Norwich Village Historic District

DESCRIPTION:

A small primarily residential village, Norwich Village forms a compact center on a level site near the banks of the Connecticut River. Since the early 1800s this village has served as the center of activity for the Town of Norwich. Today the village is located just off the heavily traveled Interstate 91 although the impact of the highway on the village has been minimal. The spine of the district is Main Street, also known as U. S. Route 5, which extends in a north-south direction. The district also includes structures on a number of lesser intersecting streets. On the east side of Main Street these include Church Street, Carpenter Street, Hazen Street and Cliff Street. Turnpike Road acts as the northern boundary for the district and feeds into Main Street from the west. Other streets include in the district and originating in the west side of Main Street include Mechanic Street, which leads to Meadowbrook Road, and Elm Street. In total the district is comprised of 179 properties, including 136 contributing buildings, 33 noncontributing buildings, 3 contributing objects, 3 noncontributing objects and 2 contributing sites. The nominated district possesses a high level of integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.

Most of the buildings in the district are set on relatively flat lots shaded by substantial mature trees and set fairly close to the road. Changes in elevations are most notable on the west side of Elm Street, in proximity to Bloody Brook. Electrical wires and utility poles crisscross the streets. Sidewalks are limited for the most part to Main Street. Bloody Brook meanders in a north-south direction through the western part of the district and in several locations acts [as] a natural boundary for the district.

The majority of buildings in the district are residential in nature, primarily 1-1/2 and 2-1/2 story, single-family residences, accompanied by assorted outbuildings, primarily barns, sheds and garages. In recent years, some, most notably on Main Street and Mechanic Street, have been converted to commercial use, although in most cases care has been taken to preserve the historic character of these structures, Also within the district are institutional properties including town hall, a library, school, two churches, hearse house, grange and post office. Some of the more notable intrusions include a modern post office, a general store (Dan & Whit's) and the Norwich Inn. Significant open spaces include the common and Fairview Cemetery.

Construction dates in the district range from the late 1700's to the 1980's, although the majority predate the Civil War. Federal style, vernacular examples of the Georgian Plan and Cape Cods predominate although there are also a number of vernacular Greek Revival and vernacular 1-1/2 story, gable front, sidehall plan houses. In particular, it should be noted that several of the Federal houses are exceptional examples of their style. Diverse late 19th and early 20th century vernacular houses are also represented within the district. Frame and clapboard construction predominate; approximately a dozen buildings within the district are constructed of brick. Only a handful of structures have been covered in synthetic sidings. All of the buildings in the district can be characterized as being in good to excellent condition. The Norwich Village retains a remarkable degree of cohesiveness and architectural quality considering its large size and diversity.

Descriptions of the buildings contained in the district begin at the extreme southern end of the east side of Main Street. From here they proceed in roughly a counter clockwise fashion as follows: along the south side of Church Street to Carpenter Street and then along the north side of Church Street, thence continuing northward along the east side of Main Street to Carpenter Street to describe several buildings on the south and north sides. The descriptions continue along the east side of Main Street up to the southernmost intersection with Hazen Street, at which point properties on the west side of Hazen Street and several on Cliff Street are described. The descriptions continue along the eastern side of Main Street, crossing the street at the Turnpike Road intersection to proceed southward along the western side of Main Street until the Mechanic Street intersection is reached. After describing buildings on the north side of Mechanic Street as far as Bloody Brook, descriptions continue along the south side of Mechanic Street back to the west side of Main Street and then cover both sides of Elm Street to the Bloody Brook vicinity. The descriptions conclude with four additional properties on the west side of Main Street, south of Elm Street.

Unless otherwise stated, page numbers in parentheses refer to Early Houses of Norwich, Vermont. (see section 9 for complete references).

1. Hatch-Peisch-Harwood House, east side of Main Street, 1773. Contributing building.
One of the earliest structures in Norwich Village, the Hatch-Peisch-Harwood House is a substantial 2-1/2 story clapboarded structure displaying Georgian style features including a center chimney first floor plan and entablature lintels. The house measures 5 x 2 bays and is capped by a steeply pitched asphalt roof with a large center brick chimney. Cornerboards outline the structure beneath projecting eaves. Brackets at the top of the cornerboards hang from the raking.

The center entrance is flanked by full sidelights which are usually associated with the Greek Revival period and were probably added about 1840. The flat roofed entrance porch is supported by two pairs of square posts with a wide frieze and dentils and is capped by a "starred" wooden balustrade. First floor facade windows are paired and contain 12/12 sash capped by entablature lintels. With the exception of the small 9/9 window centered over the entrance, second floor facade windows contain 12/12 sash which extend to the boxed cornice without lintels.

A single story porch spans the south gable end. The porch is supported by square posts resting on a wooden deck with a basketweave skirt. Access is through a glass and panel door. Four windows punctuate the first floor on this side, upstairs there are two window openings.

Offset to the southeast is a 1-1/2 story carriage house lit by 8/8 windows with two arched sets of paneled doors which swing outward and are capped by keystones. This section apparently replaces an original large barn, the foundations of which survive to the south of the house. The barn was torn down c. 1938 and a garage was subsequently attached to the southeast corner.(p. 20)

According to Early Houses of Norwich. Vermont, the house was built by Captain Joseph Hatch as a permanent residence in 1773, after he had lived in a log cabin across the street for several years. It was reportedly the first frame house in Norwich village and may have also been the first in the township. Hatch was elected an officer of the town in Connecticut. Joseph Hatch lived in the house until his death in 1811. The house was subsequently owned by Erastus Messenger during most of the last half of the nineteenth century and was occupied by his wife after his death. The property was bought by A.M. Peisch in 1931. In 1936 the large front porch was removed and replaced by the current porch. The design of the porch was adapted from that of a Connecticut house that was also constructed in 1773. The Hatch House reportedly is quite similar to two Connecticut houses: the old Williams House at Weathersfield and the Warham Williams House at Northford (1750). (The latter was moved to Roxbury, Connecticut about 1983). The builder of the Hatch House along with other early Norwich builders, was apparently heavily influenced by the architecture of the area from which they came in Connecticut. The arrangement of the second story windows is also apparently indicative of the Connecticut influence. There are five windows with the middle one at a distance from the others and placed directly over the door.(p. 19-20)

The property was still owned by the Peisch family as late as 1986. The present owner of the house is Catherine Harwood.

2. District No. 1 Schoolhouse - Dow House (Delucia House), east side of Main Street, 1845. Contributing building.
Constructed in 1845 to serve as the District No. 1 Schoolhouse, what is now the Delucia House is a 1-1/2 story structure constructed of brick laid in a common bond alternating nine rows of stretcher brick to a single row of headers. The building is oriented with its six bay long facade facing the road and is two bays deep. The first four bays, alternating a glass and panel door and 2/2 windows with blinds, are sheltered by a two bay, flat roofed porch supported by thin posts on tall bases with curvilinear brackets. The porch rests on a fieldstone foundation. The remaining two bays to the south are filled with 2/2 sash. Asphalt shingles sheath the gable roof which is punctuated by two brick chimneys and three skylights. Spanning the rear roof slope is a shed dormer. A shed addition projects from the rear elevation.

Also located on the property is an old clapboarded shed in a deteriorated condition displaying projecting eaves and a metal roof.

A considerable disagreement between the north and south halves of town resulted in the removal of a joint schoolhouse from this site to the north part of town in 1838, leaving the south section of town without a schoolhouse. The present brick structure was constructed under the direction of Harvey Burton in 1845 and was used as a grammar school until 1888, when both the north and south district schools were combined and moved into the empty old "North Barracks" of Norwich University. Since 1888 the former schoolhouse has been used as a residence.(p. 54) Previous owners included the Dow Family who retained ownership as late as 1973. The property is now owned by David Delucia and Elise Young.

3. Cutting House (St. Barnabas Rectory), east side of Main Street, 1808. Contributing building.
What is now the St. Barnabas Rectory is a 1-1/2 story painted brick structure with a five bay facade. The house rests on a concrete-faced granite block foundation. The gable roof is covered in asphalt shingles and is punctuated by symmetrically paired interior brick chimneys. Brick is laid in a common bond alternating seven courses of stretchers to a single row of header brick. The center entrance contains a six panel door flanked by partial sidelights set into the brick and bisected by a center mullion. The door is capped by an elliptical louvered fan. Windows contain 6/6 sash with molded surrounds and blinds. The north elevation measures four bays wide while on the south side there is a central glass and panel door flanked by two 2/2 windows on each side. A boxed cornice surrounds the structure, framing horizontal flushboard pediments on the gable ends. Two 6/6 windows punctuate each pediment with a quarter round louvered fan in each lower corner.

Spanning the rear roof slope is a long shed dormer containing four windows. A single story shed porch with plain supports resting on a plywood wall is located below.

Apparently one of the earliest brick houses in Norwich, this structure was built by Joseph Cutting, the first brick mason of whom there is record in Norwich. Cutting came to town in 1808, having previously married a daughter of Reuben Hatch, son of Joseph Hatch. It is assumed that this house was built soon afterward, on land given by the bride's father. Cutting later moved to Rochester, New York. During the middle of the nineteenth century the house was owned by E. Gile, who is also shown as owner on the 1869 Beers Map. It was later bought by David Stewart about 1891, and by Miss Elizabeth Converse about 1917. The service wing was damaged by fire in the 1940s and was removed at that time.(p.39-41) Replacement of the roof was also necessary at this time. Historic photographs indicate that originally there were louvered, semi elliptical fans located over the second story windows on the gable ends. The house has served as the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Rectory since at least 1959.

4. St. Barnabas Church, east side of Main Street, 1918. Contributing building.
An excellent example of late Gothic Revival style church architecture, St. Barnabas Church was designed in 1918 by prominent architect Hobart B. Upjohn. The clapboarded structure rests on a concrete foundation and is capped by a steeply pitched, asphalt-shingled gable roof with projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The 1-1/2 story gablefront structure is broken by a square, two stage projecting front tower. The center entrance contains double doors, each of which consists of a single recessed panel with vertical boards. The doors are decorated by large ironwork hinges and a pointed arch molding containing a raised quatrefoil medallion with coach light suspended above. The entrance is fronted by four concrete stairs, wooden end posts to each side are capped by circular glass globe lights; balusters are plain but bulky. Above the entrance, centered in the tower, is a circular medallion with a cut out quatrefoil, filled with yellow colored glass. The tall tower base is outlined by cornerboards and supports a slightly smaller square stage punctuated on each side by a pointed arch louvered opening. The tower is capped by a bracketed cornice, above which is a Christian cross. Windows on the structure display a pointed arch surround contains two pointed arch lancets containing diamond pane glass. The center entrance is flanked on each side by a window of this type. Side elevations are punctuated by five windows behind which is a projecting gable, not quite as tall as the sanctuary. A thin narrow louvered opening ventilates the attic, additional fenestration includes a three part multilight window on the south side and a glass and paneled door on the north. The rear roof ridge is capped by a cross in circle.

Extending behind the church is a modern parish house addition consisting of a single story connector offset along the end of the north elevation joining a single story structure set at right angles. Both sections are clapboarded and rest on concrete foundations. The addition's long west elevation is punctuated by two tri-part windows, a panel door and 2 x 3 casement. There is a central four part window, 2 x 3 casement and gable door hood on the south gable end. The east elevation is lit by two tri-part windows flanked by thinner casements. A shed door hood on the north side shelters a basement door and is flanked by two windows.

The present church replaces a church of similar design which stood here from 1863 until it burned in 1917. The new building was built on the same site but facing west rather than north as the original structure. (p. 70)

5. Common, Contributing Site.
Located at the southeast corner of Main and Church Street.

5A. Marker #1, north of St. Barnabas Church, 1931. Contributing object. Situated northwest of the church is a polished granite marker standing approximately six feet high, with a curved upper edge and bronze plaque on its west face. It commemorates the founding of Theta Chi Fraternity on April 10, 1856 on a site 200 feet northeast of the monument in the Old South Barracks of Norwich University. The marker was unveiled on the 75th anniversary of the event, August 29, 1931.

5B. Marker #2, north of Marker #1 and south of bandstand, 1919. Contributing object. A second marker north of the church, set close to the road notes the site of the American Literary Science and Military Academy. The Academy was founded by Captain Alden Partridge in 1819 and was incorporated as Norwich University in 1834. Following a fire in 1866 the institution was removed to Northfield, Vermont. The marker itself consists of a brick tablet approximately four feet high, capped by a rectangular granite lintel which raises to a point with rough faced -sides. The bricks used to make the marker were taken from the ruins of the Old South Barracks.

5C. Bandstand, Norwich Green, c.1930. Contributing structure. The Norwich Bandstand is an octagonal wood frame structure located on the side of the Norwich Green approximately twenty feet from Main Street. The structure rests on a beveled wide board base, above which are flush vertical boards. The octagonal roof is sheathed in asphalt with a simple cyma recta cornice. It is supported by chamfered posts spanned by horizontal upper rails. Below each upper railing is a cross bar with three vertical boards. Eight stairs constructed of pressure treated wood with a metal railing access the north side. A low doorway punctuates the west side.

5D. Fountain, Norwich Green, 1925. Contributing object. Located north of the bandstand is a concrete fountain, approximately six feet tall and rectangular in plan. The fountain is capped by a cornice consisting of a series of moldings. A bronze plaque on the west side, facing Main Street, indicates that the fountain was erected by the Women's Temperance Union of Norwich in 1925. There are two drinking fountains on this side and are capped by a raised wreath design. The north side, designed to serve as a watering trough for.dogs, has a spigot and oval basin at its base. Located on the south side is a low faucet and oval base. A bronze plaque reading "Water is Life" is centered on the east side.

6. Norwich Public School (Marion Cross School), south side of Church Street, 1898 with 1950 and 1989 additions. Contributing building.
Originally constructed as a high school, the Norwich Public School is a two story brick structure capped by an asphalt-sheathed hip roof resting on a granite foundation. Yellow brick quoining decorates the corners of the building. Centered on the broad facade is a yellow brick arched opening supported by two squat, yellow brick columns decorated by an egg and dart molding running along the top of the capitals. Recessed behind the arched opening is a set of modern metal double doors, capped by a yellow brick splayed lintel. Above the entrance is a set of three windows. The central opening contains 6/1 sash and is flanked by two narrow 9/1 openings. All three openings display individual splayed, yellow brick lintels. Below these windows and above the entrance is a sign reading "Norwich Public School" outlined by an egg and dart molding and with a granite cap. A sign above the windows reads "1898", above which a gable wall dormer with cornice returns emphasizes the central bay and breaks through the front roof slope. Centered in the dormer is a round window divided into four quadrants and framed by a yellow brick surround with four keystones. Four windows flank each side of the facade's central bay and are capped by 9/1 windows with splayed lintels. Side elevations each measure five bays wide and contain windows similar to those on the facade.

Rising from the center of the roof is an open octagonal cupola supported by five sided posts resting on a square clapboarded base which is capped by a balustrade with square posts at the corners. The cupola is capped by an octagonal standing seam metal roof.

Extending east of the old school is a single story 1950 stucco-faced addition, punctuated by casement windows and square openings. A new addition to this structure is currently under construction (1989).

7. Sproat-Hatch-Turco House, south side of Church Street, c.1820. Contributing building.
This is a 1-1/2 story brick house measuring 5 x 4 bays and capped by an asphalt shingled gable roof with two interior brick chimneys rising from the north slope. Brick is laid in a common bond alternating seven rows of stretchers to a single row of headers. A projecting boxed cornice with underside molding decorates the building, ending in shallow returns on the gable ends. The house rests on a mortared fieldstone foundation. The center entrance contains a six panel door flanked by partial 2 x 5 pane sidelights which are set into the wall. Windows on the structure contain 6/6 sash with molded surrounds. The rear roof slope is spanned by a clapboarded shed dormer containing 6/6 sash.

Behind the main house is a clapboarded wing resting on a concrete foundation and displaying a glass and panel door flanked by two sets of modern casement windows. The west side of the building has a single story screened porch resting on a clapboarded base, partially fronting the main house and wing behind. The west side of the wing has a door flanked by modern windows like those seen on the opposite elevation. Also on this side are two 6/6 windows and a glass and panel door.

Extending behind the wing is a barn resting on a concrete foundation and serving as a garage. The former barn openings on the east side are fitted with three garage doors. An upper door is suspended above. A 3 x 2 window is located in the gable, framed by projecting eaves and a curved raking.

This early brick structure was built by Samuel Sproat during the early days of his apprenticeship as a Norwich brickmason. Early owners of the house included Roswell Wright, then George Wright, whose heirs deeded it in 1867 to Mercy Wright (Mrs. Baxter Newton's sister). Mrs. Wright is shown as the owner on the 1869 Beers Map. She sold the property to John Hutchinson in 1868, who sold it to Samuel Currier in 1872. Currier sold it to John Blaisdell in 1875 who sold it to Edwin Waterman in 1877. Mrs. Ellen Waterman Knight sold the house to Herbert Harlow in 1918. The Harlow heirs sold it to Clayton Berry in 1928 and Mrs.Dorothy Berry sold to Dr.Earl Harald in 1947. Mr. Charles B.Alling bought the house in 1962, and sold it to Norman Hatch in 1963. (p. 52-4) The present owners are John and Mary Turco.

8. (Robichaud) House, south side of Church Street, c. 1860. Contributing building.
A classic cottage, the Robichaud House is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded structure resting on a brick foundation and set with an entryless gable end to the street.This north elevation is two bays wide with 2/2 windows capped by lipped lintels and flanked by blinds. An additional 2/2 window is in the attic. The entrance is centered on the west side and contains a glass and panel door with a plain surround. This side has been fronted by a wooden deck with concrete steps. Upstairs a single shed dormer with two 2/2 windows punctuates the asphalt shingled gable roof. Plain cornerboards give rise to a plain frieze under projecting eaves.

A narrow single story wing is located south of the main house. The wooden door features six panes over three long vertical panels. Additional openings include a 6/6 window and a filled window opening. A wooden staircase is located on the south side of the main section, fronting part of the west elevation of the wing. Extending to the south is what was formerly an attached barn, renovated for office space. Like the other buildings, the barn is clapboarded with plain cornerboards and projecting eaves. The north side of the building is punctuated by three modern windows. A doublewide garage opening and a modern door punctuate the west side, with a horizontal 2/2 window upstairs. Added on the end are two levels above a concrete foundation. A modern sliding door is located upstairs with a pair of 2/2 windows down.

8A. Shed, c.1860. Contributing building. Located south of the former barn is a single story clapboarded shed, rectangular in plan. The building is capped by a steeply pitched shed roof. The west elevation is punctuated by a four panel door and a long horizontal window. A single 3 x 2 fixed window is located on the east. The tall south side has five 6/6 windows. Some horizontal flushboard siding is visible on this side. The north side is without openings of any kind.

The chain of ownership of this house is not entirely known. According to the Beers Map, this property was owned by Mrs.Clapp in 1869. Since at least 1959, this property has been owned by Robichaud.

9. Howard House, south side of Church Street, c.1850. Contributing building.
This is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded structure set with its gable end to the street, resting on a mortared stone foundation and capped by an asphalt gable roof. Cornerboards with caps outline the building with a plain frieze, projecting eaves and cornice returns.

The gable end facing the street is punctuated by two tall 2/2 windows with blinds and entablature lintels. There is a single window lighting the attic. The west side is treated as the facade and measures three bays wide. The central entrance is marked by a gabled porch with a broken pediment resting on plain posts with latticed sides. The front door features six molded panels and is flanked on the side by a 2/2 window. A gable dormer punctuates the south end of the roof on this side and contains a 2/2 window. An additional gable dormer is located on the opposite roof slope. The east side of the main house features three openings. That in the center is blind and is flanked by two 2/2 windows with a small window under the eaves.

Behind the main house is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded wing recessed slightly from the west wall. Like the main house this section is outlined by cornice returns and cornerboards. It rests on a concrete and fieldstone foundation. The west side of the house is punctuated by a glass and panel door, beside which are two 2/2 windows. The rear elevation has a glass and panel door and a 2/2 window in the attic. The east side is punctuated by a door and 2/2 window. Upstairs two pairs of 6/6 windows light the shed dormer.

9A. Barn, c. 1850. Contributing building. Southeast of the main house is a small barn constructed of vertical boards and set broadside to the street. The barn is capped by an asphalt gable roof with projecting eaves. There is a sliding door on the north side and a fixed 4 x 3 window adjacent. A single 2/2 window punctuates the west side. An opening on the east side has been filled. There is a hatch door above and a 9/6 window in the attic. A modern vertical board shed projects from the south side.

The chain of ownership of this property is not entirely known. According to the Beers Map, this property was owned by Mrs. Waterman in 1869. More recent owners have included Barwood (1959) and Hazel Howard who has owned it since at least 1963.

10. (Plante) House, south side of Church Street, c.1850. Noncontributing building.
A house which has seen significant alterations over the years, this structure consists of a 1-l/2 story structure clad in vinyl siding. Due to a loss of integrity resulting from changes to the original doorway and windows this structure is considered non-contributing within the district. The main building rests on a brick foundation. The house is oriented with its gable end to the street and is capped by a standing seam metal roof. The gable end features two fixed windows on the first floor and two windows in the attic. The west side which is treated as the facade has a four sided bay window filled with 1/1 windows. What may have once been a porch to the side has been enclosed and recessed in the nook is the entrance, beside which is a 1/1 window.

A narrow connector fronted by a modern wooden ramp on the west side, connects the main house to a gablefront wing. This section is punctuated by two fixed windows on the first floor and two 1/1 windows in the gable. On the east elevation the roof slope is spanned by a shed wall dormer containing a central 2/2 window flanked by a pair of windows on each side. The first floor is punctuated by a casement window.

Beyond the gablefront section is a wing/garage section which displays a recessed entrance on the west side with a door and window. The garage at the end of this side has a doublewide garage opening.

10A. Poolhouse, c. 1980. Noncontributing building. The poolhouse is a modern single story building constructed of vertical siding with an asphalt, gable roof located southeast of the main house and set broadside to the street. There is a recessed opening on the north side, beside which are two storage rooms or dressing areas.

The ownership history of this property is not entirely known. According to the Beers Map, this property was owned by Mrs. Wright in 1869. In recent years (since at least 1959) the property has been owned by Peter and Rita Plante.

11. Woodford House, northwest corner of Church and Carpenter Street, c.1970. Noncontributing building.
The Woodford House is a modern split level dwelling oriented with its facade facing Carpenter Street to the east. The house is sheathed in board and batten siding above a concrete foundation and is capped by a low pitched gable roof covered in asphalt shingles. There is a transommed doorway and a mixture of 6/6 and 8/12 windows. A lower section to the north contains two individual garage door openings.

12. (Waterman) House, north side of Church Street, c.1900. Noncontributing building.
At the core of this much altered structure is a 1-1/2 story structure sheathed in vinyl siding and capped by an asphalt and standing seam metal, gambrel roof. Projecting from the center of the three bay facade is an enclosed gable-roofed entrance porch punctuated by a glass front door flanked by a pair of casement windows to each side. A 6/6 window is located to each side of the center entrance. Above the entrance, a shed dormer with four 6/6 windows spans the front roof slope. A single story wood shingled addition spans the west elevation, the front is punctuated by a fixed 3 x 2 window.

A narrow wing connects the main house with a gambrel-fronted garage to the east. The garage features a doublewide door with an adjacent door. Three 6/6 windows are located above and both the east and west roof slopes are spanned by shed dormers.

Although parts of this property would appear to date to c. 1900, it retains little of its original integrity. The early ownership history of the property is not known. The present owners are D. Peter and Elaine Waterman, who have owned the property since at least 1959.

13. (Bartlett) House, north side of Church Street, 1923. Contributing building.
This is a 1-3/4 story wood-shingled house resting on a cobblestone foundation and capped by an asphalt, gable roof with projecting eaves. The sidehall entrance contains a glass and panel door flanked by a joined pair of 6/1 windows. Upstairs there is a joined pair of 6/1 windows and a single 6/1 window with a pair of 6/1 in the attic. The facade is spanned by a shed roofed porch supported by plain posts resting on a shingled wall.

The west side of the house is punctuated by a 6/1 window and a joined pair of 6/1 windows. On the east side there is an individual 6/1 window and a smaller pair of 6/1 windows with a smaller window upstairs The rear elevation is lit by a single 6/1 window on the first floor, two 6/1 windows on the second floor and a joined pair of 6/1 in the attic.

A single story shingled wing was added to the rear circa 1980. The west side is punctuated by french doors and a casement window. A deck spans the west side. There is an arched window on the rear elevation, framed by cornice returns.

13A. Garage, c. 1920. Contributing building. Northwest of the house is a wood-shingled garage resting on a concrete foundation. The garage is capped by an asphalt gable roof with exposed rafters. The facade is punctuated by swing out doors with a 2/2 window to the side. There is an upper loft door and a fixed window in the gable.

The original ownership of this house is not known. Recent owners of this house have included Batchelder (1959 & 1963); the present owners are Donald and Christine Bartlett, Jr.

14. (Holland) House, north side of Church Street, c. 1920. Contributing building.
The Holland House is a 2-1/2 story structure set with its gablefront to the street above a concrete-faced foundation. The first floor of the building is sheathed in clapboards, with wood shingles in a variety of patterns including fishscale and diamond above the first floor. The building is capped by a gable roof sheathed in asphalt shingles with projecting eaves.

A single story shed roofed porch spans the facade, becoming a porte cochere on the west side. The porch is supported by square posts with chamfered edges resting on a clapboarded wall. The sidehall entrance contains a glass and wooden modern door with a large 6/6 window to the side. Upstairs there are three asymmetrical 6/1 windows with a single window in the attic. Projecting from the west side of the building is a single story three sided bay window. The east side of the house is punctuated by a three-sided window and 6/1 window on the first floor with three 6/1 windows above.

Extending behind the main house is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded wing outlined by cornerboards and decorated by shingles in the gable. Fenestration includes a modern picture window and modern three-part window~.

Offset to the northeast is an attached barn resting on a concrete foundation. The barn is sheathed in clapboards to the gable with shingles above. A single 6/6 window lights the gablefront. There are three small fixed windows at the top of the east elevation and a modern window near the front.

The entire chain of ownership of this property is not known at this time. According to local maps, this property was owned by Lackey in 1959 and the Holland Family since at least 1963.

15. (Biggs) House, north side of Church Street, c.1910. Contributing building.
The Biggs House is a 2-1/2 story wood shingled structure set broadside to the street with a steeply pitched asphalt roof. The house rests on a concrete block foundation. Centered on the facade is a modern six (raised) panel door with integral transom, outlined by a simple molding. To the west of the doorway on the first floor is a pair of 6/1 windows; a square 6/6 and pair of 6/1 are located to the east. The second floor is punctuated by two pairs of 6/1 windows with a central pair of small 6/1 sash. The east elevation features three 6/1 windows on the first floor, two 6/1 windows on the second floor and a single opening in the attic. The west side is marked by a more irregular fenestration and offcenter exterior brick chimney. Windows contain 6/1 sash and fixed 3 x 2 sash. Spanning the rear of the building is a raised deck with parking and a shed addition below.

15A. Outbuilding, c. 1910. Contributing building. Located behind the main house is a 1-1/2 story outbuilding which, like the main house, is wood shingled with an asphalt, gable roof and set broadside to the street. There are two 6/1 windows and another opening on the south. There are a 6/6 and 6/1 window on the west side.

The early history of this house is currently not known. Recent owners of this property have included W. Davis, who is shown as the owner on the town maps of 1959, 1963 and 1973. The present owners are Melvin and Martha Biggs.

16. Hutchinson-Taylor (Historical Society House, north side of Church Street, 1810. Contributing building.
Owned by the Norwich Historical Society, this 1-1/2 story clapboarded structure measures 5 x 2 bays and is capped by a wood shingle roof with a central brick chimney. The house currently rests on a concrete pad. A simple wooden watertable surrounds the building above the foundation. Cornerboards give rise to a projecting boxed cornice.

The center entrance is marked by an enclosed, projecting entrance porch with gable roof. It is constructed of vertical flush board with fixed 3 x 2 windows on the sidewalls. Small brackets decorate the roof line. There is a flush vertical board outer door and a door with six recessed panels inside the porch. Windows on the structure contain 9/6 sash with peaked lintels and blinds. A long shed dormer containing modern 10/10 horizontal windows, spans the rear roof slope. The gable ends display projecting eaves and returns with a 2/2 window on the east side.

Offset to the east is a single story wing punctuated on the facade by a hinged vertical board door and a pair of 9/6 windows. The eastern end has a 12/8 window in the gable. An addition on the rear gives the building a saltbox profile from the east. The rear addition also fronts part of the rear elevation of the main house and is punctuated by a two panel door, several modern windows, two 2/2 windows, a small 6/6 sash and glass and panel door.

16A. Shed, c.1810. Contributing building. Behind the house is a clapboarded shed on a concrete pad, set broadside to the street. The front (south) side is punctuated by three unevenly spaced 9/6 windows. The east elevation displays flush eaves, a door and a hayloft. It has been suggested that this early exterior door may in fact have originally served as the original front door of the main house. A shed addition spans the rear, there is an old six panel door with latch and fixed 2 x 2 windows.

According to Historical Society records, this house was built in 1810. Olive Hutchinson purchased the property from Gordon in 1850. This house may have been part of the Ruggs House and is thought to have been moved by oxen to the present site. Ebenezer Hutchinson was a carpenter and joiner. E. Hutchinson is shown as the owner on the Beers 1869 Map. Mildred Hutchinson sold the property to Blanche and Bernhard Taylor in 1960. The Taylors later transferred the property to the Historical Society. The wishing well in front of the house was at one time a town watering well.

17. (Read) House, north side of Church Street, c.1840. Contributing building.
The Read House is a 1-1/2 story wood frame classic cottage measuring 5 x 3 bays, resting on a brick foundation and sheathed in aluminum siding with an asphalt shingled roof. The facade is spanned by a single story three bay porch supported by Roman Doric columns and probably added about 1890. The porch has a wooden deck, basketweave skirt and simple wooden balustrade. The center entrance contains a four panel door flanked by four light partial sidelights. Bold pilasters support a full entablature. Windows on the structure contain 6/6 windows with blinds. There are no lintels presently visible due to the installation of siding. A three sided bay window with modern window projects from the east side elevation.

Extending behind is a single story ell, aligned with the east elevation of the main house and resting in part on a concrete block foundation. The west side measures four bays wide with a 6/6, 12/12 and 2/2 window in addition to a four panel door. A gable dormer projects from the west roof slope with a shed dormer on the opposite slope. The east side of the ell is punctuated by a 9/6 and 6/6 window and a four panel door sheltered by an entrance porch supported by thin chamfered posts on a wooden deck. The rear of the wing has flush eaves and a 6/6 window.

Behind the ell is a single story barn resting on a fieldstone foundation. There are two window strip openings on the west side and no openings on the rear elevation which displays projecting eaves. The east side has two sets of double doors displaying 4 x 2 glass panes over four vertical panels. In addition there is a regular door, a hayloft opening and 3 x 2 fixed windows.

The early ownership history of this house is not known. According to the Beers Map this property was owned by D. Leary in 1869. The present owner is Ruth Read who has owned the property since at least 1959.

18. (Gregory) House, north side of Church Street, c.1860 with later alterations. Noncontributing building.
This is a clapboarded 1-1/2 story structure resting on a concrete foundation and capped by an asphalt gable roof. A wooden watertable encircles the building above the foundation. Cornerboards give rise to a projecting boxed cornice. The gable roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles. Shed dormers span both sides of the main roof. The house is oriented with its gable end to the street. The first floor of the facade is punctuated by a set of three 6/1 windows with a pair of 6/1 framed by cornice returns above. Shutters with cut-out trees flank the window openings.

Extending behind the main house is a wing of similar massing. Both of these are spanned on the east side by a single story, shed-roofed addition. This addition features three window openings on the east side and a doorway to the north, consisting of a recessed entry flanked by incised pilaster strips and capped by a pediment.

The west side of the house is punctuated by four 6/1 and two smaller 6/1 windows behind which is a pair of windows.

Extending behind the rear wing is an addition consisting of a screened porch and garage. There are two arched openings, screened and resting on a clapboarded wall Beyond is a doublewide garage door, a glass and panel door and two 6/1 windows.

The complete ownership history of this house is not known. According to the Beers Map this property was owned by Miss Brigham in 1869. Town maps indicate that the house was owned by Hack in 1959, L. Pierce in 1963 and Russell in 1973. The present owner is Elizabeth Gregory.

Due to extensive post 1940 alterations and additions, this building is considered to be non-contributing within the district.

19. (Nye) House, north side of Church Street, c.1840. Contributing building.
The Nye House is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded classic cottage with a five bay broad facade, subsequently altered by the historic additions of a front gabled wall dormer and front porch. The building is capped by an asphalt, gable roof with interior ridge brick chimney and rests on a granite block foundation. A wooden water table encircles the building. Cornerboards give rise to a projecting boxed cornice which returns on the gable ends.

The facade is spanned by a single story porch which also partially fronts the west side. It is supported by turned posts with jigsawn scroll brackets and four-sided bases. Below is a wooden deck with lattice skirt. A peak in the porch's shed roof denotes the entrance below. The central entrance is characteristic of the vernacular Greek Revival style and contains a wooden door with six molded panels flanked by partial sidelights and outlined by a molded surround with beveled pilasters and cornerblocks. There is a rectangular panel over the entrance which rises to a point from the four sides. Windows on the building contain 6/1 sash with lipped surrounds and blinds. Centered in the front gable is a blind window opening.

Extending behind the house is a series of two single story ells joining the house and a large clapboarded barn set at right angles and extending to the east. The west side is punctuated by a mixture of modern windows and 6/6 windows. A recessed porch with a horizontally paneled door and gable dormer mark where the rear ell projects slightly from that in front. The east side of the ell is punctuated by a four panel door, 6/6 window and smaller modern porch supported by a single turned post. There is also a wooden door with five horizontal panels. The east elevation of the ell ends with three openings, both overhead and swing featuring 4 x 2 glass panes below which are four vertical panels. A shed with a concrete foundation and 6/6 windows occupies the junction of the ell and barn. The barn itself has both 12/8 and 6/1 windows, a large sliding door and a set of double doors on the side. Eaves on the gable ends are flush.

According to the Beers Map of Norwich, this property was owned by Gilbert in 1869. The house reportedly served as a rooming house for Norwich University students with a professor living downstairs. According to the present owner, evidence in the basement suggests that the eastern part of the house was built earlier. The house was purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Merrill about 1900. The Merrills owned the local general store (now Dan & Whit's (#96)) and stored inventory in big box stalls in the barn. The porch was added about 1910. The house was purchased by the present owners, Robert and Frances Nye, in 1956 after the death of Mrs. Merrill. (Norwich Historical Society photo album)

20. Norwich Congregational Church, north side of Church Street, 1817. Contributing building.
An outstanding example of Federal style church architecture, the design for the Norwich Congregational Church was probably derived from Asher Benjamin's The Country Builder's Assistant, published in 1797, or The American Builder's Companion, published in 1806. Resting on a mortared fieldstone foundation, the two story clapboarded structure is oriented with its gable front facing Church Street. A wooden watertable surrounds the building above the foundation. The building is capped by an asphalt shingled gable roof with projecting eaves.

Dominating the facade is a triple portal pavilion, echoing the pedimented main mass which is broken by a three stage tower. Supporting the pavilion are four, somewhat thin, smooth Ionic columns set above four long wooden steps. Between the columns the wall is sheathed in horizontal flush board. The central double door entrance consists of two doors, each of which has three square panels, flanked by a pair of tapered, recessed panel pilasters on each side. A full entablature caps the entrance. To each side is a recessed door with six recessed panels. Above the center entrance and under the portico on the second floor is a Palladian window consisting of 12/12 window capped by a tracery petal design and flanked by five light windows strips and recessed panel pilasters with a projecting cornice above. A 12/12 window punctuates the first and second floor to each side of the pavilion.

Above the Ionic columns is a plain frieze; the cornice is decorated by guttae and mutules with incised holes. Centered in the flush board pediment is a semi-elliptical louvered fan.

Rising from the front of the gable roof is a three stage tower. The clapboarded square base features a clock on each side with Roman numbers. Mutules decorate the cornice and the flat roof is capped by turned balusters. The second stage consists of an open octagonal belfry with arched openings flanked by two sided pilasters which in turn support a plain frieze with mutules. Above the flat roof of the second stage is a balustrade with panelled posts at the corners, spanned by an open balustrade with horizontal diamond panels. The third and final stage is punctuated by louvered rectangular openings which are flanked by pilasters and capped by a two part frieze. Capping the tower is a two stage shingled steeple with a ball and spindle and weathervane. The roof of the church is sheathed in asphalt shingles. Brick chimneys pierce the interior of both slopes of the rear of the building.

The east and west (side) elevations are each six bays wide with 12/12 doublehung windows identical to those on the facade punctuating both the first and second floor levels.

At the rear of the church is a modern two story, T-shaped addition. Like the main building it is sheathed in clapboards with an asphalt, gable roof. It rests on a concrete foundation with a beveled top, above which is a wooden watertable. Fenestration on the addition is regular and contains 8/8 sash. The section immediately adjacent to the church is three bays deep with a pedimented entrance porch centered on the west side, supported by two Roman Doric columns to which a stick balustrade is connected. The glass and panel double doors are fronted by stairs and a handicapped ramp. The gable ends are both two bays deep with lunette windows in the attic. The rear elevation is six bays wide with a door on the east end. A basement entry is located on the east gable end.

South Church was constructed during the summer of 1817 and dedicated on November 20, 1817, about six weeks before the dedication of the new North Church in Norwich. The building was originally located on what is now the Green, facing west on Main Street, about opposite the Burton-Williams House (#102). According to local legend the architect was Ammi B. Young, an architect born in nearby Lebanon, NH who went on to achieve national prominence as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury as well as designing the Vermont Statehouse, several buildings at Dartmouth College and the custom house at Boston. Although the design of the Congregational Church in Lebanon has been attributed to Young, attribution of the Norwich Church is viewed as doubtful by scholars. The Norwich Church was built in 1817, thus Young would have been only nineteen years old. (Ammi Young in Conn. Valley). At very least this regionally typical church was probably derived from Asher Benjamin's The Country Builder's Assistant or The American Builder's Companion.

In 1853 the church was moved to its present site on Church Street, facing south rather than west. At this time the church was lengthened by approximately ten feet, resulting in the placement of an additional window on each side elevation.

The present appearance of the interior dates from extensive redecoration done in 1908. At that time the side galleries were removed in the front part of the church, the organ was moved from the back gallery to the northeast corner, the pulpit remodelled, and the entire north wall adorned by an architectural scheme of pilasters, entablature, and central arch. The glass in the window over the pulpit was changed from plain to colored. (p. 69-70)

The Norwich Congregational Church is among the oldest of the Congregational Churches in Vermont. Four preceded it in organization - Bennington, Newbury, Westminster and Windsor. A row of horse sheds once stood to the north and east of the church. Constructed about 1855, the last horse sheds were taken down in 1939.

20A. Historical Marker, west of Church near sidewalk. Noncontributing object. Southwest of the church is an iron, state historical marker noting the previous existence on this site of the state's first public grammar school. On June 17, 1785 the Vermont State Assembly enacted a law which designated a county grammar school in and for Windsor County to be established at the house known by the name of the Red Schoolhouse in Norwich. It was this action which initiated the provision of Vermont's first constitution for schools of secondary learning. The school was built on the site of the White Church in 1788 or 1789. The North District school had one room and the South District school had one room. As a result of friction between the two halves of town, the north district hauled their building from the site in 1838. (p. 81)

21. Tracy Memorial Hall, northeast corner of Main Street and Church Street, 1939. Contributing building.
The first town hall built in the town of Norwich, Tracy Hall was constructed in 1939 and is a good example of Georgian Revival style architecture. The building consists of two stories and basement and is constructed of brick laid in a common bond alternating five courses of stretcher brick to a row of header and stretcher brick. There is a concrete foundation and a beveled concrete watertable encircles the building above the basement windows. There is a projecting boxed, molded cornice. A hip roof caps the structure and is punctuated by chimneys and an octagonal cupola sheathed in vertical flushboard with louvered rectangular openings and a flared roof.

The Main Street (west) facade measures three bays wide, that in the center projects slightly. The central entrance is fronted by a set of concrete stairs with a wrought iron railing. Two tall six panel doors access the building; upper and lower rows of panels are elongated. Two horizontal panels and transom lights cap the doors which are decorated by an eared surround. Pilasters flanking the entrance support a full entablature. Above the doorway is a 8/8 window with a flat arch brick lintel. Basement windows contain 8/8 sash, those on the first floor are 12/12 and second floor windows are 8/8. Rising from the roofline on this elevation is a horizontal flushboard pediment pierced by a rectangular louvered metal opening.

The Church Street (south) facade is seven bays wide. The raised center entrance is fronted by double six panel doors accessed by concrete steps and wrought iron railing. Flanking pilasters support a pulvinated frieze above which is a semicircular four tier fanlight with molded surround and outside surround of header brick. Punctuating the roof slope above the entrance is a flushboard pediment supported by wide pilasters with pulvinated caps. Located on either side of the entrance are two two-story windows containing 35/35 sash capped by four tier semi-circular fanlights. Quoining outline the two end bays on this elevation, each of which contain a 12/12 window on the first floor and 8/8 above.

The east side is punctuated by paired 12/12 windows with a gable doorhood marking the doubledoored basement entrance. The long, north side measures seven bays wide. Fenestration is identical to the south facade excepting the center entrance is instead occupied by an additional arched window.

James Tracy bequeathed to the town his estate of $8,000 including house and lot valued at $3,000 for the purpose of erecting a fireproof Town Hall on the site. Employed out of town for most of his life as a cabinetmaker, upon retiring Mr. Tracy returned to the old house which had been in his family since 1829. The Town Hall was dedicated June 4, 1939. (Norwich Historical Society - Student Papers)

21A. War Memorial #1, southwest lawn of Town Hall, c.1950. Noncontributing object. Located on the southwest lawn of Tracy Hall is this granite rectangular tablet approximately seven feet tall, the earlier of two war memorials located here. The top of the tablet is finished with an arched cap. The monument is inscribed "Town of Norwich Vermont Armed Forces in Time of War 1776-1947", below which is a bronze plaque with the names of Norwich's veterans.

21B. War Memorial #2, southwest lawn of Town Hall, c.1980. Noncontributing object. Located east of the stone just described is this granite tablet erected in honor of Norwich's Vietnam War Veterans. The tablet stands six feet tall with rough faced edges. It rests on a rough faced base projecting from the tablet above and measuring about a foot high. At the top of the tablet is an inscribed eagle with the years "1961 -1975" and the words "Vietnam War Veterans".

A tall metal flagpole is located between the two war memorials.

22. Gardner Agency, 7 Main Street, 1929 (based on and incorporating c. 1810 elements). Contributing building.
Adjacent to the Town Hall is this clapboarded 2-1/2 story house, measuring 5 x 2 bays, capped by an asphalt-shingled gable roof and resting on a concrete foundation. Thin pilasters without bases mark the corners of the building, giving rise to a projecting boxed cornice which returns on the end elevation. The central entrance contains a glass and panel door capped by a louvered semicircular fan framed by two pairs of pilasters. The projecting gable-roofed entrance porch has latticework sides and is supported by two pairs of columns above a wooden deck fronted by granite steps. Windows on the building contain 6/6 sash with blinds and molded surrounds.

The south elevation is bisected by a brick chimney. To each side is a quarter round window. Spanning the south gable end is a single story enclosed, hip roofed porch which was an open porch until 1987. A picture window lights the facade, while there are three 6/6 windows on the south side. The rear of the addition is accessed by a six panel door.

The rear elevation of the building measures three bays across. A small shed extension projects from the northernmost point on the rear elevation. It measures a single story and a single bay square with a door on the north side.

22A. Garage, c.1930. Contributing building. Northeast of the main house is a small clapboarded, gablefront garage decorated by projecting eaves and cornice returns. Of the two openings on the facade, one is a garage door while the other contains a pair of swing doors lit by a series of 4 x 2 panes over four vertical panels. There is a fixed 3 x 2 window in the gable. A single 6/6 window punctuates both the north and south elevations while a shed is attached at the rear.

According to the Beers Map, this property belonged to R. Smith in 1869. The present house and land were purchased by the Congregational Church in 1921, and the house was rebuilt in 1929, after it burned, leaving the front and side porches as they were.(p. 81) The 1959, 1963 and 1973 town maps indicate that the building was at that time still used as the Congregational Church Parsonage. The property is still owned by the Congregational Church.

23. Emerson-Daley House (Marble Bank), east side of Main Street, c.1810. Contributing building.
A fine example of the Federal style, what is now the Marble Bank is a two story clapboarded structure with a Georgian plan, measuring 5 x 2 bays and capped by an asphalt-shingled hip roof. Clapboards extend to the ground, ending in a wide wooden watertable with a lipped cap, obscuring the foundation. Encircling the building is a projecting boxed cornice decorated by dentils with a frieze consisting of diamond shapes interspersed by rosettes. Thin panelled pilasters mark the corners of the building.

The center entrance contains a wooden door with six shallow panels, framed by wide partial sidelights filled with geometric leaded glass in half circles and diamond designs. Wide caps decorated by dentils and semicircular moldings are located above the sidelights. Capping the doorway is a semicircular lunette with radiating tracery above which is a projecting broken pediment which is sheathed in horizontal flush board.

Windows on the structure contain 12/12 sash with blinds. Those on the first floor are capped by ornate entablature lintels with detailing similar to the diamond and rosette designs decorating the cornice frieze. Second floor windows lack the ornate entablatures; their caps extend to the frieze. Above the entrance is an elaborate 12/12 window capped by a semicircular fanlight with tracery matching that above the entrance. The window features an eared surround; the keystone is overlaid over the cornice.

Extending behind the main house is an extensive series of ells and additions the core of which is a two story ell with a gable roof. To the south of the ell is a single story flat roofed section. The north side of the ell is spanned by a porch with 12/12 windows recessed beneath arched spans.

Set perpendicular to the ell are two two-story additions. That to the south is capped by a hip roof and accommodates a drive up window. The northern of the two buildings is a modern addition, with artificial siding and a concrete foundation. It is punctuated by a large picture window and a modern door. Single story windows sheathed in T111 siding with standing seam metal roofs, extend to the east of these two structures. A shed extends to the east from the northeast corner of the building.

According to the town history, this house was built by Joseph Emerson, for his own use. Joseph was a member of the town's chief family of builders who were active in building in Norwich during the 1810-1830 period. As was typical during this period, the Emerson Brothers probably never had any actual architectural training but were skilled carpenter[s] aided by builder's handbooks. The oldest part of this house is thought to be the rear wing although it is not known whether this was built by Joseph Emerson. He was about twenty-two years old when he came to Norwich in 1795 and he may have built this wing during the next few years, before he left town for Montreal and Detroit. It is thought that he added the main block of the present house onto the front of the old wing shortly after the successful completion of his western business after the War of 1812, when he returned to Norwich. Local historians estimate the date of construction to be between 1815 and 1820, when he was in his mid forties and just beginning an active career as a builder in Norwich. The interior decorative treatment is unusually rich in carved detail and panelling. Many details on the house are quite similar to those of the Emerson-Dean House (#31) which was constructed by Joseph's older brother Elihu in 1820. Joseph Emerson died in Norwich in 1857, at the age of eighty-four. (p. 59-61)

The house was purchased some time before Joseph Emerson's death in 1857, by B.B. Newton, who owned it during the later 19th century and was later owned by Arthur L. Douglass, and Mrs. Douglass. Mr. Borden Avery bought it in 1955 and sold it in 1972 to Frederick Daley of Hanover. (p. 61) The property is currently owned by Bruce McLaughry and Thomas Soodsma.

23A. Barn, c.1850. Contributing building. Behind the main house is a two story clapboarded barn resting on a fieldstone foundation with a metal roof and projecting eaves. The barn is set with its broad side to the street, which is punctuated by three garage openings. The north and south sides both feature two fixed windows on the lower level with a 6/6 window in the attic. Extending behind the main section is a long section, also resting on a fieldstone foundation. Markings suggest a former rear door opening. A 1/1 window in the attic has been boarded over.

24. Union Store (McLaughry Building), east side of Main Street, c.1860. Contributing building.
This is a two story gable front clapboarded structure capped by an asphalt roof with a corbel cap ridge brick chimney. The offcenter entrance contains a "colonial" entrance consisting of a paneled door with integral transom flanked by fluted pilasters with a scalloped design above. Next to the entrance is a large modern multilight picture window. Upstairs are two 2/2 windows with plain surrounds and blinds. Plain cornerboards give rise to projecting eaves with deep cornice returns. There is a louvered opening in the attic.

Spanning the south side of the building is a single story flat roofed modern addition resting on a concrete foundation. The facade is punctuated by a recessed entrance and a picture window resting on brackets. The top of the facade is decorated by a false front, behind which the roof slopes back. Along the top an "x" balustrade spans between three posts. The addition is lit by a multilight window on the south side.

The rear elevation of the main house has flush eaves and is punctuated by 2/2 windows and a modern door. The north side elevation has a mixture of 6/6 windows on the first floor with 2/2 windows above. There is a blind, shuttered window near the front on the second floor below which is a wooden door punctuated by four glass panels with two horizontal panels below. Three wooden stairs lead to the door which is protected by a gable door hood on wooden supports.

From 1860-1864 this building housed the Union Store. The following five years it was occupied by Joseph Egerton, merchant and tailor to the Norwich University cadets, who is also shown as the owner on the Beers Map of 1869. By 1930 the building contained First National Stores. Later occupants included the Gardner Agency and Dr. Berry. The building is now owned by the McLaughry Family. Historic photographs (Norwich Historical Society) indicate that during the late 19th century the gablefront was spanned by a single story porch with split columns. The porch had been removed by 1930 and the first floor openings replaced by a storefront. The door on the north side was also added before 1930. The single story addition to the south was in place by the time of the 1938 Hurricane according to old photos. A barn was located to the rear.

The town maps for 1959, 1963 and 1973 indicate C.C. Hills to be the owner at that time. The present owners are Thomas Soodsma and Bruce McLaughry.

25. The Hair Shed, south side of Carpenter Street, c.1950. Noncontributing building.
Set behind Main Street, this modern single story building is set with its gable facing westward. The building is sheathed in aluminum siding and is capped by an asphalt roof. Centered on the gable front is a glass and panel door with horizontal openings. The entrance is flanked on each side by a large horizontal picture window with three light transoms. Each long elevation has three upper hinged window with single horizontal panes of glass.

According to local maps, this building was owned by Ballam and occupied by the I.G.A. store in 1959. The property was owned by Fraser & Hicks in 1963 and C.C. Hills in 1973.

26. (Brown) House, south side of Carpenter Street, c.1930. Contributing building.
A single story residence, the Brown House is squarish in plan and capped by a high pitched hip roof with overhanging eaves, sheathed in standing seam metal. The house itself is covered in aluminum siding. Many of the original windows have been replaced by modern horizontal sliding sash. The facade is dominated by a recessed porch defined by four square posts resting on a wall. Centered on the facade is a wooden door with a row of three vertical lights on top. The entrance is flanked on each side by two large sliding horizontal windows with shutters. There are three similar windows on the west side and a central sliding window flanked by two 1/1 windows on the east.

26A. Garage, c. 1930. Contributing building. Southeast of the house is a single story open garage sheathed in aluminum siding with an asphalt hip roof. A fixed 2 x 2 window lights each side; there are no openings on the rear.

The complete history of this property is not known. Recent owners have included M. Ammel who is shown as the owner on the 1959, 1963 and 1973 town maps. The present owner is Inge Brown.

27. (Snyder) House, south side of Carpenter Street, c.1930. Contributing building.
This is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded building resting on a concrete foundation and set with its gable front to the street. The house is capped by an asphalt roof. The first floor of the facade measures five bays wide and consists of a central entrance flanked by two joined pairs of 6/6 windows with blinds. An additional pair of 6/6 windows punctuates the attic and are framed by the cornice returns formed by the projecting eaves. The center entrance is shielded by a pedimented porch supported by plain posts.

The west side of the house is punctuated by two 6/6 windows and a small central fixed 2 x 2 window. A single story shed roofed porch, three bays wide, spans the east side of the house. It is supported by square posts spanned by a stick balustrade with a latticed skirt. Two 6/6 windows and a door are located on the east elevation of the house.

27A. Garage, c. 1930. Contributing building. Southwest of the house is a single story clapboarded garage with projecting eaves and cornice returns. In addition to the front doublewide garage door opening there is a 6/6 window on each of the side elevations.

The complete ownership history of this house is not known. According to town maps recent owners of this property have included Thorpe (1959 map), Benamou (1963), and Lipshires (1973). The present owner is Bonnie Snyder.

28. (Clarkson) House, south side of Carpenter Street, c. 1930. Noncontributing building.
Although it is contemporary with the other houses built about 1930 on this part of Carpenter Street, this house has been greatly altered and expanded over the years. The clapboarded 1-1/2 story structure is set gable end to the street above a concrete foundation. The roof is sheathed in rolled asphalt siding. The main part of the house consists of a gablefront section. An additional small gable has been added to the west front of the building and contains a pair of 6/1 windows while the recessed area is punctuated by another 6/1 window. The west side of the house displays a door near the front, followed by a 6/1 window, small upper window, 6/1 window and an final upper window at the rear. A cross gable extends from the east of the main house with shed roofed additions to the front and rear. A 6/1 window punctuates the east cross gable. A pair of jalousie windows are located at the northeast corner of the house.

28A. Garage, c.1930. Contributing building. Southwest of the house is a single car, clapboarded garage structure decorated by projecting eaves. The roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles. Above the garage door opening is a fixed 3 x 3 window The west side of the garage is punctuated by a single 4 x 3 fixed window, while another opening has been filled with clapboards.

The complete ownership history of this house is not known. Recent owners of this property have included W. Cossingham, shown as the owner on the 1959 and 1963 town maps and Houts (1973 map). The present owner is Wendy Starr.

29. (Aldrich) House, south side of Carpenter Street, c. 1930. Contributing building.
This is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded structure set broadside to the street with a three bay facade. The building rests on a concrete foundation and is capped by an asphalt roof. The center entrance contains a multilight glass door and is sheltered by a pedimented porch supported by two pairs of square posts. Flanking each side of the doorway is a 6/6 window with shutters constructed of three boards. Three pediment dormers containing 6/1 windows punctuate the front roof slope. A long shed dormer spans the rear roof slope.

The west side of the house measures two bays wide with a single story addition, square in plan and capped by a hip roof, located at the southwest corner. The addition is punctuated by a 6/6 window in front and two upper windows on the west side. A single story flat-roofed addition spans the east elevation with a large picture window projecting from the east side. There are two windows upstairs on the east side.

29A. Garage, c.1930. Contributing building. Southeast of the main house is a single story, two-car garage. The front of the building is sheathed in aluminum siding but the rear is covered in what was probably the original building material - shiplap siding. There are two garage openings on the gable front with a 2/2 window above, framed by cornice returns. The east side of the building has a 2/2 window and a wooden door displaying three vertical lights over two vertical recessed panels.

Town maps indicate that the Aldrich family has owned this property since at least 1959.

30. (Finnegan) House, 2 Carpenter Street (north side), c. 1930. Contributing building.
Displaying many attributes of the Bungalow style, the Finnegan House is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded structure capped by a gently pitched, painted standing seam metal roof. The projecting front porch is similarly capped by a gable roof which is supported by two Roman Doric columns spanned by square posts with stick balusters. The wood and glass front door displays a grid of two vertical and two horizontal mullions with a panel below. Exposed rafters and purlins decorate the overhanging eaves. Flanking the center entrance are two large picture windows with multi-light transoms and blinds. Windows on the side elevations are doublehung with four vertical lights over a single light sash. Two gable dormers punctuate the front roof slope; these windows are casements. Offset to the northeast corner is a projecting gable porch containing a multilight door with two multi-light panels to the side. An exterior brick chimney is centered on the west elevation.

Offset to the northwest of the main house is a modern, clapboarded addition set broadside to the street. A clerestory caps the gable roof. The front facade is punctuated by three glass sliding doors.

30A. Garage, c.1930. Contributing building. Northeast of the main house is a single car garage sheathed in shiplap siding. The building is capped by a standing seam roof which is decorated by exposed rafters like those seen on the main house. There are two openings on the gablefront. Each displays clipped corners and is fronted by a sliding door. There is a window opening above the sliding door and a single 6/6 window on the east side.

The complete history of this house is not known. Recent owners of this property have included Frey, who is shown as the owner on the 1959 and 1963 town maps and Gundy who is indicated on the 1973 map. The current owners are Gregory and Robin Finnegan.

31. Emerson-Dean House (1820 House), northeast corner of Main Street and Carpenter Street, 1820. Contributing building.
A fine example of the Federal style, the former Emerson-Dean House is a two story, clapboarded structure measuring 5 x 2 bays and displaying an I-house form. The building is capped by an asphalt hip roof. Recessed panel pilasters mark the building corners while a molded watertable encircles the building above the granite foundation. Underneath the boxed, projecting, molded cornice are triglyphs with guttae. Rising from the center of the facade, above the central bay, is a low pediment with projecting eaves containing a semielliptical tiered fanlight outlined by a heavy molding and keystone.

The central entrance contains a wide wooden door with six shallow recessed panels. Small recessed panel pilasters flank the door. The sidelights contain etched glass dating to the late 19th century. Bolder pilasters flank the sidelights, marking the outer surround. Above the doorway is a two tier elliptical fanlight. The entrance porch consists of fluted Doric columns resting on a wooden deck and supporting a full entablature decorated by paired brackets. The flat porch roof is decorated by turned balusters. Windows on the structure contain doublehung 12/12 windows flanked by blinds. On the first floor the windows are capped by entablature lintels decorated with two rectangles of raised fluting. The tops of the second story windows extend to the cornice. On the south side is a doorway capped by an entablature similar to those used on the first floor windows.

Extending behind the house is a two story addition resting on a modern brick foundation. The south side is fronted by a modern brick patio and is lit by continuous glass and panel doors with a horizontal flushboard background. Upstairs the structure is punctuated by three 12/8 windows. The rear of this section has projecting eaves and a 12/8 window. Located behind the two story addition is a single story wing sheathed in horizontal flushboard siding and punctuated by three elliptical arched openings filled with multilight glass doors. A wide horizontal lintel caps the openings, above which are four octagonal fixed windows. Skylights punctuate the asphalt roof. The rear elevation of this section features two doors and three 8/8 windows.

Spanning the north end of the main house is a single story hip roofed addition capped by a standing seam metal roof. Extending from the northeast corner of this addition is a wooden fence which runs north and then east, connecting to a set of two connected barns.

According to the local history, this house was built by Elihu Emerson for his own use in 1820. A member of the town's chief family of builders active from 1810 -1830, Elihu was actually a blacksmith for most of his life. The Emerson-Dean House is similar in many ways to the Emerson Daley House (#3), erected by Elihu's younger brother Joseph. The house is notable for the variety of its interior carved wooden decorative details. Elihu Emerson came to Norwich from Westfield, Mass. in 1792 at the age of twenty-one. His house was built in 1820. Emerson lived to the advanced age of over one hundred and two years, dying in 1873.(p. 61)

Elihu Emerson sold his house to Ebenezer Hutchinson and Rufus Benson in 1857. They sold it to Susan Morris and Susan Kellogg in 1863. (Sylvester Morris' wife and daughter). Mrs. Kellogg sold it to William Bicknell in 1891. After his death in 1914, his step-son Edmund Carpenter lived in the house. Mr. Bicknell's daughter, Mrs. Hattie Sargent, sold it to Warren and Jane Ballam in 1941. Jane Ballam sold to Robert Dean in 1961 who sold it to Michael and Barbara Woodard sometime after 1974.

31A. Barns, c. 1830. Contributing building. Located north of the rearmost ell are two connected wooden barns set with their gable oriented in an east-west direction. The barn to the west is constructed of vertical barnboard and rests on granite slabs. Its north side is punctuated by a vertical bead door and two windows to each side. There is a fixed 4 x 3 window on the west gable end. The eastern barn is constructed of clapboards. Both roofs are sheathed in asphalt shingles.

32. Emerson-Olds House, east side of Main Street, c.1790. Contributing building.
A painted brick 2-1/2 story structure with a Georgian plan, the Emerson-Olds House measures 3 x 5 bays and rests on a stone foundation. It is capped by an asphalt roof. A deeply projecting boxed cornice with returns wraps around the house. The building is oriented with its entry-less front gable to the street. The gablefront contains three windows on the first floor and two on the second with a single louvered opening on the third. All of the other openings contain 6/6 windows set into the brick with blinds.

Centered on the south elevation is a four panel door flanked by four sidelights to each side. The doorway is sheltered by a hip roof supported by open posts with a wooden inset which rest on bases with a recessed panel. The posts rest on a wooden deck. Remaining windows contain 6/6 sash.

Extending behind the main house is a single story frame wing. The south side of the building has a four panel door flanked by a 6/6 window and 12/12 window. This structure is capped by a standing seam roof Extending beyond the wing is a single story frame garage with a low shed roof.

According to the town history, Elihu Emerson purchased the land where this house stands in 1795, constructing it between 1795 and 1798. It is apparently the earliest brick building in Norwich. Emerson rented it to William Smith Burton from 1832 to 1842. He used it as a store and residence, as did Emerson's nephew, Roland Emerson, through the early 1850's. His daughter, Ann, sold it to Mrs. Mary Sewall in 1866. Rev. Sewall was pastor of the Congregational Church from 1865-1876. The Sewalls sold the property in 1877 to Edward Olds. It is still in the Olds Family. (p. 81)

33. (Ericson) House, east side of Main Street, c.1810 with later additions. Contributing building.
This is a 1 l/2 story clapboarded Cape Cod structure, measuring 5 x 2 bays, resting on a concrete foundation and capped by a standing seam metal gable roof with a large brick chimney. Large gambrel dormers containing three pairs of 6/6 windows punctuate both roof slopes of the main house. These are not original to the building and were probably added in the early 20th century. The entry-less gable end is punctuated by two 12 x 12 windows and displays flush eaves. The south-facing facade is marked by a central pedimented porch supported by wide chamfered posts above a wooden deck with wooden steps and wooden seats. The front door contains a modern glass and panel door flanked by partial sidelights filled with leaded glass in a pattern alternating circle and diamond shapes. The windows flanking the entrance contain 12/12 windows which extend to the projecting boxed cornice. Projecting from the north elevation is a single story projection with two 6/6 windows on the west elevation and no openings on the north side. Extending to the east is a single story wing, five bays across. It is punctuated by a central modern door protected by a door hood on brackets. Remaining openings on the south side contain 12/8 windows. There is a sliding door on the north side and a brick end chimney.

33A. Garage, c.1910. Contributing building. Southeast of the house is a clapboarded garage set broadside to the street. The building is capped by a gable roof which is punctuated by a gambrel front dormer with double windows. The first floor features a double wide door flanked on each side by a 6/6 window.

The complete history of this house is not entirely clear. According to the Beers Map this property was owned by J. Hutchinson in 1869. At that time a blacksmith and cabinet shop stood between this house and #32 to the south. Town maps indicate that the property belonged to Griffith in 1959 and 1963 and to Woodworth in 1973. The present owner is Katherine Ericson.

34. University Grange No. 335, east side of Main Street, 1892. Contributing.
Set gablefront to the street, the University Grange is a 2-1/2 story clapboarded structure capped by an asphalt roof with a plain frieze and projecting eaves. Behind the main building is a two story addition also displaying projecting eaves. The clapboarded structure ends with a single story shed. The building is fronted by a two story porch, three bays wide, supported by plain posts with jigsawn brackets and jigsawn balusters on the upper level. On the first floor of the facade the central glass and panel door is flanked by two oversized 2 x 2 pane shop windows. Upstairs there is a six panel door flanked by 2/2 windows with lipped lintels. There are two additional 2/2 windows in the attic.

The north side of the building measures four 2 x 2 windows on the first floor and three upstairs. The south side is four bays wide, one opening is blocked on the first floor. There is an exterior wooden staircase in the southeast corner. The south side of the wing is punctuated by a 2/2 panel and a four panel door.

The University Grange #335 was organized in 1905. From 1905-1916 it met in Union Hall (now the storeroom upstairs in Dan & Whit's), in the old Congregational Church Vestry and in Morison Hall, its present building which was purchased from John Hazen in 1916. (Info. from Vermont State Grange, Norwich Historical Society).

35. (Taylor) House, east side of Main Street, c.1820. Contributing building.
This is a 1-1/2 story brick Cape Cod structure measuring five bays across and set broad side to the road. Brick on the building is laid in a stretcher bond alternating ten rows of stretchers to a single row of headers. The building is capped by a standing seam metal, gable roof, punctuated by an interior brick chimneys in the southwest corner and an exterior brick chimney on the north side of the building. The rear slope is punctuated by a clapboarded shed dormer with two 2/2 windows on the back. There is a projecting boxed cornice spanning the front and back elevations. The center entrance contains a modern glass and panel door with an inset fan sheltered by a single bay porch. The porch consists of a broken pediment with an arched underside supported by large chamfered posts. Jigsawn balusters span between the posts. Windows contain predominantly 2/2 sash. There are three windows on the south-side and a pair of 6/l on the north.

Extending behind the house is a single story ell sheathed in shiplap siding and capped by a hipped, asphalt roof. A porch supported by turned posts spans the south side. A modern door, large picture window and four panel door punctuate this side. A small breezeway connects the ell to a hip roofed garage sheathed in shiplap siding.

The garage features a double door garage opening with two double sets of glass and horizontal panel doors behind. Windows contain 2/2 sash.

The early history of this house is not entirely clear. lt would appear from the Beers map that this property was owned by Mrs. Brown in 1869. Town maps indicate that the owner in 1959 and 1963 was Speight. The owner in 1973 was Theriault. The present owner is Bernis Taylor.

36. (Japikse) House, east side of Main Street, 1980. Noncontributing building.
Set back from Main Street, this modern two story Colonial Revival structure measuring 5 x 2 bays, was constructed in 1980. The building is clapboarded and rests on a concrete foundation with an asphalt hip roof punctuated by two interior chimneys. Wooden quoining decorates the building corners. The center entrance contains a six panel door flanked by partial sidelights and capped by an elliptical fan. Four fluted columns support a semicircular portico with balustrade. Above the entrance is a 6/6 window with semicircular cap. Remaining windows on the building contain 8/8 sash with splayed lintels; those on the first floor are taller. Extending behind is an ell ending in a garage.

37. (Huntington) House, east side of Main Street, c.1795. Contributing building.
This 2-1/2 story clapboarded structure with a Georgian plan, oriented with its five bay facade to the street is one of the earliest houses built in the village. The house rests on a granite foundation and is capped by an asphalt gable roof and modern brick chimney. Cornerboards outline the structure giving rise to a projecting boxed cornice forming pediments on the gable ends. A wide baseboard surrounds the structure. The central entrance contains two wide doors punctuated by arched glass panes over rectangular panels, sheltered by an exterior set of doors. The door is flanked by wide fluted pilasters supporting an entablature. Facade window openings contain 1/1 sash and are grouped in pairs except for the single 2/2 window above the entrance.

The south side is two bays wide with a later three sided bay window with two 2/2 windows to the side and a single 2/2 above. The north gable end is two bays wide, one of which is occupied by a blind window.

Extending behind is a single story ell resting on a fieldstone foundation with a standing seam metal roof. A porch spans much of the south side, supported by chamfered posts on low bases. Below the porch is a glass and panel door with two 6/6 windows. A recessed area to the east has a four panel door and 12/12 windows. The north side of the ell is punctuated by a sliding door, picture window and a 12/12 window. A shed dormer projects from the north side of the ell, near the main house.

Attached to the end of the ell is a vertical board barn which projects slightly from the north elevation. A garage door punctuates the north side.

According to the Town History, the exact date of this house is not known. It was built by John Burton, son of Jacob Burton, who came to Norwich with his father as early as 1765. Local resident Sarah Hazen believes that it is the third oldest house in town and may date to the 1770's. Various evidence, however, makes a later date more probable. It is unlikely that houses were built on the Plain until about 1795 and thus this is a more probable date for the house. (p. 33)

According to the Beers Map this house was owned by H. Blood in 1869. The owner on the 1959 and 1963 maps was D. Sargent; Converse owned the property in 1973. Today, the property is owned by William and Leonie Huntington.

38. Norwich Public Library, southeast corner Hazen Street and Main Street, 1901. Contributing building.
The Norwich Public Library is a small single story brick structure capped by an asphalt shingled hip roof. It rests on a rough faced granite foundation which projects from the brick wall above. Brick is laid in a stretcher bond with brick quoining detailing at the building corners. The facade measures three bays wide; the central bay is marked by a projecting pediment supported by two large Roman Doric columns which rest on a brick wall with granite cap. The columns support a wide frieze with raised capital letters reading "Norwich Library". The construction dat of A.D. 1901 is centered in the denticulated pediment. The center entrance is flanked by pilasters and contains a glass and panel door. The upper panel contains a square leaded glass window, below which are three rectangular panels and a horizontal panel as well as a granite sill. The doorway is capped by a semicircular stained glass window with a surround consisting of three rows of projecting header brick. Located to each side of the entrance is a 2/2 window capped by a semicircular stained glass window and three row header surround with a rough faced granite sill below. A basement window is located below each, capped by a granite lintel.

Each of the side elevations measure two bays wide. Here too, the windows contain 2/2 sash although the semicircular light above is clear glass. A wide, plain frieze encircles the building under projecting eaves embellished by modillions and dentils. The raking consists of a cyma recta molding.

Extending along the west elevation is a small clapboarded ell, a single bay wide, connecting the original structure to a 1-1/2 story parallel clapboarded structure. The two part addition dates to 1975 and is outlined by plain cornerboards above a concrete foundation. The steeply pitched gable roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles with pediment ends of vertical flushboard. A triangular vent is located at the top of the pediment. Windows on the addition contain plain casement sash. The pediment ends measure two bays wide while the rear elevation is three bays. A set of stairs leading to the basement is located on the east side.

The Norwich Library began in 1880 as a membership association for books, housed in the South Congregational Church vestry, private homes and in the building of the military academy, then located on the green. Ground was broken for the building on September 10, 1901; the contractor was E.F. Phelps of Lebanon, N.H. Construction was completed the following February 22 at a cost of $2,414.75 and the library moved to this building, completed and finished entirely by gifts of citizens. (Old History p. 273). Until 1920 the library was a private book club with a membership fee of 75 cents. It subsequently became a free library offering services to all. In 1975 as a bicentennial project, the new wing was completed and the original was remodelled.

39. Hazen (Hale) House, northeast corner of Main and Hazen Streets, c.1870. Contributing building.
Combining sections of several different ages, the Hale House is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded structure set with its gable front to Main Street. The house is capped by an asphalt-shingled roof. What looks to be a more recent two story cross gable section is located at the center of the house, beyond which is a shingled wing and garage.

The front section of the house rests on a granite foundation and is outlined by wide cornerboards with caps which give rise to a wide frieze and cornice returns under projecting eaves. Located on the first floor of the Main Street facade is a three sided modern picture window. Two 6/6 windows lights the second floor above. A single story porch spans the south side of the front structure. A single simple post supports the hipped roof of the porch. The area to the east is enclosed and serves as an entrance vestibule, accessed by a four panel, glass and wooden door facing Main Street. Also sheltered by the porch is a 6/6 window on the south wall. The north side of this building is punctuated by a single blind window opening.

Adjacent to the front part of the house is a two story cross gabled section, projecting from both the north and south elevations. The south side of the gable is punctuated by a three-part picture window on the first floor with two windows above. Although there are projecting eaves and exposed rafters this section of the building has none of the frieze and pilaster details marking the front section. Modern windows decorate the north side of this cross gable section.

Beyond the gabled projection and set at right angles to it is a two story shingled structure resting on a concrete foundation. The south elevation is spanned in part by a shed roofed porch with plain posts. Underneath the porch is a glass and panel door and a wide 8/8 window. A shed dormer punctuates the roof slope above and contains two wide 8/8 windows. A multilight picture window lights the upper story of the rear gable.

39A. Shed, c.1970. Noncontributing building. Located east of the house is a small wooden shed constructed of vertical boards with a gambrel roof covered in asphalt shingles and double "barn" doors on the west facing gambrel front.

The complete ownership history of this property is not known. The property is not represented on the 1869 Beers Map. This property was owned by Tebbets in 1959 and 1963 according to the town map and to Wright in 1973. The present owners are Frank Hale and Pat Bennett and the house is rented out.

40. Church House, north side of Hazen Street opposite the Library, c. 1920. Contributing building.
The Church House is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure clad in aluminum siding and resting on a concrete foundation. The asphalt shingled gable roof is punctuated by an offcenter brick chimney. Eaves on the building project. The house is oriented with its gable front facing east. The facade is spanned by a single story flat roofed entrance porch, now enclosed. Sheltered by the porch are a central entrance and two flanking windows. Two additional windows repeating the predominant configuration of four vertical panes over a single pane and flanked by shutters, are located on the second story. Both north and south elevations are punctuated by three windows; on the north side there is an additional smaller window on the upper level. Projecting from the center of the west elevation is a small gabled entrance porch with a broken pediment over the louvered glass door. The porch is fronted by a set of wooden stairs.

40A. Garage, c.1930. Contributing building. Located northwest of the main house is a single story wood shingled garage resting on a concrete foundation and capped by an asphalt-shingled gable roof which steps up at the rear. There is a garage door on the southfacing gable front, a glass and panel door on the west side and a fixed window on the east.

West of the house is a modern metal utility shed.

The early owners of this property are not known. The present owners are Hollis and Marlene Church who have owned the property at least since 1959.

41. (Poore) House, 3 Hazen Street, c.1910. Contributing building.
A good example of the American Four Square house form, the Poore House is a two story structure, squarish in plan, set on a concrete foundation and capped by an asphalt hip roof with offcenter chimney. As was common, the first floor of the building is sheathed in clapboards with cornerboards and a wooden watertable while the second story is shingled with a projecting boxed cornice and plain frieze. The facade is spanned by a single story porch on a shingled base measuring two bays wide, as defined by broad, plain posts. The space between the posts has been filled with louvered windows. Under the porch is a natural wood panel and glass door, flanked by a large 4/2 window. Above the porch, the facade is punctuated by two 6/l windows.

The south side of the house features two continuous pairs of 6/1 windows on the first floor with two individual 6/1 windows above. Centered on the north side of the house is a glass and panel door capped by a shed door hood and flanked by a small 6/1 window on one side and a pair of small 6/1 windows on the other. Over the door hood is another 6/1 window.

Offset to the southwest of the house is a clapboarded single story addition capped by an asphalt shingled hip roof. Four continuous 8/1 windows light the south side.

41A. Garage, c.1910. Contributing building. Northwest of the house is a small clapboarded garage set on a concrete foundation and capped by an asphalt shingled hip roof. The building is detailed by cornerboards and a molded wooden watertable. A pair of vertical panel doors open outward from the east elevation.

The early ownership history of this house is not known. The present owner is Clifton Poore, who has owned the property at least since 1959.

42. (Brinton) House, 5 Hazen Street, c.1930. Contributing building.
A one story house with gently pitched broad gables, the Brinton House displays various features associated with the Bungalow style. The house rests on a concrete foundation and is clad in wide aluminum siding which probably obscures an original shingled exterior. It is set with its broad side to the street and measures three asymmetrical bays wide. Projecting from the facade is an offcenter low gable porch supported by tapered porch posts which rest on a woodframe wall. Purlins and jigsawn rafters with curved ends decorate the projecting eaves. Sheltered by the porch are a 2/2 window and an offcenter glass and panelled front door. An additional 2/2 window is located on the other side of the front door but is not covered by the porch.

The south side of the house measures four bays wide, displaying the same 2/2 windows with molded surrounds, with an additional fixed 3 x 2 window in the attic. The north side is punctuated by one 2/2 window with a fixed 3 x 2 window in the attic. Both side elevations display projecting eaves with purlin supports.

Behind the house is a lower single story wing which wraps around part of the north elevation as well. A deck is located at the northwest corner.

42A. Garage, c.1930. Contributing building. A small woodframe garage is located north of the house, clad in the same siding as the main house and displaying the same projecting eaves with purlin details. The broad side of the garage faces the street and is punctuated by two garage doors. On the south side there is a wooden door with three horizontal glass panes and three horizontal panels. There is an adjacent 1/1 window and a similar window in the attic. There are two 1/1 windows in the back. The north attic is also lit by a 1/1 window.

Early ownership data on this house is not available. According to town maps, this property was owned by Newton in 1959 and 1963 and by Marshall in 1973. The present owner is Erica Brinton.

43. (Reibel) House, 7 Hazen Street, c.1890. Contributing building.
This is a clapboarded house capped by an asphalt roof with a jerkinhead profile and projecting eaves with a plain frieze. The house rests on a concrete foundation and is set with its narrow end to the street bisected by an offcenter exterior brick chimney. The sidehall entrance has a four panel recessed panel door and is fronted by a concrete porch with wrought iron supports and rails. The porch's gable roof displays a wide frieze with exposed rafters. Next to the front door is a joined pair of doublehung windows with four vertical panes of glass set over a single pane. A similar pair of windows punctuates the attic and lights the facade of the single story section to the north. Spanning the north roof slope is a long shed dormer with a pair of windows and one individual window. On the first floor, the north elevation displays a small window flanked by a pair on each side.

43A. Garage, c.1930. Contributing building. Northwest of the main house is a small clapboarded garage resting on a concrete foundation. The gable roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles with projecting eaves. There is a single door opening on the front, outlined by a plain molding. Adjacent to the north is an open lean-to shed which has a north wall sheathed in shiplap siding.

The complete ownership history of this house is not known. Town maps indicate that this property was owned by J. Cloud in 1959, 1963 and 1973. The present owner is Chris Reibel.

44. (Settle) House, 9 Hazen Street, c.1900. Contributing building.
The Settle House is a 2-1/2 story duplex structure covered in vinyl siding and capped by a standing seam metal gable roof. The house is oriented with its broad side to the street above a concrete block foundation. The facade measures four bays wide and is spanned by a single story flat roofed porch which has been screened-in above a sided wall. Sheltered by the porch are two central wood panel and glass front doors flanked on each side by a large picture window. On the second story of the facade are four small 2/2 windows set under the projecting boxed cornice. Both the north and south gable ends are punctuated by two large 2/2 windows on the first floor and three smaller windows above.

44A. Garage, c.1910. Contributing building. Behind the house is a shiplap sided garage oriented with its broad elevations parallel to the main house. The steeply pitched hip roof is sheathed in standing seam metal and punctuated by a center chimney. Two pairs of swinging doors with multiple glass panes over horizontal panels access the facade. There are no windows on the rear and a single window on the side elevations.

The early owners of this house are not known. The town maps indicate that this property was owned by W.Waterman in 1959 and 1963 and by Marshall in 1973. The present owners are Winfield and Carole Settle.

45. (Thompson) House, 11 Hazen Street, c.1870. Contributing building.
Set broadside to the street, the Thompson House is a two story clapboarded structure capped by an asphalt-shingled gable roof and resting on a concrete covered foundation. The facade is ordered by three asymmetrical bays and spanned by a single story porch supported by turned posts with curvilinear brackets and a stick balustrade. Underneath the porch is an offcenter glass and panel door, flanked by two 2/2 windows with lipped lintels. Dominating the facade are two gable wall dormers which cut through the front roof slope and are decorated by projecting eaves with returns above simple wooden cornerboards.

Side elevations each measure two bays wide and are lit by 2/2 windows with lipped lintels like those on the front. Projecting from the south elevation is a single story, three-sided bay window featuring a central pair of windows with a single window angled to each side. A small porch is located at the northwest corner on the rear elevation. Three windows light the rear elevation. light the rear elevation.

45A. Garage, c. 1910. Contributing building. Northwest of the house is a single car garage constructed of shiplap siding above a concrete foundation. The building is capped by an asphalt-shingled hip roof. There is a single door on the narrow front and a window on the rear elevation.

The complete ownership history of this house is not known. This property has been owned by Earl and Regina Thompson at least since 1959.

46. (Bagnato) House, southeast corner of Hazen Street and Cliff Street, c. 1960. Noncontributing building.
This 1-1/2 story wood frame structure measuring 3 x 2 bays is set broad side to Hazen Street above a concrete foundation. Sheathed in wide clapboards the building is capped by an asphalt shingled gable roof. The roof is finished with close eaves while a shallow box cornice decorates the broad sides. The center entrance contains a six panel door which is sheltered by a gable porch hood supported by large curved brackets. A single 8/8 window flanks each side of the entrance. The south gable end is punctuated by two 8/8 windows with two smaller windows upstairs. The north side features a single 8/8 window and a joined pair of 6/6 windows. A rear shed dormer spans the rear roof slope.

An open breezeway connects the main house with the garage to the east of the house.

46A. Garage, c. 1960. Noncontributing building. Like the main house, the garage rests on a concrete foundation and is sheathed in wide clapboards with an asphalt shingled roof. Set gablefront to Cliff Street the facade features a double-wide garage door with a single 6/6 window in the attic. The cornice is boxed on the sides with flush front eaves. In addition to the garage door there is a single wooden door and two 6/6 windows.

47. (Tavela) House, south side of Cliff Street, c. 1970. Noncontributing building.
This is a modern split level house sheathed in wide siding and capped by an asphalt gable roof. The offcenter entrance features a "colonial" style entrance with sidelights and an urn-topped broken pediment. Fenestration includes a large picture window and 1/1 windows. Attached to the west is a two car garage of lesser height.

48. (Fitzgerald) House, north side of Cliff Street, c.1930. Contributing building.
A good example of a bungalow cottage, this house measures 1-1/2 stories and is sheathed in wood shingles above a concrete foundation. The broad facade is spanned by a shed roofed porch supported by four battered porch posts resting on a shingled wall. A central gable rises from the front of the asphalt-shingled gable roof slope. Wooden purlins support the projecting eaves of the overhanging roof. Sheltered by the porch, the central entrance contains a wooden door consisting of two rows of four lights over two vertical panels. The entrance is flanked by two pairs of 4/1 vertical light windows.

The west side of the house is punctuated by a glass and panel door, four individual 4/1 windows and a joined pair. The east gable end has four 4/1 windows on the first floor and two in the attic.

Attached to the northwest corner of the house is an angled shed sheathed in shiplap siding with double front doors. Adjacent is a small single story garage also sheathed in shiplap siding. A pair of swinging doors open from the gable front. Each door has two rows of four lights over four vertical recessed panels.

49. (Haynes) House, north side of Cliff Street, c.1930. Contributing building.
This is a 1 1/2 story clapboarded structure resting on a concrete block foundation and oriented with its broad facade facing west. The house is capped by an asphalt shingled gambrel roof; both roof slopes are spanned by shed dormers. A clapboarded chimney rises from the rear of the house. A pedimented entrance porch supported by square posts projects from the west side, sheltering the sidehall entrance. To the side are a 1/1 window and a pair of 1/1 windows. The dormer upstairs repeats the same pattern of two single windows and a pair of windows. The end facing the street is punctuated by two pairs of 1/1 windows on the first floor and a single 1/1 window upstairs. The east elevation of the house displays a 1/1 window, horizontal window and a door while the dormer is lit by a single 1/1 window flanked by two pairs.

49A. Garage, c.1950. Noncontributing building. East of the house is a single story garage sheathed in board and batten siding with two individual door openings on the gable front.

50. (Settle) House, northeast corner of Cliff Street and Hazen Street, c.1920. Contributing building.
Situated on the corner of Cliff Street and Hazen Street with a facade facing south, this house measures 1-1/2 stories and 5 x 2 bays above a brick foundation. The house is sheathed in wood shingles and capped by an asphalt shingled gable roof with projecting eaves and cornice returns. The center entrance contains a modern glass and panel door and is flanked by two pairs of 6/1 windows. A shed dormer spans both the front and rear roof slopes. That in the front is lit by three 6/1 windows. The west gable end of the house displays a pair of 6/1 windows and an individual 6/1 window on the first floor with two individual 6/1 windows upstairs. A screened porch projects from the rear elevation.

50A. Garage, c.1920. Contributing building. Located to the northwest of the house is a single car garage sheathed in shiplap siding with an asphalt shingled gable roof displaying exposed rafters. A single overhead garage door punctuates the gable front.

51. (Reininger) House, east side of Main Street, 1969. Noncontributing building.
Constructed in 1969, the Reininger House is a modern Cape Cod style structure consisting of several 1-1/2 story clapboarded wings with steeply pitched asphalt, gable roofs, set broadside to the street above concrete foundations. Simple cornerboards and a boxed projecting cornice decorate the structure with flush eaves on the end. The main house measures three bays wide. Occupying the southernmost bay is the front door, a six panel wooden door flanked by doublewide sidelights, each measuring 5 x 2 lights. Piercing through the roof above is a pediment with an elliptical fan underneath. To the side are two 8/12 windows. A large brick chimney rises from the ridge between this and the wing to the north.

The facade of the northern wing is recessed slightly from that of the main house and measures two bays wide with two smaller scale 6/6 windows. The north gable end has two 6/6 windows and an attic window.

South of the main house is an additional recessed wing dominated by an archway recessed behind which are a door and window. To the south of this wing is a gablefront garage section with flush front eaves. There are two garage door openings facing the street, outlined by elliptical arched moldings with keystones. There is a hatch attic door above.

On the rear elevation a shed dormer spans the east roof slope of the main house. There are a variety of window types on the rear elevations including a picture window, casement window and 6/6 sash.

According to Mrs. Reininger, this house was built in 1969 by Bill and George Porter for the Perry family. Mrs. Perry owned the brick house across the street (#68). A shed preceded this house on the lot.

52. (Seibert) House, east side of Main Street, c.1880. Contributing building.
Dating to the late 19th century, the Seibert House is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded structure with a cross gable plan, of interest in the district for the survival of its attached barn.

The main house rests on a brick foundation and is capped by an asphalt-shingled gable roof. The gablefront measures two bays wide and is decorated by projecting eaves and a simple frieze which curves as it meets the top of the cornerboard. The sidehall entrance contains a Queen Anne style door with a large upper glass surrounded by small colored glass squares. Underneath the glass are three panels. Adjacent to the entrance is a single story rectangular bay window with two front windows. Upstairs are two 2/2 windows with lipped lintels. Both the north and east (rear) elevations are two bays wide.

Extending at right angles to the south of the main house is a 1-1/2 story cross gable section fronted by a single story porch supported by square posts with arched spans and keystones. The porch has been partially enclosed at the southwest corner. There is a paneled door flanked by tall 2/2 windows. Upstairs is a gable wall dormer containing a 2/2 window. The rear roof slope is broken by a shed dormer containing two 2/2 windows. A rear porch is partially enclosed in plastic.

Offset to the southeast is a clapboarded, attached barn which has been converted to residential use, set broadside to the street. Two sets of doors, sliding and double, access the front. There are also a glass and panel door and a pair of 6/6 windows punctuating the facade. The south gable end of the barn has a 6/6 window in the attic with a leaded glass window below. Extending from the rear southeast corner of the barn is a flatroofed single story shed, sheathed in a combination of shingles and clapboards.

Visual evidence and its absence from the 1869 Beers map suggest that this house was constructed c. 1880. The early owners are not known. Town maps indicate that this property was owned by McCorison in 1959, by Meisel in 1963 and by the present owners, Dean and Ann Seibert, by 1973.

53. (Miller) House, east side of Main Street, c.1880. Contributing building.
The Miller House is a late 19th century 2-1/2 story clapboarded structure with hexagonal wooden shingles decorating the two cross gables. The house rests on a brick foundation and is capped by an asphalt roof. It has seen numerous alterations in recent years. Projecting from the gablefront section is a modern entrance vestibule capped by a vertical flushboard pediment. The panelled front door is flanked by partial modern sidelights. The porch rests on a brick foundation and is fronted by concrete steps with wrought iron railings. Adjacent to the door is a three part modern picture window. Upstairs there are modern windows with two horizontal panes in both sash. A 1/1 window survives in the attic. The north side is punctuated by four 2/2 windows. A single story shed projects from the rear of this elevation.

Extending to the south from the rear of the house is a two story cross gable ell. A large brick chimney is located at the junction of the two sections. The south side of the ell is fronted by an enclosed porch consisting of continuous windows on a clapboarded base. Offset to the southeast is a partial and somewhat lower gablefront section. Adjacent to the south of this is a single story garage set broad side to the street and resting on a concrete foundation. There are two garage door openings and a glass and panel door on the facade.

This house does not appear on the 1869 Beers Map and its early owners are not known.

Town maps indicate that this property was owned by Stewart in 1959, 1963 and 1973. The present owner is Norman Miller.

54. (Snapper) House, east side of Main Street, c.1880. Contributing building.
Set gablefront to the street, the Snapper House is a 1 3/4 story clapboarded structure resting on a brick foundation. Simple cornerboards give rise to projecting eaves with a plain frieze. The wide gablefront is spanned by a single story porch supported by turned posts with a turned balustrade and newel posts. Jigsawn cut balusters cover the airspace below the porch. The sidehall entrance contains a modern glass and panel door. To the side is a large three-sided single story bay window filled with two 2/2 windows on the front and a single 2/2 to each side. Upstairs there are three 2/2 windows capped by lipped lintels. Projecting from the south side of the house is a single story, three sided bay window capped by a hip roof. There is also a 2/2 window. A gable wall dormer projects from each roof slope.

A narrow wing joins the main house to an attached barn at the rear. On the south side the wing is fronted by a single story porch which shelters a central door flanked by two 1/1 windows. On the north side a modern addition projects with casement windows and a tall stone chimney.

At the rear, the clapboarded attached barn has a sliding door and 6/6 window on the south side. A shed addition spans the rear with an opening on the south side .

This house postdates the 1869 Beers Map. Early owners are not known. Butler is indicated as the owner of this property on the 1959, 1963 and 1973 town maps. The present owners are Ernest and Ethel Snapper.

55. (Fitzgerald) House, southeast corner Main Street and Hazen Street, c.1890. Contributing building.
A good but conservative example of late 19th century architecture, the Fitzgerald House features a variety of gables, bay windows and porches, although the core of the house remains symmetrical and boxlike. The 2-1/2 story clapboarded structure rests on a brick foundation and is capped by a gable, asphalt-shingled roof. Simple cornerboards give rise to projecting eaves and a boxed cornice with a plain frieze and cornice returns. The main house is set broadside to Main Street and measures three bays across. The two end bays consist of two two-story rectangular bays built out from the facade and capped by steeply pitched gables. Windows contain 1/1 sash with 2/2 outer storm windows. A low pediment caps the central bay which features a two story porch supported by turned post, capped by curvilinear jigsawn brackets with knobs and spanned by clapboarded walls. Centered on the first floor is a glass and panel door.

The north side of the main house measures two bays wide with two windows also located in the attic. The south side of the house is spanned by a single story pedimented, enclosed porch consisting of continuous 6/6 windows resting on a clapboarded wall. Projecting from the center of the porch is a pedimented covered entrance with lattice sides.

Extending behind the main house is a 1-1/2 story ell resting on a concrete foundation with a screened porch on the north side and an open porch on the south. There is a shed with dormer on each roof slope, which like that on the rear roof slope of the main house is framed by cornerboards and contains a 2/2 window. The rear of the ell measures three bays wide with 1/1 windows and a single 1/1 in the attic. The rear elevation is finished with cornerboards and returns.

55A. Garage, c.1920. Contributing building. Located southeast of the main house is this early 20th century garage. Set broadside to Main Street, the building is constructed of shiplap siding, rests on a concrete foundation and is capped by an asphalt-shingled hip roof. The front facade has three sets of double doors which swing outward. Each has a multilight upper section and four horizontal panels below. A lean-to section spanning the south side also has double doors facing westward. Additional windows on the structure have an upper sash with four vertical panes and a lower one light sash. There is one window on the north side and two on the rear, flanking each side of a central tall brick exterior chimney.

The early ownership history of this property is not known. Town maps indicate that the Fitzgeralds have owned this property since at least 1959.

56. (Bradley) House, northeast corner of Main Street and Hazen Street, c.1880. Contributing building.
The Bradley House is a 1-1/2 story gablefront structure covered in aluminum siding above a brick foundation. The roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles and has widely projecting eaves. The sidehall entrance contains a glass and panel door beside which is a three sided bay window filled with two 2/2 windows on the front and a single 2/2 window angled to each side. The gablefront is spanned by a single story porch supported by turned posts with curvilinear caps above a wooden deck with latticed airspace. Upstairs there are three 2/2 windows.

The north side is punctuated by four 2/2 windows. The south side of the main house features a single 2/2 window and a single story projecting rectangular bay window. Located at the end of this elevation is a projecting single story porch supported by open posts with curvilinear caps. Underneath the porch is a glass and panel door and a single modern window. A gable wall dormer with a single 1/1 window rises from the roof above the porch.

A narrow connector wing, less high than the main house and two bays wide, joins the main house and attached barn. A four panel door and 2/2 window are located on the south side. A sliding door is on the north side.

The attached clapboarded barn has a metal roof and projecting eaves. There is a sliding door on the south side with a 12/2 window adjacent. There is a single 6/6 window on the rear elevation and two windows on the north.

Offset to the southeast of the barn is a small clapboarded garage with a standing seam metal roof and projecting eaves. The garage rests on a brick foundation. There is a clipped corner opening on the gable front facing west.

This house postdates the 1869 Beers Map. Early owners are not known. Town maps indicate that the Bradleys have owned this house since at least 1959.

57. (Smyth) House, east side of Main Street, c.1930. Contributing building.
At the center of this structure is a 1-1/2 story Cape Cod style structure, oriented with its gable end facing the street. The building is clapboarded, has an asphalt shingled roof and rests on a concrete foundation. Projecting from the center of the gable end is a clapboarded entrance vestibule capped by a hip roof with a shallow arched hood resting on brackets sheltering the door. The wooden door features a variety of horizontal and vertical panels. Beside it is a fixed upper window fitted with a shutter. Above the porch is a line of three casement multi-light windows. South of the door is a pair of 6/6 windows. North of the doorway are two 2/2 windows.

Projecting from the north side of the house is a shallow shed-roofed extension. Upstairs, the slope of the main roof is punctuated by a shed dormer.

Extending from the south side of the main house is a hip roofed projection. Multilight casement windows light both the front (west) and south sides. A single 6/6 window punctuates the rear of the south elevation of the main house.

57A. Garage, c. 1930. Contributing building. Located south of the main house is a single car, clapboarded garage resting on a concrete foundation and capped by a wood shingle roof. A garage door is located on the gablefront while an additional glass and panel door accesses the north. There are two 6/6 windows on the south side and none on the rear.

The early ownership history of this property is not known. Town maps indicate that it was owned by Ryder in 1959 and by Hills in 1963 and 1973. The present owners are Randall and Marylee Smyth.

58. (Brooks) House, east side of Main Street, c.1890. Contributing building.
This is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded structure capped by an asphalt shingled gable roof and resting on a brick foundation. Simple wooden cornerboards give rise to projecting eaves and a plain frieze. The house is oriented with its broad entryless elevation facing the street. Punctuating this elevation are two three sided bay windows, each of which contains a central 8/8 window flanked by two angled 4/4 sash.

The northfacing gablefront features a sidehall entrance with a wooden door featuring nine lights over a lower panel. The entrance is sheltered by a porch supported by plain posts resting on a clapboarded wall with a latticed airspace underneath. Adjacent to the entrance is a pair of 6/6 windows with two individual 6/6 windows upstairs.

The south gable end measures three bays wide including two 6/6 windows and a sidehall entrance with a hiproofed porch. Upstairs there are three 6/6 windows.

Extending behind the main house is a modern ell resting on a concrete foundation with a steeply pitched asphalt, gable roof. A glass and panel door and two 1/1 windows punctuate the north side.

The early ownership history of this house is not known. Town maps indicate that this property was owned by D. Waterman in 1959, 1963 and 1973. The present owner is Almena Hill Brooks.

59. (Smith) House, east side of Main Street - south of Koch Road, c.1930. Contributing building.
Dating to about 1930, the Smith House is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure sheathed in aluminum siding and resting on a concrete foundation. The main part of the house is set with its gablefront to the street. Framed by close eaves, this elevation contains two 6/1 windows on the first floor and two more in the attic. Underneath, on the basement level is a single garage door.

Projecting southward from this building is a 1-1/2 story ell. The corner between the main house and wing contains an entrance porch with a lattice front wall and modern door. A set of three 6/1 windows lights the front wall of the ell, with an additional set lighting the south gable end. Upstairs on this end is a single 1/1 window framed by close eaves.

A gable dormer punctuates the north roof slope of the main house. Offset to the northeast of the main house is a single car garage addition capped by a shed roof. The garage door faces south and there is an additional glass and panel door on the south side of the garage.

The early ownership history of this house is not known. Town maps indicate that this property was owned in 1959 and 1963 by Waterman and in 1973 by M. Smith. Marjorie Smith is still the owner today.

60. (Goudsmit) House, east side of Main Street - north of Koch Road, c.1930 Contributing building.
A Cape Cod style replica, dating to about 1930, the Goudsmit House is a clapboarded structure resting on a concrete foundation with a wood shingle roof. The roof is punctuated by a large offcenter brick chimney with a concrete cap and the rear slope is spanned by a shed dormer. The house displays flush side eaves and a boxed cornice on the front and rear elevations which projects slightly. The main house measures three bays wide with a central entrance containing a six panel door flanked by partial sidelights with a thin pilaster door molding. The door is flanked by two 8/12 windows.

The south side is punctuated by two 8/12 windows on the first floor and a single 8/8 in the attic. The north side has a single 8/12 window with a 8/8 window above.

Offset to the northeast is a single story wing with 8/12 windows.

The early ownership history of this property is not known. Town maps indicate that the house was owned by Alden in 1959, 1963 and 1973. The present owner is Margot Goudsmit.

60A. Garage, c.1930. Contributing building. Located kitty corner from the northeast corner of the wing is a clapboarded single car garage with an asphalt roof displaying an uneven gable pitch. The garage door is on the north side and there are two 8/12 windows on the west wall.

61. (Goudsmit) Apartment building, east side of Main Street, c.1970. Noncontributing building.
A small apartment building of recent construction, this 1-1/2 story structure is sheathed in wide clapboards above a concrete block foundation. Set broadside to the street the house consists of a main house with a slightly smaller wing offset to the northeast. Centered on the facade of the main house is a wide gable-roofed entrance porch supported by square posts with side benches. Under the porch are two modern six panel doors. These are flanked by two wide 1/1 windows to each side. The south end of the building displays a casement window downstairs with a set of three 1/1 windows above. The gable end displays close eaves with an exterior concrete block chimney and a shed offset at the southeast corner.

Centered on the facade of the wing are an entrance porch and door like that on the main building. The entrance is flanked by two 1/1 windows on each side.

61A. Garage, c.1980. Noncontributing building. Northwest of the house is an open garage constructed of vertical siding and capped by an asphalt roof with an uneven gable roof slope. There are two arched openings on the south side. There are no other doors or windows on the structure.

62. (Partridge-Smith) House, southwest corner Turnpike Road and Main Street, 1777. Contributing building.
A fine example of late 18th century, Georgian style architecture, the Smith House is a two story clapboarded structure with a block-like plan measuring 5 x 5 bays. The house is capped by an asphalt sheathed hip roof with two interior brick chimneys. A wide wooden watertable surrounds the building above a granite block foundation. Plain cornerboards give rise to a boxed cornice decorated by a dentil course under the cornice with another running along the side.

Both the main (south) facade and east elevations are virtually identical. There is a central entrance containing a wooden six panel door embellished by elaborate recessed panels. It is flanked by four sidelights, each of which is divided vertically into three panels. The pilasters flanking the entrance are beveled with an outer molding and capped by a wide entablature lintel with frieze. The entrance is fronted by a set of concrete stairs. Windows on the first floor of the building contain 12/12 sash with simple splayed lintels and rounded wooden sills. Lintels on the second story windows are shorter and extend directly to the dentil course under the cyma recta cornice.

The rear (north) elevation measures three bays wide with 12/12 windows. In addition to the wing partially fronting the west elevation, this side is punctuated by a pair of 12/12 windows on the second floor and a french door and 12/12 window on the first floor.

Extending from the west side of the main house is a 1-1/2 story clapboarded wing with an asphalt shingled gable roof and resting partially on a fieldstone foundation. The south side features a recessed porch with plain posts and a wooden deck. Under the porch are a door and two 12/12 windows. The elevation ends With a doublewide opening with clipped corners. The west gable end has close eaves and a single 6/6 window opening.

According to the Early Houses of Norwich. Vermont, this house was built by Elisha Partridge in 1777. Elisha came to Norwich with his parents in 1765 and married Margaret Murdock the same year. The Partridge family sold the house to a man named Andrus. Charles Slack married Andrus' daughter and bought the house in 1853. It was later owned by Mr. Slack's daughter, Mrs. Josiah Huntley, whose son, James, sold it to Mr. and Mrs. J. Laurie Snell in 1967. (p. 36)

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