Giroux Furniture Company Building

United States historic place

Giroux Furniture Company Building

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 10-18 Catherine St., St. Albans, Vermont
Coordinates| 44°48′39″N 73°5′10″W﻿ / ﻿44.81083°N 73.08611°W﻿ / 44.81083; -73.08611
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1896 (1896)
Architectural style| Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.| 06001010[1]
Added to NRHP| November 8, 2006

The Giroux Furniture Company Building is a historic commercial building at 10-18 Catherine Street in the city of St. Albans, Vermont. Built in two parts (1896 and 1905), it is a reminder of the city's railroad-related history, and served for many years as an enduring commercial presence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

## Description and history

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The former Giroux Furniture Company Building is located in central St. Albans, on a block bounded by Market, Lake, and Catherine Streets. It is set directly Lake Street from the Central Vermont Railway Office building, and across Market Street from the main railroad tracks. The front portion of the building is triangular in shape, an artifact of the historic alignment of Market Street, which angled toward Federal Street east of the railway office. It is two stories in height, built out of wood frame faced in brick veneer. A single-story showroom facade is built along the angled side of the building. To the rear of the triangular section is a large two-story warehouse of similar construction.[2]

The rear warehouse portion of the building was built in 1896 by Hiram Weeks, who operated a feed store. He chose the location to efficiently move large volumes of goods from the railroad tracks to the west into the building, and then move smaller (but still large) quantities of goods to his customers on the east side. The feed business, eventually renamed or sold to City Feed Company, remained on the premises until 1936, adding the front triangular section in 1905. This addition was made to provide space for a vehicle repair business operated by Frederick Bedard and Henry Carlisle. In 1937 the building was acquired by the Giroux brothers, who opened what they claimed was Vermont's largest furniture retailer, also capitalizing on the presence of the nearby railroad for delivery of their goods. The Giroux Furniture Company closed in the 2000s, after nearly 70 years of operation.[2]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b Kempton Randolph (2006). "NRHP nomination for Giroux Furniture Company Building". National Park Service. Retrieved October 31, 2016. with photos from 2006

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National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Vermont

Districts|

* Ballard Farm
* Central Vermont Railroad Headquarters
* Downtown Richford Historic District
* St. Albans Historic District

Buildings|

* Billado Block
* Sheldon Boright House
* Brigham Academy
* Community Baptist Church and Parsonage
* District No. 2 School
* District No. 8 School
* Enosburg Congregational Memorial Church
* Enosburg Opera House
* Evarts-McWilliams House
* Fairfield Street School
* First Congregational Church of Swanton
* Fletcher Union Church
* Georgia Plain Baptist Church
* Giroux Furniture Company Building
* Solomon Goodrich Homestead
* Hathaway's Tavern
* Houghton House
* Kemp-Shepard House
* Dr. B. J. Kendall Company
* L'Ecole Saintes-Anges
* Methodist Episcopal Church
* Montgomery House
* Ovitt Grist Mill
* Parish of the Holy Trinity
* Perley Block
* Moses P. Perley House
* Quincy Hotel
* Richford Primary School
* Richwood Estate
* Rockledge
* St. Albans Town Hall
* St. Ann's Episcopal Church
* St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
* St. George's Catholic Church
* St. John's Episcopal Church
* Swanton School
* Sweat-Comings Company House
* U.S. Inspection Station-East Richford, Vermont
* U.S. Inspection Station-Richford, Vermont
* U.S. Inspection Station-West Berkshire, Vermont
* United States Post Office and Custom House
* Warner Home
* West Berkshire School
* F.W. Wheeler House
* Willard Manufacturing Company Building

Structures|

* Bridge 9
* Bridge 12
* Bridge Number VT105-10
* Comstock Covered Bridge
* Douglas & Jarvis Patent Parabolic Truss Iron Bridge
* East Fairfield Covered Bridge
* Fairfax Covered Bridge
* Fuller Covered Bridge
* Hectorville Covered Bridge
* Hopkins Covered Bridge
* Hutchins Covered Bridge
* Longley Covered Bridge
* Missisquoi River Bridge
* Swanton Covered Railroad Bridge
* West Hill Covered Bridge

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
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