintels. The taller second-story windows consist of coupled polychromatic stained-glass panels surmounted by Gothic Revival pointed-arch louvers with narrow plain surrounds. On the south elevation, a secondary entrance with a sixteen-light-over-four-panel door occupies the left-end bay.

The Congregational and Baptist parishes in Saxtons River were federated in 1936. Subsequently, religious usage of this building declined to its present status of being inactive. The Saxtons River Historical Society has adapted the vestry to a museum of local history.

2. Saxtons River Village Building (Upper Main Street); c. 1860, c. 1970.
Standing immediately west of the Congregational Church and closely parallel to the street, this vernacular wood-framed and mostly clapboarded building with an asphalt-shingled gable roof (and exposed rafter tails) has been altered repeatedly to accommodate a succession of uses. The one-and-one half story east block now contains the village's public library. An off-center entrance with gable canopy marks the three-bay main (north) eaves facade, flanked by two-over-one windows with molded lintels. A gabled dormer on the north slope has coupled small one-over-one sash. The former central entrance on the three-bay east gable elevation has been infilled with clapboards. The south elevation contrasts by its brick-patterned, stamped-metal sheathing.

The two-story west block serves as the village fire station below the second-story meeting hall. Its four-bay north eaves facade includes a left entrance with gabled canopy and interior bays of coupled four-over-four sash. The west gable elevation has an overhead garage door and, on the second story, an off-center entrance with shed canopy reached by an exterior wood stair. Added circa 1970 to the south elevation, a one-story, concrete- block, shed roofed wing has a tall overhead garage door on its west front.

From 1866 until the 1890s, Abner Cunningham used part of this building for his blacksmith shop. In 1900, the Bellows Falls and Saxtons River Street Railway Co. purchased the building for conversion to the village trolley station. After the demise of the trolley line in 1924, the Congregational Church used the building for meeting rooms, and the village's public library was opened about 1935 in the former waiting room. The Incorporated Village of Saxtons River acquired the property in 1948, and the west half of the building was raised to provide a first-story fire station.

3. Henry Davis House (Upper Main Street); c. 1865.
Somewhat altered from its original appearance, this vernacular Italianate Revival, two-and-one half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan carries a slate-shingled gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street. Paneled corner pilasters with molded capitals support a simplified eaves entablature with attenuated modillions. The window openings are fitted mostly with six-over-six sash below molded lintels. A shortened center chimney surmounts the ridge.

The two-bay main (north) gable facade has been altered on the first story by the installation of a central picture window, replacing the original two bays of room-height, six-over-nine sash. A hip-roofed (with corrugated metal) porch with box posts (replacing the original bracketed slotted posts) spans the main facade in two bays and continues one bay along the east eaves elevation to serve the main entrance. The gable of the north facade has a small window (now blinded) with canted upper corners and paneled surround. Some of the full-size windows on the three-bay west elevation have been infilled with clapboards.

A recessed one-and-one-half story east ell has also been partly altered on its four-bay north eaves front by the installation of two small hinged windows (replacing six-over-six sash) on the right below a gabled dormer. Attached to the ell's east gable elevation, a reduced two-bay, gable-roofed shed wing is marked by a right entrance next to a twelve-over-twelve window. The shed connects to a small board-and-battened, gable-roofed (with corrugated metal) barn oriented as an ell. Double-leaf, vertically boarded doors enter its north gable front with loft door above. Attached in turn to the barn's east eaves elevation is a one-story, shed-roofed wing.

The house is associated with Henry Davis, its owner from the 1880s until circa 1920.

4. Nathaniel Niles House (Upper Main Street); c. 1910.
This one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded cottage rests on a brick foundation, its asphalt-shingled (hexagonal) gable roof oriented parallel to the street and carrying a high interior chimney with tapered cap. Corner boards with simple capitals support a frieze band and molded cornice at the eaves. The window openings contain two-over-two sash.

The three-bay main (north) eaves facade includes a central entrance sheltered by a Colonial Revival, one-bay, gable-roofed entrance porch. Its Tuscan columns rise from a concrete deck to support the simplified eaves entablature; the gable is sheathed with octagonal wood shingles. The two-bay west gable elevation is bisected by an added exterior brick fireplace chimney.

A one-story, gable-roofed east wing extends two bays on its north eaves front. A two-bay porch with square posts and two-tier railing shelters the right entrance. The east wing links to a one-and-one-half story (plus exposed basement story on the east and south), clapboarded carriage barn with an asphalt-papered gable roof oriented as an ell. The one-bay north gable front has a vehicle entrance on the right below a loft door. A single twelve-over twelve sash lights the east eaves elevation.

The house is associated with Nathaniel Niles, who has owned it since the 1950s.

5. Lawrence Moore House (Upper Main Street); c. 1905.
Decorated in a vernacular Queen Anne manner, the Moore House and its next two neighbors to the west, the Clayton (#6) and Moyer Houses (#7) originally shared nearly identical appearance. The one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and mostly clapboarded main block rests on a brick foundation, its asphalt shingled gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street and surmounted by a high interior chimney. A molded cornice follows the eaves. The window openings are fitted mostly with two-over-two sash.

The two-bay main (north) gable facade displays most of the house's ornamental features. The right sidehall entrance is sheltered by a one-bay porch with turned posts and balustrade, lattice skirt, and flat roof with molded cornice. The latter continues to the left, crowning the adjacent rectangular bay window with coupled slender one-over-one sash in the central panel and clapboarded spandrels. Above the second-story window lintels, the gable is sheathed with alternating courses of fishscale and rectangular wood shingles; scroll-sawn stickwork screens the gable peak. The two-bay west eaves elevation includes a square stairwell window with stained-glass border.

A recessed east ell of reduced scale extends three bays along its north eaves front with left entrance. A veranda with components like those of the main entrance porch extends four bays along the north front and continues two bays across the one-bay east gable elevation.

The house is associated with Lawrence Moore, its owner during the period 1946-1954.

5A. Barn; c. 1905: Standing atop the steep bank east of the house is a small one-and-one-half story (plus exposed basement on the south), wood-framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed barn. The two-bay north gable front has a carriage entrance on the right whose double-leaf paneled doors are vertically boarded and diagonally braced; a loft door opens directly above. A stickwork screen identical to that on the house decorates the gable.

6. Olin Clayton House (Upper Main Street); c. 1905.
Also decorated in a vernacular Queen Anne manner, this house originally shared nearly identical appearance with the adjacent Moore (#5) and Moyer (#7) Houses on the east and west. The main block continues to match that of the Moore House except for certain details. The north entrance porch lacks a balustrade but its turned posts carry scroll-sawn brackets.

The east ell of this house differs by having a shed-roofed porch that shelters only three bays (including the off-center entrance) of its four-bay north eaves front. The porch comprises square posts, screened openings, clapboarded apron, and lattice skirt.

The house is associated with Olin Clayton, who owned it during the 1920s and 1930s.

6A. Garage; c. 1930: Sited east of the house is a one-story, wood-framed and novelty-sided, gable-roofed (with corrugated metal) garage. The two bay north gable front has an open stall on the right and double-leaf, vertically boarded doors on the left.

6B. Shed; c. 1940: 1 story; wood-framed; clapboarded; shallow gable roof; pass door on east eaves elevation. Noncontributing owing to age.

7. Laaden Moyer House (Upper Main Street); c. 1905.
The application of asbestos shingles over the original clapboard sheathing has altered markedly the appearance of this house, which originally was nearly identical to the adjacent Moore (#5) and Clayton (#6) Houses. The Moyer House retains some Queen Anne decorative features, including the one-bay entrance porch on the main (north) facade albeit without the original balustrade. The scroll-sawn stickwork screen remains on the gable peak although the wood-shingled gable surface is now concealed.

The east ell possesses on its north eaves front a three-bay, shed-roofed porch whose form and length matches that on the Clayton House. This porch retains turned posts although its apron has received asbestos-shingle sheathing. The east gable elevation includes an exposed basement with right entrance.

The house is associated with Laaden Moyer, who has owned it since 1956.

7A. Garage; c. 1930: Retaining its original appearance, this one-story, wood-framed and novelty sided, gable-roofed (with corrugated metal) garage stands east of the house. On the north gable front, two vertically boarded sliding doors (one interior and one exterior) provide access to the vehicle stalls.

8. "Maple Grove," Smith-Bancroft-Neill House (Upper Main Street); c. 1830 and later.
The rather complex architectural nature of this house reflects its evolution through numerous alterations and enlargements especially during the latter nineteenth century. The property has remained in the related Smith, Bancroft, and Neill families since circa 1835. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the house was used primarily as a summer residence. Certain features such as the three porches and the screenhouse relate specifically to that seasonal occupancy.

Exhibiting both Greek Revival and Queen Anne stylistic elements, the wood-framed and clapboarded house generally rises two-and-one-half stories from a brick foundation to an asphalt-shingled gable roof. Numerous projections emerge from the east and west elevations, interrupting both the wall planes and the roof slopes. The irregular fenestration consists mostly of two-over-two sash. A frieze band and molded cornice follow most of the eaves. A large interior paneled chimney with heavy denticulated corbeled cap rises from the central ridge while a simpler version is recessed from the south gable peak.

The main (east) facade comprises a three-bay, gable-front section at the left end, a central three-story tower, and a five-bay, eaves-front section to the right. The gabled section possesses a recessed two-bay porch with capitaled square pillars that shelters a right entrance with four panel door flanked by full-length, four-pane sidelights and, on the left, a room-height, six-light window. The three-story rectangular tower is illuminated by coupled two-over-two sash in the central panel and a slender one-over-one in each side panel; the spandrels are finished with molded panels. A projecting molded cornice crowns each story, that above the first being surmounted by a flared skirt of fishscale wood shingles. The recessed third story is shingled on its north and south faces. The tower culminates in a metal-sheathed pyramidal cap with needle finial. The five-bay right section of the facade has a central entrance with modern projecting one-bay vestibule. A fishscale-shingled shed dormer with three-light horizontal window emerges from the roof's east slope.

The four-bay south elevation of the house shows the horizontal eaves of the original two-story head block surmounted by the higher recessed gable of the enlarged building. The fishscale-shingled gable has triangular molded panels near its lower corners that flank a broad vertically boarded blind panel.

The west elevation displays a three-section arrangement corresponding to the east facade. The three-bay gabled right section has a recessed porch like its east counterpart except that this porch has been extended and screened beneath a shed roof supported by heavy triangular chamfered outriggers. Aligning with the east tower is a second-story rectangular oriel with coupled sash and paneled spandrels. Above the oriel, a hipped dormer with coupled sash and fishscale-shingle sheathing emerges from the roof. An identical dormer occurs over the left eaves section of this elevation.

Attached to the main block's north gable elevation, a one-and-one-half story, clapboarded wing carries an expansive gable roof sheathed with stamped metal in a crow's-foot pattern. The same material is applied to a one-bay gabled wall dormer on the five-bay east eaves elevation. An entrance below the east gable has a paneled door with two vertical etched lights. On the west elevation, a broad porch with only one chamfered corner post and slatted skirt is recessed beneath the roof. A shed dormer emerges from the west slope below an interior chimney with corbeled cap.

Benjamin Smith, Jr. acquired the property in 1835, although the nature of the house at that time is not known. Formerly a harness maker, Smith then engaged in the successful development of a soapstone quarry and mill in nearby Grafton township. The name "Maple Grove" was being used for the house by 1869. James K. Bancroft received the property through marriage to Fannie H. Smith, daughter of Benjamin. A prosperous merchant in Buffalo, New York, Bancroft made many of the alterations to what became his summer residence. In 1932, Carrie Bancroft Neill inherited the house from her mother, (Mrs.) Fannie H. S. Bancroft, and the house remains in Neill family ownership.

8A. Carriage Barn; c. 1880: The principal outbuilding on the premises, this one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded barn with an asphalt-shingled gable roof stands northwest of the house. Its four-bay east eaves front contains a central carriage entrance whose vertically boarded interior sliding door incorporates coupled six-light windows and is surmounted by an eight-light transom. The other windows contain six-over six sash. A central square ventilating cupola straddles the ridge with a vertical rectangular louver on each face. Its flat roof carries a high turned finial with a copper weathervane in the figure of a horse.

Attached to the barn's northeast corner, a probably earlier, clapboarded, gable-roofed barn of similar scale has closely cropped eaves. On its south gable front, triplet six-light windows flank a central pass door.

8B. Shed; c. 1850: Standing directly north of the house is this one-and one half story, post-and-beam, clapboarded carriage shed with an asphalt shingled gable roof. The three-bay north eaves front includes on the left a broad carriage opening with semielliptical-arched head and a modern shed roofed canopy.

8C. Shed; c. 1880: Sited southwest of the carriage barn (#8A) is a small one-story, wood-framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed (with asphalt shingles) shed. A pass door enters its east gable front.

8D. Garage; c. 1920: Sited west of the carriage barn (#8A), this one-story, post-and-beam, clapboarded, gable-roofed (with asphalt shingles) garage was rebuilt from an earlier shed. A three-section, vertically boarded, paneled sliding door enters its south gable front.

8E. Screenhouse; c. 1880: Placed on the house's east grounds, this small rectangular, one-story, wood-framed, gable-roofed building of gazebo type is sheathed with beaded matched boards below the continuous screened openings.

9. Starks Edson House (Upper Main Street and Burk Hill Road); 1887.
The most elaborate representative of Queen Anne style in Saxtons River village stands prominently on a knoll above Upper Main Street. The two-and one-half story, wood-framed, hip-roofed house of rectangular plan is clapboarded on the first story to the level of the window lintels. A slightly flared skirt encircles the main block at that level, and the upper wall surfaces are sheathed with octagonal wood shingles. The regular fenestration consists of one-over-one sash. A molded cornice follows the eaves of the asphalt-shingled hip roof, from which several projections emerge. A central raised deck atop the roof is enclosed by a metal perimeter cresting with corner pinnacles. A high interior chimney with plain shaft flanks both the east and west sides of the deck.

The symmetrical five-bay main (south) facade is distinguished by a central projecting pavilion. Its rectangular clapboarded first story contains the main entrance, whose double-leaf paneled doors have slender rectangular lights. The pavilion's octagonal-shingled second story has a three-sided plan with curved corners that forms a bay window. A reduced sash in the central panel is sheltered by a shingled hood. On the third story level is a rectangular window with stained-glass border. The latter window interrupts the eaves of the pavilion's pyramidal roof, whose ridge exceeds the height of the main roof.

An expansive veranda extends the breadth of the facade in seven bays and continues three bays along both the east and west elevations. The veranda comprises turned posts and balustrade (the latter being omitted from alternating bays), lattice skirt, and hip roof with exposed rafters (but not tails). Fronting the pavilion, a three-bay section of the veranda projects outward one bay to shelter the recessed steps; its roof rises into a central gable with an octagonal-shingled pediment.

The main block's east elevation extends four bays in length, the left half of its first story being sheltered by the veranda. Above the right half, a one-bay cross gable emerges from the roof, its wall surface being octagonal-shingled around a one-over-one sash. To the left is a small shed dormer with a horizontal window.

The west elevation appears similar except for a triangular gable with lattice screen on the right of the cross gable. Also, a secondary entrance sheltered by a gabled canopy with chamfered stickwork occupies the left-end bay of the main block. The wall plane continues, however, on the two-bay north wing whose scale and roof type match the main block although its clapboarded second story does not. A one-by-one bay porch with components like the veranda occupies the interior corner between the main block's rear (northeast) elevation and the wing. Projecting one bay from the wing's west elevation is a one-story, clapboarded, hip-roofed ell.

The house was constructed in 1887 for Starks Edson, who operated a paint factory between 1900 and 1915 in the former tin shop (#94) on Main Street. After Edson's death in 1924, his widow, Carrie Daniels Edson, continued to live in the house until 1942.

9A. Carriage Barn; 1887: Set back to the northeast of the house, the similarly decorated, one-and-one-half story, two-by-three bay carriage barn rests on a brick foundation. The walls are clapboarded below the window lintels and octagonal-shingled from a slightly flared skirt to the molded eaves cornice. The wood shingled hip roof differs from that of the house by having north and south low gable peaks connected by a short ridge. Two gabled dormers with twelve-light windows emerge from the south slope. An interior chimney with corbeled cap rises from the east slope. The first-story window openings are fitted with three-over-one sash.

The two-bay main (west) facade is entered by off-center, double-leaf interior sliding doors with diagonally boarded, chamfered panels. On the right, a gabled wall dormer is occupied by a matching single-leaf loft door. Appended to the north elevation, a gable-roofed entrance vestibule has double leaf, vertically boarded doors.

10. Glynn-Morrison House (Upper Main Street and Burk Hill Road); c. 1880.
This vernacular two-and-one-half story, wood-framed house of rectangular plan with a brick foundation has been somewhat altered by the application of synthetic siding and the addition of an exterior brick fireplace chimney on the west facade. A molded cornice remains visible along the eaves of the diamond asphalt-shingled gable roof. The window openings are fitted with two-over-two sash.

Facing Burk Hill Road, the three-bay main (west) gable facade includes a left sidehall entrance. Both the west facade and the four-bay south (Upper Main Street) eaves facade with right entrance are dominated by an added multi-bay veranda with two projecting pavilions that incorporates capitaled chamfered posts, dimension balustrade, and standing-seam metal sheathed shed roof with molded cornice. A one-by-one bay pavilion projects diagonally from the veranda's southwest corner. Both it and a perpendicular entrance pavilion on the south reach of the veranda carry shallow pedimented gables.

Attached to the east gable elevation on a half south offset, a one-and one-half story, two-by-two bay, gable-roofed wing has a veranda entrance on its west half-gable front. An overhead garage door has been installed on the north eaves elevation. A one-story, shed-roofed addition with a large six light window marks the east gable elevation.

The house was constructed circa 1880 for Cyrus L. Glynn, a local merchant. The east wing might have been adapted from a schoolhouse that was built on the site about 1849 and then abandoned about 1866. The house remained in Glynn family ownership until 1943, when Kenneth Morrison (the present owner) purchased it.

11. Wilbur J. Rugg House (Upper Main Street); c. 1835.
The smallest of three Federal style, gable-front, brick houses along Main Street, the one-and-one-half story Rugg House consists of a three-by-three bay, brick (six-course American bond) main block of rectangular plan plus a four-bay, wood-framed and clapboarded rear (north) block of the same scale. A molded cornice follows both the horizontal and raking eaves of the continuous gable roof, now sheathed with standing-seam metal. Two large shed dormers with coupled six-over-six sash have been added to the east slope.

The three-bay main (south) gable facade includes a right sidehall entrance with louvered outer door surmounted by a semicircular fanlight with radiating muntins. The window openings are headed by splayed flat-arch lintels and contain two-over-two sash. Like the dormers, the rear block has six-over-six sash. A Queen Anne, one-by-one bay, shed-roofed porch with turned posts and balustrade, scrolled brackets, and lattice skirt shelters a rear entrance on the east eaves elevation.

A one-story, clapboarded, gable-roofed north shed wing has been extended into a one-bay garage on its east elevation. This wing links to a clapboarded carriage barn with a slate-shingled gable roof attached as an east ell. The three-bay south eaves front of the barn is distinguished by double exterior diagonally boarded sliding doors in central position and a pass door on the right. The barn's irregular fenestration consists of multi-light fixed windows. Prior to circa 1915, an elongated one-story shed extended from the barn's east gable elevation to the west eaves elevation of the carriage barn attached to the adjacent Wiley House (#12).

The house is associated with Wilbur J. Rugg, its owner from circa 1920 until the 1960s.

12. Milton Wiley House (Upper Main Street); c. 1850.
Oriented perpendicular to the street, this vernacular one-and-one-half story, three-by-two bay, wood-framed house has been sheathed with synthetic siding and its gable roof is covered with standing-seam metal. A gabled dormer emerges from both the east and west slopes. Added circa 1920, a four by-two bay, shed-roofed, screened porch with square posts and dimension balustrade projects from the three-bay main (south) gable facade with off center entrance. The window openings contain six-over-six sash.

A one-story, gable-roofed rear (north) wing extends three bays along its east eaves elevation, marked by a double-leaf, off-center entrance beneath a gabled canopy. The wing links to a one-and-one-half story, horizontally boarded, gable-roofed (with standing-seam metal) carriage barn attached on an eastward offset. Its mostly exposed, clapboarded south gable front is entered by double-leaf, vertically boarded doors. A one-story, shed-roofed wing is attached to the barn's north elevation.

The house is associated with Milton Wiley, who owned it between the 1880s and 1910s.

13. Dr. Daniel Campbell House (Upper Main Street); c. 1845.
A visually striking example of continuous architecture, this vernacular Greek Revival house consists of a gable-front, one-and-one-half story, wood framed and clapboarded main block of rectangular plan and a series of three similarly scaled and sheathed wings attached at their gable elevations on partial offsets. Molded cornices follow the eaves of the slate-shingled gable roofs. On the main block, a two-bay cross gable interrupts the east slope while the west slope carries a small gabled dormer.

The three-bay main (south) gable facade possesses a left sidehall entrance with four-pane sidelights of three-quarters length within a narrow paneled surround. The window bays are fitted with the two-over-two sash common to the main block. A shed-roofed porch with paneled posts and lattice skirt spans the facade in three bays, the left having a projecting pedimented gable over the entrance steps. The porch continues two bays along the east eaves elevation to meet a three-bay clapboarded projection with matching roof line (both added circa 1920).

The first north residential wing is offset one bay westward, that being occupied by a six-over-six sash. Its four-bay west eaves front includes two over-two sash and an off-center entrance sheltered by an unfinished one-bay gabled entrance porch that replaced an earlier full-length porch. The mixed color slate roof carries a high interior chimney.

The second north residential wing is offset two bays westward, the right bay being an entrance. The three bays of the west eaves elevation are fitted with six-over-six sash. This wing served as Dr. Campbell's office.

The third north wing, a clapboarded but unpainted carriage barn of somewhat larger scale, is offset westward three-quarters of its south gable front. An exterior vertically boarded sliding door enters the left side of the south front. Paired twelve-light windows occupy the gable peak.

The house is associated with Dr. Daniel Campbell, a prominent local physician who lived here from circa 1852 until his death in 1898.

14. Florence Simonds House (Upper Main Street); c. 1855.
Although of diminutive scale, this vernacular Italianate Revival, one and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed house of rectangular plan resting on a brick foundation displays a variety of decorative features. Capitaled corner boards support a frieze band below the molded cornice, itself supported by pairs of scroll brackets. The gable roof is shingled with polychromatic slate; on a background of red rectangular slate, a middle band of red diamond slate is highlighted by dark gray diamonds with light eyes. A central chimney with corbeled cap rises from the ridge.

The one-bay south (street) gable facade is dominated by a full-size, three-sided bay window added circa 1900. This feature incorporates a two over-two sash (like those elsewhere on the house) in the central panel and slender one-over-ones on the sides, paneled spandrels, and a projecting cornice with paired brackets. The two-bay main (west) eaves facade has a right entrance with four-paneled door sheltered by a two-bay, flat-roofed porch with capitaled chamfered posts and eaves treatment like that of the main roof. To the left of the porch, a one-bay clapboarded projection maintains the same roof line.

A one-story, clapboarded, shed-roofed north wing projects one bay (an entrance) outward from the wall plane of the porch. The wing carries a gabled central section raised to accommodate a small second story.

The house is associated with Florence Simonds, who lived here from the 1930s until circa 1975.

15. Charles Williams House (Grove Street~; c. 1850.
Oriented parallel to the street, this vernacular two-and-one-half story, four-by-two bay, wood-framed house has been sheathed with synthetic siding although its gable roof retains slate shingles. The four-bay main (east) eaves facade includes an off-center entrance and first-story end bays with coupled sash of the two-over-two division common to the house. Rebuilt in 1986, a four-bay, shed-roofed porch spans the facade, comprising paneled square posts, dimension balustrade, and lattice skirt.

A one-story, shed-roofed wing is appended to the rear (west) elevation. A right entrance marks its two-bay south front.

The building was originally constructed to serve as a wool storehouse. Around 1900, it was converted into a duplex residence with a one-story shed ell projecting from the rear of each (north and south) half. Later it was adapted to a single residence, owned by Charles Williams since the 1950s.

16. Edward Osgood House (Grove Street); c. 1860.
This vernacular duplex house consists of two matching gable-front, one and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed main blocks on brick foundations linked by a recessed two-story, gable-roofed ell. The roofs are sheathed variously with sheet metal and asphalt shingles. The window openings contain two-over-two sash. Little ornament exists other than simple capitals on the corner boards.

The three-bay main (east) gable facades present mirror images of each other. On the north block, the sidehall entrance occupies the left bay while on the south block it is on the right; both paneled doors have elongated round-headed upper lights of hammered glass. The four-bay east eaves front of the connecting ell includes two off-center entrances sheltered by a full length, three-bay porch with chamfered posts and lattice skirt added circa 1920. The ell's second story was added circa 1930. A contemporary enclosed shed-roofed porch with multiple windows and novelty siding conceals the south block's south eaves elevation.

The house is associated with both Edward and Carlton Osgood, its owners during the period circa 1920-1985.

16A. Garage; c. 1920: Standing west of the house's south block is a one and-one-half story, wood-framed and wood-shingled, gable-roofed (with corrugated metal) garage. Double-leaf, vertically boarded doors enter its one-bay north gable front while three bays of six-over-six sash light its east eaves elevation.

17. Campbell-Simonds House (West Street); c. 1840, moved 1874.
Although facing the street, the three-bay, asphalt-shingled north gable elevation of this vernacular Greek Revival, two-and-one-half story, wood framed house on a brick foundation lacks an entrance. That occurs instead near the center of the four-bay, clapboarded east eaves facade flanked by half-length, four-pane sidelights. The window bays are fitted with two-over-two sash. A molded cornice follows the eaves of the gable roof, now sheathed with corrugated metal and carrying two short interior chimneys at the ridge. Added circa 1895, a three-bay, shed-roofed porch with slotted posts spans the east facade; the porch originally possessed a second story and dimension balustrades.

The porch continues two bays along the three-bay, clapboarded north eaves front (with central entrance) of a former carriage barn, attached to the southeast corner of the main block and converted circa 1890 to residential use. A shed wall dormer interrupts the north slope of its gable roof. The three-bay east gable elevation is sheathed with asphalt shingles, as is a one story, one-bay, shed-roofed south wing.

The house was moved in 1874 to this site from the nearby hamlet of Westminster West for Mary Campbell Lake, sister of Dr. Daniel Campbell. Subsequently her grandson, Philip Simonds, and his wife, Mary, owned the house until 1982.

18. Lew Thompson House (Grove Street); 1906.
Sharing the hip-roofed cubiform appearance of two contemporary houses, #79 and 81, on Pleasant Street, this vernacular two-story, wood-framed and clapboarded house rests on a brick foundation. Capitaled corner boards support a frieze band below the molded cornice encircling the eaves of the slate-shingled roof. A lengthy slated shed dormer with projecting cornice and front louver nearly bisects the roof's east slope while a rectangular chimney rises near the short ridge. The window openings are trimmed with molded lintels above the one-over-one sash.

The three-bay main (east) facade has been altered (circa 1965) by the installation of a bay window on the right in place of two one-over-one sash and the addition of half-length sidelights and classical details to the left bay entrance. At the same time, the original four-bay porch was removed; it comprised paneled and capitaled square posts, clapboarded apron, and a hip roof with shallow pediment above the steps.

The three-bay south elevation possesses at the right end an original small three-sided bay window with reduced one-over-one sash and projecting cornice. At the left end, a one-bay, hip-roofed porch with components like the original front porch shelters an east-facing secondary entrance on the one-story, hip-roofed (with slate) west wing that projects one bay beyond the south wall plane.

The house was constructed in 1906 for Lew G. Thompson, partner in the Thompson and Thompson firm that operated the sawmill (#154) and gristmill (#155) on Westminster Street. Since the original owner's death in 1948, his son, Walter, has retained ownership of the house.

18A. Garage (West Street); c. 1920: Standing southwest of the house and fronting West Street, this one-and-one-half story, two-by-two bay, wood-framed garage carries an unusual asphalt-shingled jerkinhead roof. The first story is novelty-sided while the upper wall surfaces are wood-shingled. A double width overhead door has been installed on the south front. The window openings are fitted with six-over-one sash.

The garage was constructed after a 1916 fire destroyed the two-story, wood-framed Minard House with carriage barn and Lew Thompson purchased its corner lot.

19. Charles Simonds House (Grove Street); c. 1900.
Similar to the contemporary O'Connor House (#43) visible from here on Academy Avenue, this vernacular Queen Anne, wood-framed and clapboarded house rises two and one-half stories from a brick foundation to a gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street and sheathed with corrugated metal. Capitaled corner boards support a frieze band below the molded eaves cornice. The regular window openings have molded lintels and contain two-over-two sash.

The three-bay main (east) gable facade includes a right sidehall entrance. A hip-roofed veranda with turned posts, cutout balustrade, and different cutout skirt extends four bays across the facade and continues two bays along the north eaves elevation to meet a one-bay, clapboarded projection with matching roof line. On the two-bay south elevation, a two-story, rectangular, gabled pavilion emerges from the left half. Coupled two-over-two sash illuminate its central panel flanked by slender one-over-ones on the sides; the spandrels and gable are clapboarded.

A slightly reduced, gable-roofed west wing of similar appearance extends three bays along its south eaves elevation. A two-bay, shed-roofed porch with capitaled chamfered posts, cutout balustrade, and lattice skirt shelters the first story with right entrance.

The house is associated with Charles Simonds, probably its original owner; his widow, Clara, lived here until 1951.

9A. Garage; c. 1970: 1 story; wood-framed; plywood sheathing; gable roof; 2 overhead doors on east gable front. Noncontributing owing to age.

20. Sidney Whipple House (Grove Street); c. 1881, c. 1903, c. 1970.
The present appearance of this two-story, wood-framed and clapboarded house with a shallow pitched, asphalt-shingled gable roof derives from circa 1903 and 1970 renovations. The window openings are fitted mostly with two-over-two sash and headed by molded lintels. A rebuilt interior chimney with corbeled cap surmounts the ridge. The entire roof was reconstructed after a circa 1970 fire destroyed the original higher gable roof.

The two-bay main (west) gable facade possesses a right sidehall entrance surmounted by a bracketed cornice; the paneled door has slender rectangular lights. Added circa 1903 in the left bay, a three-sided bay window with a central two-over-two and side one-over-one sash displays diagonally boarded, chamfered paneled spandrels. From the bay window, a flat-roofed porch also added circa 1903 extends three bays across the facade and continues two bays along the south eaves elevation; its pedestaled chamfered posts have incised diamonds on the upper ends and small paired triangular brackets. On the south elevation, the porch stops at a two-story, one-bay (with coupled slender one over-one sash), clapboarded, gabled pavilion.

A slightly reduced east wing extends three bays along its south eaves elevation. An original three-bay porch (now screened) with capitaled chamfered posts and paired brackets at the eaves meets a two-bay clapboarded projection with matching roof line. Small six-over-six sash light the second story.

Attached to the east wing is a circa 1970, one-story, clapboarded, gable roofed garage with a double-width overhead door on its south eaves front. This garage replaced the original two-and-one-half story, clapboarded, gable roofed carriage barn that was destroyed by the fire.

The house is associated with Sidney Whipple, partner in the Whipple, Thompson and Co. that owned the sawmill (#154) and gristmill (#155) on Westminster Street. Whipple lived here from the 1890s until his death in 1920.

21. Allen House (Grove Street); 1960.
1 story; wood-framed; clapboarded; gable roof; exterior fireplace chimney on west (street) gable elevation. Noncontributing owing to age.

22. Wilbur Rugg House (Main and Grove Streets); 1966.
Maynard Stratton,builder; 1 story; wood-framed; clapboarded; gable roof; molded cornice, window surrounds; 1-over-1 sash; main (south) entrance porch with slotted posts, scroll brackets, X-pattern balustrade. Noncontributing owing to age.

23. U. S. Post Office (Main Street); 1960.
William E. Dailey, contractor; 1 story; wood-framed; wide clapboard sheathing; gable roof; entrance vestibule on south gable front. Noncontributing owing to age.

24. Tenney's Lumber Mill Store (Main Street); extensively altered and enlarged c. 1940, 1978.
1 story; wood-framed and concrete-block; boards and-battens except stamped metal on rear of east elevation; shed roof with partial false front on south facade; 4-bay storefront an right of south facade with transomed display windows. Incorporates c. 1920 automobile service station. Noncontributing owing to severe alteration.

25. Warner Block-Odd Fellows Building (Main Street); c. 1850.
Oriented perpendicular to the street, this vernacular Greek Revival, two and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded building of rectangular plan rests on a brick foundation A molded cornice follows the eaves of the gable roof, sheathed with stamped metal of crow's-foot pattern. The roof carries three high interior chimneys with enlarged bases; that at the north ridge end retains a denticulated corbeled cap.

The main (south) gable facade incorporates a storefront and upper-story entrance on the first story. The storefront consists of a recessed off-center entrance with four-panel door flanked by two-light reveals, a six-light display windows on the right, and two nine-light windows of the same overall size on the left, all with paneled spandrels. The left-bay, upper- story entrance is recessed behind a paneled reveal. The three-bay second story two-bay attic openings have six-over-six sash headed by molded lintels.

Both the southwest and northwest corners of the building were extended circa 1901 to accommodate stairways providing access to the second-story hall used by I.O.O.F. Lodge No 33. The clapboarded, nearly blind extensions follow the slope of the main roof. The six-bay east eaves elevation retains its original exterior surface.

The building's storefront was occupied by Israel Warner's meat market after 1864 and it remained in Warner family ownership until 1901. During that period, a two-bay, flat-roofed porch with bracketed slotted posts spanned the facade. The storefront included two off-center recessed entrances flanked by large display windows above paneled spandrels.

26. Sabin-Bryant Block (Main and School Street); c. 1865.
Severely altered from its historic appearance, this vernacular Greek Revival gable-front, two-and-one-half story, wood-framed commercial block has been sheathed with boards-and-battens on its south and east (street) elevations and asphalt shingles on the west and north elevations. Molded window lintels survive only on the six-bay west eaves elevation. The window openings contain mostly two-over-two sash and various modern windows. A molded cornice (and frieze band on the west elevation) remains visible at the eaves of the gable roof now sheathed with corrugated metal and carrying two interior chimneys at the ridge.

The originally three-bay Main Street (south) gable facade displays remnants of its circa 1900 appearance, principally the recessed central entrance sheltered by a second-story oriel. The entrance consists of two modern doors, blind transoms, and partly glazed reveals. Modern plate-glass windows now flank the entrance. The oriel has been sheathed with boards-and battens below its windows (a two-over-two in the central panel and one-over-ones on the sides); it retains a crowning molded cornice. At the right corner of the facade, an enclosed two-story, shed-roofed porch has been altered by the installation of first-story display windows; a flared wood shingled apron marks the second story.

On the east (School Street) eaves elevation, the southeast corner Porch stops at an altered two-story, formerly two-bay, gabled pavilion also sheathed with boards-and-battens. To the right of the pavilion, the two-story porch resumes, its first story being entirely board-and-battened while the second story retains seven open bays with box posts above the flared apron. Attached to the north gable elevation is a one-story, shed-roofed wing with double leaf, vertically boarded garage doors on its east front. A one-and-one-half story carriage barn was attached to the wing's north elevation until circa 1920.

The building was owned by the Sabin family between 1879 and 1903. A. H. Sabin operated a dry-goods store in the 1880s and sold house furnishings after 1897. At the turn of the century, the building displayed a polychromatic paint treatment that highlighted its stylistic features. Capitaled corner pilasters supported a frieze band that followed the eaves cornice. The storefront consisted of a recessed central entrance with twin doorways flanked by full-bay, plate-glass display windows, all sheltered by a bracketed continuous canopy below the central oriel. On the east elevation, a one story, flat-roofed porch with pedestaled posts occupied the southeast corner. Between the 1910s and 1942, J. W. Bryant operated a popular confectionery here. This building is non-contributing owning to severe alterations.

27. Harry Morrison House (School Street); c. 1865.
This vernacular one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed (with asphalt shingles and standing-seam metal) house rests on a brick foundation. Its main block stands perpendicular to the street but the three-bay east gable front lacks an entrance; the window openings are trimmed with bracketed lintels above the two-over-two sash. The narrow corner boards culminate in molded capitals at the fascia. The main entrance occurs on the left of the two-bay south eaves elevation, marked by fluted pilasters carrying a simplified entablature.

A slightly reduced south ell projects from the main block's southwest corner. On the ell's east eaves elevation, a secondary entrance sheltered by a gabled canopy occupies the left bay while triplet three-over-three sash with continuous bracketed lintel light the right side. A full-length porch added circa 1900 to this elevation has been removed.

Added circa 1940 to the ell's south gable elevation, a one-story, one-by-three bay, clapboarded, shed-roofed wing is lighted by three-over-three sash (some coupled). The basement contains a garage with an overhead door on the east front.

The house is associated with Harry Morrison, who owned it between the 1910s and 1930s.

28. Roux-Kelly House (off School Street); c. 1840.
Facing an abandoned roadway that linked School Street and Main Street, this large vernacular Greek Revival, two-and-one-half story, wood-framed house of rectangular plan has been sheathed with asbestos shingles over the original clapboards although the gable roof retains slate shingles. A rebuilt interior chimney surmounts the north slope. A molded cornice follows both the raking and horizontal eaves, returning across both the west and east gables to form expansive pediments. The somewhat irregular fenestration consists of two-over-two sash.

The five-bay main (west) facade is arranged symmetrically around a central entrance with molded lintel; the double-leaf doors have a large single light over a molded panel. Added circa 1890, a three-bay, flat-roofed (with molded cornice) porch spans the facade, incorporating chamfered posts with paneled pedestals and cutout brackets, cutout balustrade, and lattice skirt. The right bay has been deformed by a modern two-bay, shed-roofed projection with box posts and shifted cutout balustrade. The five-bay south eaves elevation is marked at the left end by a three-sided bay windows with two-over-two sash, molded paneled spandrels, and molded cornice. A matching bay window has been recently removed from the right-end bay.

A one-and-one-half story wing with a slated gable roof extends from main block's rear (east) gable elevation. The wing's two-bay north eaves elevation includes a left entrance sheltered by a two-bay recessed porch with partial lattice enclosure. A twelve-over-twelve sash lights the east gable.

During the period 1887-1902, Professor Louis C. A. Roux of Vermont Academy maintained a dormitory here for his French-language students under the name "La Maison Francaise." Between circa 1910 and 1930, the house was owned by James and Alice Kelly, the latter being a member of the entrepreneurial Scofield family.

29. Clara Ranney House (off School Street); c. 1860.
A vernacular Greek Revival duplex of rectangular plan, this two-and-one half story, six-by-two bay, wood-framed and clapboarded house with an asphalt shingled gable roof stands parallel to the roadway. Capitaled corner boards support a frieze band below the molded eaves cornice. The plain interior chimneys rise from the ridge. The regular fenestration consists of six-over-six. sash.

The six-bay main (south) eaves facade is arranged in mirror image with twin off-center entrances. A full-length, three-bay, hip-roofed (with standing-seam metal) porch with chamfered posts and dimension balustrade is approached at the center by a high flight of exposed wood steps. Beneath the porch deck (supported by intermediate brick piers), the excavated ground reveals a clapboarded basement. A corresponding shed-roofed porch extends the length of the rear (north) elevation.

The house is associated with Clara Ranney, who lived here from the 1950s until the 1970s.

30. Lucy Stone House (School Street); c. 1870.
This vernacular two-story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of modest scale carries a gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street and now sheathed with corrugated metal. A molded cornice follows the eaves, supported by narrow capitaled corner boards. The window openings are fitted with two-over-two sash.

The originally three-bay main (east) gable facade with central entrance was extended circa 1900 by a north addition under the same roof slope. The entrance is headed by a molded sunburst and sheltered by a circa 1890 hip roofed porch with two open bays of slotted posts next to a two-bay clapboarded projection under the same roof. Added circa 1930 to the three-bay south eaves elevation is an enclosed, shallow-gabled porch with four-light windows and novelty-sided apron.

A small one-story, horizontally boarded, gable-roofed shed wing is attached to the rear of the west gable elevation. This shed formerly linked to a one-and-one-half story carriage barn.

The house is associated with Lucy Stone, who lived here from the 1920s until the 1940s.

31. Saxtons River Public School (School Street); 1915.
Surrounded by expansive playgrounds along the north crown of the curving street, the village's imposing two-story (plus half-exposed basement), brick, hip-roofed school was erected in 1915. Its eclectic design incorporates a high rusticated foundation, a projecting hip-roofed entrance pavilion with a hipped dormer, flat-arched door and window openings, and redstone trim. Carved rafter tails appear at the projecting eaves of the roof, which concludes in a large deck. Two massive interior rectangular chimneys surmount the deck; the west chimney retains a corbeled cap.

The rusticated brick foundation rises to a pebbled redstone water table that serves as continuous sill for the first-story window openings. Modern one-over-one sash have been installed in the basement fenestration, whose arrangement matches that of the upper stories. The latter retain original vertically elongated two-over-two sash. The openings are relieved by splayed flat-arches and have pebbled redstone sills. The walls are laid up in five course American bond with alternating headers and stretches in the tie courses.

The symmetrical main (south) facade is dominated by a three-bay central pavilion that projects one bay outward from the flanking two-bay wall panels. Approached by a high flight of concrete steps, the central entrance is recessed behind a flat-arched opening supported by two square brick pillars with redstone capitals and bases placed in antis. The double-leaf paneled (with large lights) doors are flanked by half-length, 20-pane sidelights and surmounted by a transom subdivided into a 30-pane central panel and two 12 pane side panels. Coupled slender one-over-one sash occupy the side bays on both upper stories. Above the entrance, redstone sign panels are incised with "Saxtons River" over "Public 1915 School" in block characters. Aligned with the entrance, a slate-sheathed hipped dormer with coupled 12-light windows emerges from the pavilion's roof. The wall panels flanking the pavilion have single two-over-two sash in their inner bays and blind outer bays.

The east and west elevations are of shorter length but are illuminated by seven coupled two-over-two sash with continuous flat-arched lintel and redstone sill. A flat-arched recessed entrance occurs at ground level on the south end of each elevation. In these cases, the double-leaf doors are surrounded by half-length, four-pane sidelights and a transom subdivided into panels of 3, 30, and 3 panes. Above each entrance, the upper-story bays contain coupled two-over-two sash.

Added in 1954 to the north elevation on an east offset is a one-story, brick, flat-roofed wing with multiple large-light windows. This wing does not contribute to the character of the historic district.

31A. Garage; c. 1950: 1 story; 2 x 4 bays; wood-framed; asphalt-shingle sheathing; shallow-pitch roof; 2 overhead doors on north front. Noncontributing owing to age.

32. A. T. Pierce Barn (off School Street); 1899.
This one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded horse barn carries a broad gable roof now sheathed with standing-seam metal. The south gable front is entered by double exterior vertically boarded sliding doors. A two-over-two sash lights the gable. The west eaves elevation extends six bays of small two-light windows.

The barn was constructed in 1899 for A. T. Pierce. An elongated one story wagon shed with an open west front extended southward from the barn's right-front corner. Four years later, the new hotel (#37) was erected nearby without a carriage barn so this barn was taken over for that purpose. During the 1920s, it was adapted to an "auto house" for the hotel. Presently (1986) it is used for storage by a local building contractor.

33. Philip Frey House (School Street); c. 1870.
Oriented perpendicular to the street, this vernacular one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan rests on a brick foundation. A rear cross-gable interrupts the south slope of the gable roof (now sheathed with corrugated metal) with projecting plain eaves. An exterior brick fireplace chimney was added in the late 1940s to the now two-bay west gable facade in place of the original central entrance (a one-bay, flat-roofed entry porch was removed at the same time). The window openings are fitted with two-over-two sash.

The five-bay south eaves facade includes an entrance beneath the cross gable. A circa 1900, one-bay, flat-roofed porch with capitaled square pillars, dimension balustrade (except novelty siding on the enclosed west end), and lattice skirt shelters the three-bay portion of the facade below the gable.

A reduced and recessed former shed (east) wing with raised roof slopes includes an entrance on its two-bay south eaves elevation sheltered by a shed roofed canopy with triangular outrigger. The wing links to a one-and-one-half story, clapboarded, gable-roofed (with asphalt shingles) carriage barn. The barn's south eaves front includes an overhead garage door at the left end below a loft door and five small stall windows to the right.

The house is associated with Philip Frey, its owner since 1937.

33A. Playhouse; 1912: Sited on the house's north grounds, this one-story, one-by-one bay, wood-framed and novelty-sided playhouse with an asphalt shingled gable roof is lighted by four-pane windows. The entrance on its north gable front is sheltered by a one-bay, shed-roofed (with shouldered eaves) porch with chamfered posts.

This playhouse was built in 1912 by George Buxton for his daughter, Ruth, while the family lived in the Thompson-Minard House (#69) on Pleasant Street. About ten years later, the family and playhouse moved to the Ramsey-Buxton House (#84) on Main Street. In 1961, the playhouse was moved to its present site, now owned by Ruth Buxton's sister, Helen Frey.

33B. Screenhouse; c. 1950: 1 story; wood-framed; novelty siding; continuous screened openings; gable roof (asphalt shingles). Noncontributing owing to age.

34. Nelson Stearns House (School Street); c. 1870.
A similar contemporary of the adjacent Frey House (#33), this one-and one-half story, three-by-three bay, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan rests on a brick foundation. The corrugated metal-sheathed gable roof has plain projecting eaves, and carries a gabled dormer on its north slope and two interior chimneys, the rear having a corbeled cap. The main (west) gable facade includes a right sidehall entrance sheltered by a one-bay, flat-roofed porch with capitaled chamfered posts. The paneled main door has slender round-headed lights while the window openings contain two-over-two sash.

At the transition to a recessed east wing, a two-bay south cross gable is partly sheltered by a one-bay, shed-roofed, second-story balcony added atop the left end of a circa 1900, three-bay, hip-roofed porch with turned posts, scroll-sawn brackets, and geometrical stickwork balustrade that spans the wing's south elevation. Also added circa 1900, a gable-roofed rear (east) shed wing of similar scale is now sheathed with asphalt shingles.

The house is associated with Nelson Stearns, who owned it from the 1930s until circa 1950.

35. Continental Telephone Building (Main Street); 1949, enlarged c. 1970.
1 story; wood-framed; synthetic siding/brick veneer; gable roof; lacks fenestration. Noncontributing owing to age.

36. Annie Warren House (Main Street); c. 1830.
Similar to the Stearns-Millette House (#82) farther east on Main Street, the Federal style, brick Warren House rises two-and-one-half stories from a brick foundation veneered with granite slabs only on the south facade. The walls are laid up in six-course American bond. A molded cornice follows the eaves of the slate-shingled gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street; an interior chimney surmounts the west eaves. The chimneys have been removed from the eaves of the four-bay east elevation.

The three-bay main (south) gable facade includes a left sidehall entrance with a paneled door flanked by four-pane sidelights of three-quarters length and surmounted by a semielliptical blind panel (formerly louvered) with a wood keystoned molded surround. Added circa 1900, a Queen Anne, one-bay, shed roofed (with shallow pediment) porch with turned posts, scroll-sawn brackets, turned balustrade (and ball-capped entrance newels), and low lattice skirt shelters the entrance. The window openings have splayed flat-arch lintels above the two-over-two sash. A semielliptical louver ventilates the gable.

A one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed (with asphalt shingles) rear (north) wing is half-offset westward. The two-bay south front includes a left entrance; a circa 1900 Queen Anne porch has been removed. Attached to the wing's west eaves elevation is a circa 1960, three-by-three bay, shed-roofed porch with box posts and vertically boarded apron.

The house is associated with Annie Warren, who lived here from the 1910s until the 1950s.

36A. Garage; c. 1960: 1 story; concrete-block; clapboarded gables; gable roof; 2 overhead doors on south gable front. Noncontributing owing to age.

37. Saxtons River Inn (Main Street and Academy Avenue); 1903.
Symbolized by a dramatic five-story corner tower, the village's turn-of the-century hotel dominates its commercial core and surpasses in size all other buildings in the historic district. Replacing an early nineteenth century predecessor that was demolished to clear the site, the hotel was constructed in 1903 for the Saxtons River Hotel Co. William H. Dean, Sr., a local builder, participated in the project. The building has been only slightly altered from its original appearance.

The eclectically designed, wood-framed and clapboarded hotel of U-plan rises three and one-half stories from a brick foundation to a cross-gable roof shingled with red and gray slate. A molded cornice follows both the horizontal and raking eaves, returning to form pediments on the west and east (partial) gables. A two-bay (of two-over-one sash) shed dormer emerges from the east slope of the roof north of the front block. Headed by molded lintels, the window openings are fitted mostly with two-over-one sash.

Engaging the southeast corner of the front block, the five-story square tower exhibits a variety of ornamental features The clapboarded first story is illuminated by a nearly full-width, plate-glass window on each (south and east) face. Above a slightly flared wood-shingled skirt, the second story has two bays of two-over-one sash. These are repeated on the clapboarded third story, which is surmounted by an extension of the main horizontal cornice. The wood-shingled fourth story differs by its paired bays of large fixed lights with transoms of triangular divisions. The wood-shingle sheathing continues upward to the sill level of the fifth-story windows, these being triplet multiple-diamonds-over-one sash . Above their heads, multiple scroll sawn brackets support the overhanging eaves of the slate-shingled pyramidal roof.

Left of the tower, the five-bay south eaves facade presents to Main Street an off-central entrance with double-leaf glazed and paneled doors flanked by "half-sash" sidelights with diamond upper panes. A two-story, flat-roofed gallery porch crosses the facade, comprising tapered columns with molded capitals, turned balustrade, and lattice skirt flanking the broad wood steps at the entrance. An off-center doorway opens onto the porch's second story.

Right of the tower, the east gable elevation of the front block extends two bays, and the two-story porch resumes with matching components. On the half-gable pediment, a two-over-one window lights the clapboarded tympanum. Projecting northward from the front block, an ell block of similar appearance and scale extends eight bays along its slightly recessed east eaves elevation. Until its collapse around 1970, the two-story porch continued five additional bays to span the entire length of this elevation. Now the off-center east entrance is sheltered by a one-bay, gabled porch with chamfered posts and exposed framing (added circa 1980). The rear (north) gable elevation of this block has a circa 1920, shed-roofed, screened porch.

Repeating the appearance of the first ell, a rear block projects two bays westward as an ell from the former's five-bay west eaves elevation. This ell has a three-bay west gable elevation.

38. A. T. Pierce House (Academy Avenue); c. 1910.
This Colonial Revival style house and the virtually identical Adams House (#39) next to the north were constructed by William H. Dean, Sr., a builder active in the development of Academy Avenue. Marked by various projections, the two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and mostly clapboarded house rests on a brick foundation. A boldly projecting molded cornice follows the eaves of the asphalt-shingled gable roof oriented parallel to the street and its horizontal returns form two-bay pediments on the north and south gables. Both these and other gabled features are sheathed with wood shingles. A low central chimney straddles the ridge. The window openings have molded lintels above the one-over-one sash.

The two-bay main (east) eaves facade includes a right entrance and, at the left corner, a truncated first story with a transomed large-light window. Both are sheltered by the three-bay, flat-roofed (with projecting cornice) porch with Tuscan columns and wood-shingled (partly octagonal) apron with central entrance opening. Above the porch roof, a right-bay pavilion with shallow three-sided bow window is capped by a one-bay pedimented gable. Above the left bay is a one-bay roof dormer with a smaller pedimented gable.

The south elevation extends three bays beneath the main gable and continues two bays under the horizontal eaves of the similar-scaled rear (west) ell. A three-sided bay window with one-over-one sash, clapboarded spandrels, and projecting cornice emerges from a central position. On the recessed north elevation of the ell, a two-bay porch with columns and stickwork balustrade shelters a secondary entrance. Appended to the ell's rear (west) gable elevation is a one-story, two-bay, shed-roofed wing sheathed with asbestos shingles.

This house is associated with A. T. Pierce, its original owner who lived here until the 1920s.

39. Harry Adams House (Academy Avenue); c. 1910.
The nearly identical Colonial Revival twin of the adjacent Pierce House (#38), the Adams House differs on the front block only by the stamped metal of crow's-foot pattern applied to the roof. This is probably the original sheathing applied by the builder, Wllliam H. Dean, Sr.

The west ell of this house differs by having its secondary entrance sheltered by a two-bay, pent-roofed porch recessed into the south elevation. Also in this case, a two-story, one-bay, clapboarded wing with a half-gable roof is attached to the ell's rear (west) gable elevation.

This house is associated with Harry Adams, who owned it between clrca 1915 and 1945.

40. Ralph Severens House (Academy Avenue); c. 1870.
Oriented not quite parallel to the street, this vernacular two-and-one half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan rests on a brick foundation. A molded cornice without returns follows the eaves of the slate-shingled gable roof, which carries two plain interior chimneys. The regular fenestration consists of two-over-two sash with molded lintels.

The three-bay main (east) eaves facade was somewhat altered in 1900 for then-owner Fay Fuller by the addition of two three-sided bay windows flanking the central entrance; each has a central two-over-two sash, slender one-over ones on the sides, wood paneled spandrels. Also added at the same time, a shed-roofed porch spans the facade in five bays with turned posts, dimension balustrade, and lattice skirt.

On the two-bay south gable elevation, a left entrance is sheltered by a circa 1900, two-bay porch with bracketed chamfered posts. The south porch meets the small one-story, gable-roofed (with standing-seam metal) shed ell offset southward from the main block's southwest corner.

The house is associated with Ralph Severens, who has owned it since 1936.

40A. Carriage Barn; c. 1900: Standing southwest of the house is a small one and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded carriage barn with a gable roof now sheathed with corrugated metal. The two-bay east eaves front is entered on the right by a vertically boarded interior sliding door surmounted by a loft door. A two-over-two sash lights the left bay.

41. Edward Spaulding House (Academy Avenue); c. 1870, moved c. 1890.
Moved circa 1890 from an unknown origin to its present site, this vernacular two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house resting on a brick foundation has been reoriented from an original three-bay gable front. Placed with its corrugated metal-sheathed gable roof parallel to the street, the house presents a five-bay eaves facade that incorporates the flush one-and-one-half story north wing. The window openings contain two-over-two sash below molded lintels.

The five-bay main (east) eaves facade possesses an off-center entrance at the joint between the two blocks, sheltered by a one-bay, shed-roofed porch with turned posts, geometrical stickwork balustrade, and lattice skirt. Next to the left is a two-story, clapboarded, gabled pavilion with paired sash on its first story. A one-bay shed wall dormer emerges from the east slope of the north wing's gable roof The three-bay south (originally main) gable elevation retains a left sidehall entrance sheltered by a small one-bay, flat roofed porch with chamfered posts.

Projecting from the north wing's west elevation, a one-and-one-half story shed ell expands into a clapboarded, gable-roofed former carriage barn. A new entrance marks its partly exposed east gable front while new fenestration lights its north eaves elevation.

The house is associated with Edward Spaulding, its owner during the first quarter of this century.

41A. Garage; c. 1920: Sited southwest of the house is a one-story, wood framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed (with corrugated metal) garage. Double leaf, vertically boarded doors enter its one-bay east gable front.

42. James Pollard House (Academy Avenue); c. 1860, moved c. 1890.
Probably moved circa 1890 to its present site, this vernacular two-and one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded former duplex house of rectangular plan rests on a brick foundation. A molded cornice (without returns) follows the eaves of the slate-shingled gable roof oriented parallel to the street. The window openings contain two-over-two sash.

The main (east) eaves facade retains five bays with one off-center entrance; the formerly adjacent second entrance has been removed. A three bay, shed-roofed porch spans the facade, comprising bracketed chamfered posts, dimension balustrade, and lattice skirt. The three-bay south gable elevation has been altered by the recent installation of room-height glazed panels at its left corner. A former one-story shed wing has been removed from this end of the house but its one-story, clapboarded, shed-roofed counterpart survives at the northwest corner.

The house is associated with James Pollard, who owned it during the 1950s.

42A. Garage; c. 1940: 1 story; wood-framed; novelty siding; gable roof; double-leaf, vertically boarded doors with three-light glazing on east gable front Noncontributing owing to age.

43. Robert O'Connor House (Academy Avenue and Burk Hill Road); c. 1900.
Similar to, but less detailed than, the contemporary Simonds House (#19) on Grove Street, this vernacular two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house on a brick foundation stands with its asphalt-shingled gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street. The regular fenestration consists of one-over-one sash with molded lintels.

The three-bay main (east) gable facade includes a right sidehall entrance. A Queen Anne, hip-roofed porch spans the facade in two bays, comprising turned posts, cutout balustrade (with ball-capped newels at the entrance opening), and lattice skirt. On the south eaves elevation, a two-and-one-half story, two-bay, gabled pavilion projects one bay outward on the left half. A smaller one-bay gabled pavilion projects from the opposite (north) elevation.

A one-and-one-half story rear (west) wing extends two bays along its south eaves elevation. A two-bay, shed-roofed porch with square posts shelters a left entrance. A gabled dormer emerges from the north slope of the gable roof.

The house is associated with Robert O'Connor, its owner from 1931 until the 1960s.

43A. Garage; c. 1935: Standing northwest of the house, this one-story (plus exposed basement on the east and south elevations), wood-framed and clapboarded garage with an asphalt-shingled gable roof fronts Burk Hill Road. Two sliding doors (one interior and one exterior of beaded matched boards) enter its north gable front while two bays of six-pane windows light its east and west eaves elevations.

44. Alexander Campbell House (Academy Avenue and Burk Hill Road); c. 1905.
William H. Dean, Sr. constructed this Colonial Revival house probably a few years prior to the twin Pierce and Adams Houses (#38 and 39) near the south end of the street. The Campbell House surpasses those houses in stylistic development although their designs are conspicuously similar. Now adapted to a Vermont Academy residence hall, this house is associated with Alexander Campbell, who owned it from about 1910 until the 1930s.

The two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and mostly clapboarded house of ell plan rests on a brick foundation and carries a steeply pitched cross-gable roof shingled with slate. A boldly projecting molded cornice follows the eaves and its horizontal returns form pediments on the gables, whose tympanums are sheathed with wood shingles. A low interior chimney surmounts the south gable peak. The varied fenestration consists mostly of two-over-one sash with molded lintels.

The asymmetrical main (west) facade possesses a left-hand sidehall entrance (with a one-light paneled door) subordinate to an off-center shallow three sided bow window with a one-over-one sash and clapboarded spandrels. A multi-bay, flat-roofed veranda with Tuscan columns, dimension balustrade, and lattice skirt spans the facade. Emulating the form of the bow window, the porch's second bay from the left curves outward to a square-neweled entrance opening. The south end of the porch forms a semicircle as it curves around the house's truncated southwest corner where three contiguous sash suggest another bow window. On the second story below the left cross-gable, a bow window occurs somewhat to the left of its first-story counterpart. The gable's tympanum is lighted by a two-over-one sash crowned by a blind lunette. The right bay of the second story is occupied by a large three-over-one sash mounted in a shallow rectangular projection with stepped-out cornice. Directly above, a clapboarded dormer with a broad one-over-one sash and slated hipped cap interrupts the west slope of the roof.

The two-bay south gable elevation is marked by a three-sided bay window with a central two-over-one sash, one-over-ones on the sides, and clapboarded spandrels. Both the south and north gables are lighted by paired two-over-one sash flanking a central blind panel. The latter elevation also includes a first-story rectangular window projection with a large one-over-one sash.

An east ell of similar appearance extends three bays along its north (Burk Hill Road) eaves elevation. An off-center entrance is sheltered by a two-bay porch with components like the front veranda. An exterior skeletal steel fire escape has been added to the east gable elevation.

44A. Garage; c. 1920: Standing east of the house is a one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded garage with a corrugated metal-sheathed gable roof. Two sets of double-leaf, vertically boarded doors enter the west gable front while two bays of two-over-two sash light the north and south eaves elevations.

45. May Buchanan House (Academy Avenue); c. 1900.
William H. Dean, Sr. built this house in a Queen Anne manner, contrasting with the Colonial Revival houses (#38, 39 and 44) that he would create along the street a few years later. The two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and mostly clapboarded house of ell plan rests on a brick foundation, and the cross-gable roof is shingled with red slate. The gables are sheathed with wood shingles in varying textures, and lighted by small coupled nine-over-one sash. A molded cornice follows the horizontal eaves while the raking eaves carry chamfered bargeboards. The window openings have molded lintels and are fitted mostly with two-over-one sash.

A gable-front west block presents to the street a two-bay facade whose first story consists of a three-sided bay windows with two-over-one sash, clapboarded spandrels, and projecting cornice. The west gable is distinguished by diamond and octagonal shingles. A two-bay, shed-roofed porch extends from the west block's one-bay south eaves elevation across the two-bay west elevation of the eaves-front south block; the porch comprises turned posts, pendanted brackets, spindle valance, two-tier balustrade, and lattice skirt. The porch shelters the main entrance in the left corner bay of the south block's west front. The south block's two-bay south gable elevation wears octagonal and rectangular shingles on its gable.

A two-bay east ell of similar appearance has been somewhat altered by the enclosure of the original entrance porch on its south eaves elevation. A one story, clapboarded, shed-roofed wing extends across the rear (east) gable elevation.

The house is associated with May Buchanan, who lived here from its construction until the 1930s.

45A. Garage; c 1960: 1 story; wood-framed; clapboarded; gable roof; 2 overhead doors on south gable front. Noncontributing owing to age.(Burned 1988)

46. Davis-Hitchcock House (Academy Avenue; c. 1890.
This vernacular Queen Anne, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan rests on a brick foundation, its asphalt-shingled gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street. A molded cornice bearing a narrow scalloped fringe follows both the horizontal and raking eaves. The window openings have molded lintels above the mostly two-over-two sash.

The three-bay main (west) gable facade includes a right sidehall entrance with single-light paneled door. A two-bay, flat-roofed porch spans the facade with turned posts, spindle brackets, geometrical stickwork balustrade (with ball-capped newels at the entrance opening), lattice skirt, and modern metal step railings. Coupled one-over-one sash light the gable, sheathed above the window lintel with octagonal wood shingles. Both the three-bay north and south eaves elevations are marked by an off-center gabled wall dormer.

A reduced and recessed rear (east) wing of similar appearance includes a left entrance on its two-bay south eaves elevation. A two-bay porch on this elevation matches the front porch except for the missing balustrade.

The house was built for the Davis family, who owned it until the 1920s. Ruth Hitchcock has lived here since 1953.

47. Tillinghast-Hughes House (Academy Avenue); c. 1875.
Probably the first house constructed after Academy Avenue was opened, this vernacular Italianate Revival, wood-framed and clapboarded house of cruciform plan rises two stories from a brick foundation to an asphalt shingled, cross-gable roof of shallow pitch. Two interior chimneys with enlarged bases surmount the ridge. The window openings are trimmed with molded lintels above the mostly two-over-two sash. The corner boards are embellished with a corner torus molding. A simplified entablature follows the eaves .

Both the gable-front west block and the recessed north and south ells have dominantly vertical proportions one bay in width. The west facade incorporates on the first story a three-sided bay window with a central two-over-two sash and one-over-ones on the sides, paneled spandrels, and projecting cornice. Coupled slender one-over-one sash occupy the second story while a louvered oculus with keystoned surround ventilates the low gable

A Colonial Revival, shed-roofed porch with Tuscan columns, dimension balustrade, and lattice skirt extends along the west block's two-bay south eaves elevation with the main entrance an the right. The porch meets the one by-one bay south ell with its south elevation treated similar to the west facade. Its first-story bay window differs by being rectangular and having paired one-over-one sash in the central panel.

A one-and-one-half story east wing extends four bays along its south eaves elevation. Two shed wall dormers emerge from both the north and south slopes of the gable roof. The Colonial Revival porch resumes from the south ell and shelters two off-center entrances on the wing's south elevation. A two-story carriage barn was attached circa 1890 to the wing's east gable elevation but has been removed since 1950.

The house was owned around the turn of the century by Charles Tillinghast, teacher of classics at Vermont Academy. The Hughes family occupied the house from the 1910s until circa 1970.

48. "The Beehive" (Academy Avenue); c. 1860.
This vernacular tenement was built some time prior to the opening of Academy Avenue, and was approached by a driveway from Main Street. The plain two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded building rests on a stone foundation, its asphalt-shingled gable roof oriented parallel to the street. A molded cornice follows the eaves with partial returns on the gable ends. Twin gabled dormers interrupt the west slope; each contains coupled sash flanked by vertical panels and surmounted by pedimented gables. The window openings are fitted mostly with modern one-over-one sash interspersed with older two-over-two sash.

The main (west) eaves facade extends eight bays in length, including entrances with paneled doors in the third and sixth bays. Both are sheltered by a Colonial Revival, four-bay, hip-roofed porch added circa 1920 with tapered square pillars and wood-shingled apron with two entrance openings. A similar two-bay porch occurs on the three-bay south gable elevation, sheltering a rear-corner entrance and overlapping one bay onto the one-and one-half story southeast ell that projects three bays along its south eaves elevation. A one-bay pedimented dormer emerges from the south slope of its gable roof. A similar ell projects from the building's northeast corner; in that case, the two-bay porch shelters only the ell's north eaves elevation.

49. Richard Stevens House (Academy Avenue); c. 1915.
Possibly rebuilt from a circa 1900 carriage barn on the site, this one-and-one-half story, wood-framed house of rectangular plan shows both Queen Anne and Shingle Style influences. Above a brick foundation, the first story is clapboarded. A slightly flared skirt encircles the top of the first story, and the upper wall surfaces are sheathed with octagonal wood shingles. A molded cornice follows the eaves of the gable roof oriented parallel to the street and now covered with corrugated metal; the original roof sheathing is unknown. One interior chimney rises above the ridge. The window openings share molded lintels but contain various types of sash.

The symmetrical three-bay main (west) eaves facade possesses a central entrance flanked by large windows of a single light with transom. A Queen Anne, one-bay porch with turned posts, clapboarded apron, and pedimented shallow-gable roof shelters the entrance, corresponding in width to a gabled wall dormer directly above. The latter is opened by a double-leaf (each of two lights) casement window. The four-bay north and south gable elevations are distinguished by a shingled blind eyebrow on each gable peak. A reduced and recessed east wing has been altered by the addition of a shed-roofed second story.

The house is associated with Richard Stevens, its owner during the third quarter of this century.

50. Storefront (Academy Avenue); c. 1950.
1 story; wood-framed; asbestos shingled; slated gable roof; stepped falsefront on three-bay west facade with casement windows flanking central entrance; concrete-block, shed-roofed garage wing on east. Built for Richard Stevens as electrical supply shop. Noncontributing owing to age.

51. Simonds Store - Saxtons River Village Market (Main Street and Academy Avenue); c. 1870.
The only brick commercial block in Saxtons River village consists of an Italianate Revival, two-and-one-half story building of rectangular plan resting on a granite slab foundation, above which the brick walls are laid up in seven-course American bond. A denticulated molded cornice embellishes the eaves of the gable roof oriented perpendicular to Main Street and shingled with polychromatic slate. A rebuilt interior chimney surmounts the ridge, lacking its original corbeled cap. The window openings are segmental-headed with corbeled labels and granite keystones, and are fitted with two-over-two sash.

The main (south) gable facade possesses a five-bay storefront entirely rebuilt in 1985. The recessed central entrance includes two glazed multi panel doors hung diagonally on each side of a plate-glass window. The entrance opening is flanked on each side by two bays of plate-glass display windows above paneled spandrels. Also rebuilt in 1985, a flat-roofed (with denticulated cornice) porch spans the facade in three bays, supported by capitaled paneled posts with stylized brackets that stand on a low brick skirt concealing a brick deck with a ramped surface. The second story is marked by twin bay windows added circa 1880 to the side bays in place of the original flush windows. The three-sided bay windows have two-over-two sash, paneled spandrels, and denticulated cornices.

The seven-bay west (Academy Avenue) eaves elevation includes two disused off-center entrances. A skeletal iron fire escape with second-story landing was added in 1985, recycled from the Rockingham Town Hall in nearby Bellows Falls. Attached to the rear (north) gable elevation is a two-story, wood framed and clapboarded shed wing with a slated gable roof. The two-bay west eaves elevation includes a left entrance while a shed-roofed stair wing was added in 1985 to the opposite (east) elevation.

The original appearance of the building differed primarily on the main facade. The upper-story entrance with a paneled door and transom was placed off-center, flanked by similar storefronts with recessed double-leaf entrances and flanking two- or four-light display windows. The three-bay porch had capitaled paneled pillars standing on a low wood deck. Near the front (right) end of the west elevation, a one-bay, flat-roofed canopy with capitaled square posts on paneled pedestals sheltered steps descending to a basement entrance (now infilled). The interior chimneys at the ridge carried corbeled caps.

The building was constructed probably for John Farnsworth, who lived in the adjacent Italianate Revival house (#52). Isaac Glynn rented one half for a grocery and dry-goods store around 1870, followed by his sons, Cyrus L. and Cyrus F. A separate meat market occupied the basement, entered from the west elevation. Charles F. Simonds took over the grocery store in the 1890s and, after performing extensive renovations in 1899, purchased the building in 1903. He continued until circa 1940, and his sons maintained the business until 1960. The present owners, Andrew and Dorothy Wind, undertook a substantial rehabilitation of the building in 1985.

52. John Farnsworth House (Main Street); c. 1860.
The finest expression of Italianate Revival residential design on Main Street retains its original stylistic features with certain modifications. Oriented perpendicular to the street, the two-and-one-half story, wood-framed Farnsworth House of cruciform plan has been sheathed with synthetic siding over the original clapboards although the cross-gable roof retains slate shingles. The house rests on a granite slab foundation with a beveled cap, from which corner boards ascend to support a frieze band below the denticulated eaves cornice. The main interior chimney rises to a denticulated corbeled cap while two others lack same. The varied fenestration consists predominantly of two-over two sash, each with footed sill, molded surround, and headed by a frieze band and denticulated cornice echoing the eaves treatment.

The two-bay main (south) gable facade presents a right sidehall entrance consisting of double-leaf paneled doors, each with a large round-headed light. On the left, a two-story, three-sided bay window contains coupled slender one over-one sash in the central panel and single one-over-ones on the sides (each with molded surround) and paneled spandrels; a denticulated cornice crowns each story. The gable is illuminated by an unusual four-part window consisting of coupled four-over-two sash abutted by smaller single-light sash; a round-headed louver crowns the window. This ensemble replaced the original round-headed, two-over-two sash with molded surround.

Sheltering the main entrance is a multi-bay veranda with bracketed chamfered posts, dimension balustrade (with ball-capped newels at the entrance openings), wire-screened skirt, and flat roof (plus a shallow entrance gable) with eaves treatment like the main roof. The exposed granite steps have scrolled closed ends. As modified circa 1900, the veranda curves onto the east eaves elevation and stops at a south-facing entrance on the two-and-one half story, two-bay, gabled east pavilion. A three-sided bay window like that on the main facade emerges from the left bay of the pavilion's first story while coupled one-over-one sash occupy the right bay. The east gable's four part window is distinguished by coupled round-headed, two-over-two sash with heavy molded surround.

The west elevation differs only slightly from the east. A two-bay porch lacking a balustrade follows the eaves portion to serve a south entrance (a single paneled door with round-headed lights) on the west pavilion. The latter's west first story is occupied by a rectangular bay window with coupled two-over-two sash in the central panel.

A north wing of similar scale and appearance extends four bays in length. Its east eaves elevation has a three-bay porch matching that on the main block's west elevation while its west elevation is sheltered by a two-story, four-bay porch with dimension posts and balustrade.

Attached to the northeast rear corner of the wing, a two-and-one-half story, clapboarded carriage barn with a slate-shingled gable roof projects eastward as an ell. A frieze band and molded cornice follow both the horizontal and raking eaves. The mostly six-over-six sash have molded surrounds, and an oculus with molded surround lights both the east and west gables. The two-bay south eaves front exhibits a unique Tudor-arched carriage entrance with molded surround; the interior sliding door is vertically boarded and overlaid with two-tiered bracing. Directly above, a rectangular loft door is treated similarly.

The house was constructed for John A. Farnsworth, a partner from 1848 until 1893 in the woolen mill (see #120) on Maple Street that was the village's leading industry. Originally the main entrance was sheltered by a one-bay porch, and the south half of the east elevation had a separate porch matching that extant on the west elevation. All the porches were crowned by metal roof crestings. An elaborate iron fence enclosed the front grounds, matching that at the Osgood-Colvin House (#100) nearby on Main Street (Farnsworth also owned that house between 1875 and 1890).

53. Dr. F. L. Osgood House (Main and Pleasant Streets); c. 1840.
A semicircular-arched recessed balcony and tetrastyle portico probably added circa 1900 distinguish this Greek Revival, one-and-one-half story, wood-framed house. Resting on a brick foundation, the main block is sheathed with horizontal flush boards to simulate stone. A frieze band and molded cornice follow the eaves of the asphalt-shingled gable roof. Interrupting both the east and west slopes, a wood-shingled hipped wall dormer (added circa 1930) contains coupled two-over-two sash. The original window openings are fitted with two-over-two sash.

The three-bay main (south) gable facade includes a left sidehall entrance flanked by slender half-length, four-pane sidelights and enframed by a fluted surround with corner and head blocks. The portico incorporates Tuscan columns, cutout balustrade, and chamfered newels at the left entrance opening. An identical balustrade protects the balcony, whose three-bay recessed wall panel includes a central entrance.

The east (Pleasant Street) eaves elevation extends four bays in length while the west elevation is marked by a left-end rectangular bay window with triplet one-over-one sash in the central panel, flush-boarded spandrels,and molded cornice. Abutting the bay window on the left, a small one-bay porch with bracketed chamfered post shelters the south-facing entrance with six-panel door, sidelights, and fluted surround that served Dr. 0sgood's office in the house's offset north wing.

On its four-bay west eaves elevation, the wing is clapboarded on the original first story and wood-shingled on the added (circa 1930) second story with varied fenestration. The one-story east elevation retains its original gable roof slope with two added shed dormers. A one-bay porch with capitaled pillar and dimension balustrade shelters a corner entrance on the main block's north end.

Attached to the wing as a northeast ell, a one-and-one-half story, clapboarded, gable-roofed (with wood shingles) shed is used as a garage. Two overhead doors enter its east gable front below a loft door and twelve-light diamond window in the gable peak. A two-story, novelty-sided, shed-roofed wing was added circa 1920 to the shed's rear (west) elevation.

Dr. Frederick L. Osgood lived in this house from about 1896 until his death in 1959, and kept his medical office in the north wing. Among other community activities, he held the position of Moderator for a half-century after the village's original incorporation in 1905. Apparently he added the tetrastyle portico and recessed balcony to his house, possibly inspired by the similar facade treatment of the Saxtons River Hotel, which was demolished in 1903.

54. Horan House (Pleasant Street); c. 1840.
A Greek Revival pentastyle portico unique in the historic district distinguishes the eaves front of this one-and-one-half story, wood-framed house of rectangular plan. Apart from the main facade, the house is now sheathed with synthetic siding over the original clapboards, concealing also the frieze band below the molded cornice of the raking eaves. Asphalt shingles have been applied to the gable roof oriented parallel to the street; a shed dormer emerges from the west slope. The brick foundation is fully exposed on the south elevation and lighted by two bays of twelve-over-eight sash.

The symmetrical five-bay main (east) facade contrasts markedly with the remainder of the house. Fluted Doric columns rise from the wood deck to support the heavy eaves entablature The recessed wall surface is sheathed with flush horizontal boards. The central entrance ensemble comprises full length, five-pane sidelights and a fluted surround with corner and head blocks. The four flanking bays are occupied by nine-over-nine sash of room height.

On the north and south gable elevations, each end bay of the portico is screened with wood lattice below the entablature return. The window bays are fitted with six-over-six sash. A recent one-story, gable-roofed entrance vestibule with small one-over-one sash extends from the southwest corner. A two story, two-bay, gable-roofed shed ell projects from the northwest corner, its basement story fully exposed. A central chimney with corbeled cap surmounts its ridge.

The house is associated with John and Mary Horan, who owned it during a half century after circa 1910. Horan held a principal interest in the woolen mill (see #120) on Maple Street.

55. Baptist Parsonage (Pleasant Street); 1844.
A simpler expression of Greek Revival style than the adjacent houses to the south and north, this two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan carries a slate-shingled gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street. Above the stone foundation, fluted corner pilasters rise to molded capitals at the frieze band that follows the molded cornice only along the horizontal eaves. The regular fenestration consists of two-over-two sash except for two bays of original six-over-sixes in the east gable.

The three-bay main (east) gable facade possesses a right sidehall entrance recessed behind a paneled reveal. Showing either a Queen Anne or an ecclesiastical influence, the six-panel door is flanked by sidelights and transom fitted with stained glass. A fluted surround with bullseye corner blocks enframes the entrance. Added circa 1910, a Queen Anne, flat-roofed veranda spans the facade in four bays, including a single-bay projecting pavilion with very shallow pediment that shelters the steps. Comprising turned posts, dimension balustrade, and matched-board skirt, the veranda continues two bays along the four-bay north eaves elevation to meet a one-story, rectangular, hip-roofed projection that extends four bays westward.

A one-and-one-half story rear (west) wing extends four bays along its recessed south eaves elevation, including a right entrance with fluted surround and corner blocks. A three-bay, shed-roofed porch with square posts shelters the right half of the south elevation. A gabled dormer on the gable roof's south slope contains a twelve-over-eight sash. Near the west end, an angled shed wall dormer retains a recessed paneled door. This apparently related to a two-story carriage barn that was formerly attached to the wing as a southwest ell.

The house was constructed in 1844 to serve as the Baptist parsonage. It remained such until the 1930s when the Baptist and Congregational parishes were federated, and the Congregational parsonage (#148) on Westminster Street was selected to continue in that role.

56. Henry Wiley House (Pleasant Street); c. 1845.
Exhibiting a marked similarity to the Osgood-Colvin House (#100) on Main Street, this high-style Greek Revival house possesses a two-story, tetrastyle portico with expansive pediment. The two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and mostly clapboarded house of rectangular plan stands perpendicular to the street, its gable roof shingled with slate. Paneled corner pilasters ascend to a simplified entablature along the horizontal eaves. Corbeled caps have been removed from the interior chimneys that surmount the ridge ends. Apart from the east facade, the window openings are fitted with six-over-six sash.

The distinctive three-bay main (east) gable facade with its two-story portico is sheathed with horizontal flush boards. The right sidehall entrance is flanked by full-length, six-pane sidelights and enframed by a molded surround with corner blocks bearing raised hemispheres. The window openings are of room height and fitted with nine-over-nine sash, enframed by fluted surrounds with corner blocks. The tetrastyle portico is supported by paneled square pillars, those on the second story being reduced in size. An iron balustrade protects the second-story deck. Above the horizontal entablature, the pediment is enriched by triglyphs, plain metopes, and guttae along the raking eaves. The flush-boarded tympanum bears a large round headed central louver.

The four-bay south eaves elevation is marked by a left-end, three-sided bay window with a central twelve-over-twelve sash and a nine-over-nine on each side, paneled spandrels, and molded cornice. On the opposite (north) elevation, a rectangular, one-story, clapboarded, shed-roofed projection is lighted by two bays of six-over-six sash.

A rear (west) wing similar to the main block extends four bays along its recessed south eaves elevation with a right-central entrance; a former porch has been removed. Attached to the rear of this wing is an altered one-and one-half story former shed wing extending three bays in length and converted to residential use. Its south eaves elevation includes an added deeply recessed right entrance with a fluted surround and corner blocks. Kneewall windows surmount the adjacent bays of six-over-six sash.

The house was constructed circa 1845 for William L. Wiley (1820-1900), a partner with his brothers, George R. and Henry C., and a brother-in-law in a successful tinware business during the 1840s. William L. moved to Illinois in 1851, and Henry C. Wiley (1827-1898) took over the house where he lived the rest of his life. Henry repurchased the tinware business in 1863 and continued with various partners through the 1870s.

The house has been somewhat altered from its original appearance. The windows have been changed at least twice. Six-over-six sash were originally installed but were replaced in 1874 by two-over-two sash - just before lightning struck the house and smashed many of the new sash along with much other damage. On the north elevation, a two-bay, flat-roofed porch with chamfered posts extended from the front corner to the one-story wing. The two-bay south porch on the west wing was supported by bracketed slotted post. The clapboarded, gable-roofed shed wing lacked fenestration.

56A. Carriage Barn; c. 1845: Standing southwest of the house, this wood framed and clapboarded, gable-roofed (with asphalt shingles) former carriage barn was extensively altered circa 1970 to contain first-story garage stalls and second-story residential space. The four-bay east eaves front now includes three overhead garage doors and irregular modern fenestration.

57. Fuller Apartment House (Pleasant Street); c. 1850.
This vernacular Greek Revival, two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and mostly clapboarded house of rectangular plan with a slate-shingled gable roof presents to the street a four-bay east gable elevation that lacks an entrance. From the granite slab foundation, smooth corner pilasters rise to molded capitals supporting a frieze band and molded cornice along the eaves. Two interior chimneys straddle the ridge, the rear retaining its round-headed panels and denticulated corbeled cap. The regular fenestration consists of two-over-two sash surmounted by peaked drip moldings atop the plain lintels.

The main (south) eaves facade is entirely shielded by a circa 1930, two-story, three-bay, shed-roofed screened porch with slender columns and wood shingled apron. Flanking each side of the central entrance, three-sided bay windows with two-over-two sash and paneled spandrels are enclosed within the porch. The opposite (north) elevation has been sheathed with asbestos shingles.

A two-story, gable-roofed west wing also possesses a two-story, shed roofed porch on its south elevation, the four bays with dimension posts and balustrade being mostly screened. Attached to the wing as a southwest ell is a one-and-one-half story, clapboarded former carriage barn with an asphalt shingled gable roof. Three overhead garage doors have been installed on its four-bay east eaves front. A six-pane diamond window lights the south gable peak.

The house is associated with Fay S. Fuller, owner of the Main Street hardware store (#99) who lived here during the 1900s and 1910s. During the 1920s, it was occupied by the Music Department of Vermont Academy under the name of Davidson Hall. Then spanning the south facade was a one-story, three bay, flat-roofed porch with pedestaled chamfered posts and pierced brackets. The five-bay second story was fully exposed.

58. George Alexander House (Pleasant Street); c. 1910.
The Bungaloid character of this one-and-three-quarters story, wood-framed house of rectangular plan has been disfigured by the circa 1970 alteration of its recessed front porch. Above the brick foundation, the first story is clapboarded while the upper wall surfaces are wood-shingled. Oriented parallel to the street, the high gable roof is shingled with slate. The irregular fenestration consists mostly of two-over-one sash in graduated sizes with molded lintels.

The two-bay recessed wall plane of the main (east) eaves facade includes a left entrance and a plate-glass window with four-light transom. The porch has been rebuilt with a scribed concrete deck and thin metal posts, the latter being visually inadequate to carry the large gabled balcony that interrupts the roof slope. The balcony's flared side walls and pedimented gable are sheathed with wood shingles while a dimension balustrade protects the trabeated opening; a left doorway enters the two-bay recessed wall plane. On the south gable elevation, a small three-sided bay window with two-over-one sash and clapboarded spandrels emerges from the first story.

A one-and-one-half story, clapboarded, gable-roofed (with slate) rear (west) ell includes on its recessed south eaves elevation a right entrance sheltered by a one-bay corner porch with capitaled square post. The enlarged rear half of the ell has two overhead garage doors. An exterior wood stair has been added to the west gable elevation.

The house is associated with George Alexander, probably its original owner who lived here until the middle 1920s.

58A. Garage; c. 1930: Standing southwest of the house, this one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and novelty-sided garage with a high gable roof (now sheathed with standing-seam metal) repeats the house's basic form. Two open stalls enter its east gable front while a one-story, vertically boarded, shed roofed wing has been added to the rear.

59. George Richardson House (Pleasant Street); c. 1850.
Yet another vernacular Greek Revival, two-and one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan, this house rests on a granite slab foundation and carries a slate-shingled gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street. Slender torus-molded corner boards with capitals support a frieze band below the molded cornice. Incised scroll forms decorate the lower corners of the eaves. The regular fenestration consists of two-over-two sash with molded lintels.

The three-bay main (east) gable facade includes a right sidehall entrance surmounted by a footed pedimented hood; the paneled door contains slender round-headed lights. A Colonial Revival, three-bay, flat-roofed porch spans the facade, with Tuscan columns (paired at the entrance opening), dimension balustrade, and lattice skirt. On the two-bay south eaves elevation, a three-sided bay window with coupled one-over-one sash in the central panel and one on each side, paneled spandrels, and molded cornice occupies the left bay.

A west wing of similar scale and appearance extends four bays along its south eaves elevation with an off-center entrance. A two-bay, shed-roofed porch with capitaled chamfered posts shelters the entire first story. A one story, shed-roofed, screened pavilion on the west gable elevation has replaced a shed link to a former one-and-one-half story carriage barn.

The house is associated with George Richardson, who owned it during the first quarter of this century.

59A. Garage; c. 1960: 1 story; wood-framed; novelty siding; gable roof; double-width opening on east gable front. Noncontributing owing to age.

60. Emily Pember House (Pleasant Street and Burk Hill Road); c. 1860.
Oriented perpendicular to Pleasant Street, this plain one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan resting on a rubble foundation carries a high asphalt-shingled gable roof with a central chimney. A shed dormer emerges from the north slope. The two-bay east gable elevation lacks an entrance; that occurs centered on the three-bay south eaves facade. To the left of the entrance is a small three-sided bay window with a central two-over-two sash and one-over-ones on the sides above paneled spandrels. The other window openings contain small two-over-two sash.

Offset northward from the main block, a clapboarded, gable-roofed (with corrugated metal) west block of similar scale is lighted by larger two-over two sash. A vertically boarded sliding carriage door enters its west gable elevation next to Burk Hill Road. A one-story, shed-roofed wing occupies the south corner between the two blocks.

The house is associated with Emily Pember, its owner between the 1930s and 1950s.

61. David Stearns House (Pleasant Street); c. 1860.
Of ell plan with its main block oriented perpendicular to the street, this vernacular Greek Revival, one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house with a slate-shingled gable roof rests on a brick foundation. Torus-molded corner pilasters with capitals support a frieze band below the molded eaves cornice. A plain central chimney surmounts the ridge. The window openings are fitted with two-over-two sash belt molded lintels.

The three-bay main (east) gable facade includes a right sidehall entrance; the paneled door with slender round-headed lights is sheltered by a slated gabled canopy with a stickwork gable screen and curved brackets. On the right of the two-bay south eaves elevation is a three-sided bay window with a central two-over-two sash and a slender one-over-one on each side, paneled spandrels, and molded cornice.

Attached to the southwest corner of the main block, the similar south ell projects four bays along its east eaves front where a recessed porch with square posts and pipe railing shelters a three-bay wall panel with central entrance. A two-bay gabled wall dormer interrupts the east slope of the roof.

Attached to the southeast corner of the ell as a parallel wing, a similar small carriage barn possesses on its east eaves front and exterior vertically boarded sliding door on the left, an interior paneled sliding door in the center, and the infilled opening of a former exterior sliding door on the right below a loft door. The barn's south gable elevation is lighted by four small stall windows below two twelve-light windows on the half-story and a two-over-two sash at the gable peak. The downward slope of the ground exposes a clapboarded basement story on the south and west; at that level, a one-story, shed-roofed wing with sliding door has been added to the south elevation.

The house is associated with David Stearns, partner in the Fuller Hardware Co. (see #99) between 1913 and 1947 who lived here during that period and afterward.

61A. Garage; c. 1920: Standing on the lower level south of the house, this wood-framed garage consists of a one-and-one-half story, vertically boarded, gable-roofed (with corrugated metal) main block and a one-story, novelty sided, shed-roofed south wing. Two exterior and one interior, vertically boarded sliding doors enter the east gable front of the main block and one of each the wing. David Stearns formerly used this building as a plumbing shop.

62. Raymond Longley House (Pleasant Street); 1874.
This modest one-and-one-half story, wood-framed house of rectangular plan with an asphalt-shingled gable roof rests on a brick foundation and has been sheathed with synthetic siding over the original clapboards. A central chimney straddles the ridge. The window openings are fitted with six-over-six sash removed in 1874 from Henry Wiley's house (#56) to the south. The two-bay main (east) gable facade has a right entrance sheltered by a small one-bay, gabled porch with chamfered posts and dimension balustrade. The four-bay south eaves elevation includes an off-center secondary entrance with shed canopy.

Offset northward from the rear (west) elevation, a gable-roofed (with standing-seam metal) shed wing has an exposed basement story owing to the abrupt downward slope. Its two-bay east half-gable front includes a paneled door.

The house was constructed for Henry C. Wiley as a residence for employees of his tinware business. Now it is associated with Raymond Longley, who has owned it since 1944.

63. House (Pleasant Street); c. 1875.
This vernacular one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan with an asphalt-shingled gable roof oriented perpendicular to the street is marked by a double band of trim boards heading the first story. The three-bay main (east) gable facade includes a right sidehall entrance surmounted by a simple denticulated cornice. The window bays contain two-over-two sash. From the rear of the two-bay south eaves elevation, a reduced ell extends three bays along its east eaves elevation with a right entrance. A three-bay, shed-roofed porch with box posts and clapboarded apron shelters this elevation.

Attached to the ell's south end is a former carriage barn (now converted to residential use) whose scale, orientation, and appearance nearly match the main block. Its three-bay east gable front is treated the same as its counterpart. The downward slope exposes a clapboarded basement on both the two-bay south eaves elevation (with left entrance) and the rear (west) elevation.

64. Stevens House (Pleasant Street); c. 1865.
Oriented parallel to the street, this vernacular two-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan carries a gable roof now sheathed with corrugated metal. A frieze band and molded cornice follow the eaves. The window openings contain two-over-two sash and are trimmed with molded lintels.

The four-bay main (east) eaves facade possesses an off-central entrance fitted with a four-panel blind next to the glazed paneled door. A rebuilt one-bay gabled porch with box posts and metal railing shelters the entrance. The two-bay north gable elevation is bisected by an added exterior fireplace chimney. On the opposite (south) elevation, a one-story, shed-roofed porch has been enclosed with multiple windows and novelty siding.

Both the enclosed porch and a two-story, one-bay, gable-roofed south wing link to the one-and-one-half story, clapboarded carriage barn with an asphalt shingled gable roof oriented as a southwest ell. An overhead garage door has been installed on its two-bay east gable front next to a two-over-two sash. The two-bay south eaves elevation gains an exposed clapboarded basement story with a vertically boarded, paneled sliding door.

The house may have been built for Farnsworth and Co., owners of the former woolen mill (see #120) on Maple Street, as an employees' residence. The house is associated with the Stevens family, who owned it between circa 1910 and the late 1930s.

65. Perry-Daniels House (Pleasant Street); c. 1880.
Carrying a steeply pitched, asphalt-shingled gable roof (partly rebuilt after a late 1940s fire), this one-and-three-quarters story, wood-framed and clapboarded cottage of ell plan resting on a brick foundation shows a Gothic Revival influence. Chamfered corner boards ascend to triangular paneled boxes at the lower corners of the eaves. A pent roof spans each gable above the second-story openings. A continuous shed dormer with two bays of short two over-two sash emerges from the north slope of the main roof.

The two-bay main (east) gable facade possesses a left entrance sheltered by a flat hood supported by triangular brackets bearing raised diamonds; modern metal railings protect the open landing. The paneled door with slender paired lights is surmounted by a molded blind transom with incised fleur-de-lys and diamonds. Common to the house, the window openings are trimmed with lintels whose drip caps bear a central single dogtooth. Above the pent roof, the east gable peak is lighted by a small two-over-two sash. The recessed one-by-one bay south ell matches the horizontal eaves line of the main block but its roof has a somewhat lower ridge.

Added circa 1950 to the north eaves elevation, a one-story, gable-roofed enclosed breezeway ell links to a one-and-one-half story, concrete-block and partly clapboarded, gable-roofed garage with a double-width overhead door on its east gable front. The garage replaced a carriage barn destroyed in the late 1940s fire.

The house was built probably for Hannah Perry, the widow of George Perry who was a principal in both the local tinware and woolen industries. Subsequently, Carrie Daniels owned the house until she married Starks Edson (see #9) in 1916.

66. Fordham-Van Schaick House (Pleasant Street); 1940.
1-1/2 stories; wood-framed; synthetic siding; gable roof (asphalt shingles) with 2 gabled dormers; 5-bay west eaves facade has central entrance with classical surround; 6/6 sash; screened south pavilion. Built for Austin Fordham. Noncontributing owing to age.

66A. Garage; c. 1957: 1 story; wood-framed; novelty siding; gable roof; 2 overhead doors on west gable front. Noncontributing owing to age.

67. Baker-Coleman House (Pleasant Street); c. 1845.
The Greek Revival temple front with tetrastyle portico and the connected outbuildings give this house marked similarity to the Ramsey-Buxton (#84) and Gale (#92) Houses on Main Street. The one-and-one-half story, wood-framed and clapboarded house of rectangular plan rests on a granite foundation. The asphalt-shingled gable roof carries a two-bay shed dormer on the north slope and a shed dormer with small coupled two-over-two sash on the south slope; two interior chimneys surmount the ridge. Simple corner pilasters support the molded eaves cornice. The window openings contain six-over-six and some two over-two sash.

The three-bay main (west) gable facade includes on the recessed wall plane a right sidehall entrance with a paneled door flanked by four-pane sidelights of three-quarters length and enframed by a molded paneled surround with bullseye corner and head blocks. The tetrastyle portico incorporates square fluted pillars with molded capitals supporting a simplified entablature. The clapboarded gable is lighted by two bays of six-over-six sash. The south eaves elevation extends three bays in length.

A reduced and recessed east wing carries a gabled dormer on its south slope above a shed-roofed south porch enclosed with multiple four-light windows (or screens) between capitaled square pillars. The wing links to a one-