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Update: 1 Aug 03

Historic Resources of Burlington

City Hall Park Hall Block

City Hall and City Hall Park

Hall Block, College Street

Burlington is fortunate to have a wealth of historic buildings and resources that serve to define our city's rich past. They provide an important link to the city's past, and are the foundation of our future as a thriving and unique community. While many historic properties remain undocumented, the following offers a summary of some of those that have.

Burlington Historic Sites and Districts: A listing of historic resources deemed to possess local significance, (66 buildings and 6 historic districts) and which are specifically identified under Article 8 of the Burlington Zoning Ordinance. Some are also listed on the State or National Register.

State Register of Historic Places: A listing of historic resources deemed to posses statewide significance (180 buildings in Burlington), and maintained by the VT Division for Historic Preservation.

National Register of Historic Places: A listing of historic resources deemed to posses national significance and maintained by the National Park Service.

Burlington properties and districts listed on the National Register:

Resource Name Address Listed
Battery Street Historic District Roughly bounded by Lake Champlain, Main, Maple, and St. Paul Streets (both sides) 11/2/1977
Battery Street Historic District (boundary increase) Roughly bounded by Browns Court, King, Adams, and Union Streets 6/28/1984
Buell - Bradley Street Historic District 2 - 71 Bradley St, 24 - 125 Buell St, 16 - 75 Orchard Terr, 9 - 96 South Union St, 11 - 87 Hungerford Terr 11/13/1995
Burlington Bay Horse Ferry (shipwreck) Burlington Bay 12/15/1993
Burlington Breakwater Burlington Bay 6/6/2003
Burlington Montgomery Ward Building 52 - 54 Church Street 5/30/1991
Carnegie Building of the Fletcher Free Library SE corner of College Street and South Winooski Avenue 8/18/1976
Champlain School 809 Pine Street 12/10/1982
Chittenden County Courthouse 180 Church Street 4/11/1973
City Hall Park Historic District Church, College, Main and St. Paul Streets 6/9/1983
Ethan Allen Engine Company No. 4 135 Church Street 4/16/1971
Ethan Allen Homestead Off Van Patten Parkway 7/24/1986
First Baptist Church 81 St. Paul Street 3/2/2001
First Methodist Church of Burlington South Winooski Avenue 10/5/1978
Follett House 63 College Street 10/30/1972
General Butler (shipwreck) Burlington Bay 10/22/1998
Grassemount 411 Main Street 4/11/1973
Head of Church Street Historic District Corners of Pearl and Church Streets 7/15/1974
Howard Mortuary Chapel 455 North Avenue 10/21/1999
Kelsey, Martin L., House 43 Elmwood Avenue 2/24/1983
Lakeside Development Lakeside, Central, Conger, Wright, and Harrison Avenues 4/12/1982
Main Street - College Street Historic District Roughly bounded by College, South Williams and Main Streets, and South Winooski Avenue 10/13/1988
Moquin's Bakery 78 Rose Street 6/27/1997
North Street Historic District North Street between North Avenue and North Winooski Avenue 12/21/2001
O.J. Walker (shipwreck) Burlington Bay 10/22/1998
Old Ohavi Zedex Synagogue Corner of Archibald and Hyde Streets 1/31/1978
Pearl Street Historic District Roughly 184 - 415 Pearl Street, Orchard Terrace, and Winooski Avenue 11/1/1984
Robinson, Daniel Webster, House 384 and 388 Main Street 4/22/1982
Saltus Grocery Store 299 - 301 North Winooski Avenue 11/19/2001
South Union Street Historic District South Union Street between Howard and Main Streets 10/31/1988
South Willard Street Historic District South Willard Street 11/3/1988
U.S. Post Office and Customhouse SE corner of Main and Church Streets 11/21/1972
University Green Historic District University of Vermont campus 4/14/1975
Wells, Edward, House 61 Summit Street 10/3/1979
Wells - Jackson Carriage House Complex 192 - 194 Jackson Court and 370 Maple Street 12/10/1982
Wells - Richardson District Main, Pine, College, and St. Paul Streets 3/5/1979
Winooski Falls Mill Historic District (boundary increase) 485 - 497 Colchester Avenue, 5 - 21 Mill Street, 8 - 32 Barrett Street 9/30/1993
Winterbotham Estate 163 South Willard Street 5/12/1975

Register list current through June 6, 2003

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Links to more information on some of Burlington's historic properties:

Burlington Breakwater Project UVM Campus Treasures
VT Underwater Historic Preserves North Street Commercial District
Burlington Schooner Project University Green
First Baptist Church H.O. Wheeler School
Burlington 1830 Burlington 1830 - 1853