National Register of Historic Places

Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street

Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
Listed
January 22, 2014
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13001119

About this property

The Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street is a historic multiunit residential building in Burlington, Vermont. Built about 1889, it is a good local example of vernacular Queen Anne Victorian architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The building at the southwest corner of Peru and Johnson Streets is a 2-1/2 story wood frame building. The Old North End neighborhood it stands in is just north of Burlington's central business district, and is densely built with residential buildings. The building is basically rectangular in shape, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. A rectangular gabled section projects from the long east side, facing Johnson Street, with a two-story porch extending to the building's northeast corner. One entrance from the porch provides access to two of the building's three units, while the third is accessed from an entrance at the opposite end of the northern facade, sheltered by a metal hood. The skirt of the second-floor porch is finished in scallop-cut shingles. The interior finishes date primarily from the 1960s, although original staircase railings survive. Eli Johnson built this house as part of his development of Johnson Street, begun in 1888. Johnson was a prominent local businessman, with a partnership interest in a printing firm and also in a retail pharmacy on College Street. He began the development during a period when the city's economic growth had led to housing shortages for working-class families. Early residents of Johnson Street were typically of English or Irish extraction. Originally built as a duplex, it was converted to three units in the early 1960s. National Register of Historic Places listings in Chittenden County, Vermont

Location

27 & 31 Peru & 29 Johnson Sts.
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
44.48445, -73.21587

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

North Street Historic District
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Duplex at 22-26 Johnson Street
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Robarge, John B. Duplex
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Nearby Battles

Carleton's Raid
1778Revolutionary War
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When was Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street listed on the National Register?

Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 22, 2014.

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Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street is recorded as the industrial era.

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