William Fitzgerald Block

United States historic place

William Fitzgerald Block

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 57-63 N. Champlain St.
Burlington, Vermont
Coordinates| 44°28′56″N 73°13′4″W﻿ / ﻿44.48222°N 73.21778°W﻿ / 44.48222; -73.21778
Built| 1887 (1887)
Architectural style| Italianate
NRHP reference No.| 12000293[1]
Added to NRHP| May 1, 2012

The William Fitzgerald Block is a historic mixed-use commercial and residential building at 57-63 North Champlain Street in Burlington, Vermont. Built about 1887, it is a well-preserved example of a period neighborhood store with residences above. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

## Description and history[edit]

The William Fitzgerald Block stands in Burlingtons' Old North End neighborhood, at the northwest corner of North Champlain Street and Sherman Street. It faces North Champlain Street, a major north-bound thoroughfare through the neighborhood. It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a flat roof and clapboarded exterior. Its Italianate features include a projecting cornice decorated with elaborate paired brackets, a simpler bracketed cornice over the first-floor storefronts, and peaked sills above the second-story windows. The front facade is six bays wide, housing a storefront in southern four bays. There are four doors, one recessed into the storefront, and two of other three providing access to the upper floors; the fourth provides access to a ground-floor apartment built out of former retail space at the north end.[2]

The block was built about 1887, by William and Mary Fitzgerald, who operated a neighborhood store and lived in the northernmost residential unit. The area had seen an influx of workers for Burlington's wood products industries, and the area in the immediate vicinity developed as an enclave of Irish immigrants. The store went through a number of changes in ownership and size, sometimes only occupying the corner section of the commercial space.[2]

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ a b Suzanne Jamele (2012). "NRHP nomination for William Fitzgerald Block" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 14, 2016.

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National Register of Historic Places in Chittenden County, Vermont

National
Historic
Landmarks|

* Round Church
* Shelburne Farms
* Ticonderoga

Districts|

* Martin M. Bates Farmstead
* Battery Street Historic District
* Buell Street–Bradley Street Historic District
* Charlotte Center Historic District
* Giles Chittenden Farmstead
* Church Street Historic District
* City Hall Park Historic District
* Downtown Essex Junction Commercial Historic District
* Fort Ethan Allen Historic District
* Gray Rocks
* Head of Church Street Historic District
* Hinesburg Town Forest
* Honey Hollow Camp
* Jericho Center Historic District
* Jericho Village Historic District
* Dan Johnson Farmstead
* Lakeside Development
* LeClair Avenue Historic District
* Mad River Glen Ski Area Historic District ‡
* Main Street–College Street Historic District
* Mount Philo State Park
* Murray–Isham Farm
* North Street Historic District
* Pearl Street Historic District
* Pine Street Industrial Historic District
* Preston–Lafreniere Farm
* Redstone Historic District
* Remington–Williamson Farm
* Sand Bar State Park
* Shelburne Village Historic District
* South Union Street Historic District
* South Willard Street Historic District
* Sutton Farm
* Underhill State Park
* University Green Historic District
* Wells-Richardson Complex
* M. S. Whitcomb Farm
* Williston Village Historic District
* Winooski Falls Mill District

Buildings|

| Commercial/
Industrial|

* Burlington Montgomery Ward Building
* Burlington Traction Company
* Ethan Allen Engine Company No. 4
* William Fitzgerald Block
* Moquin's Bakery
* Moran Municipal Generation Station
* Old Red Mill and Mill House
* Porter Screen Company
* Richmond Underwear Company Building
* Saltus Grocery Store
* Tavern on Mutton Hill
* Winooski Block

|

Government|

* Chittenden County Courthouse †
* U.S. Post Office and Custom House

Educational|

* Carnegie Building of the Fletcher Free Library
* Champlain School
* Converse Hall
* District No. 5 Schoolhouse
* Jonesville Academy
* Proctor Maple Research Farm

Religious|

* First Baptist Church
* First Methodist Church
* Howard Mortuary Chapel
* Huntington Lower Village Church
* Methodist Episcopal Church of Winooski
* Old Ohavi Zedek Synagogue
* Richmond Congregational Church
* Williston Congregational Church

Residential|

* Ethan Allen Homestead
* Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street
* Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley House
* Roswell Butler House
* Martin Chittenden House
* Dumas Tenements
* Duplex at 22-26 Johnson Street
* Duplex at 73-75 Sherman Street
* Follett House
* Galusha House
* Grasse Mount
* House at 44 Front Street
* Martin L. Kelsey House
* LeFerriere House
* McNeil Homestead
* Mintzer House
* Normand House
* Old Stone House
* Charles R. Palmer House
* Cicero Goddard Peck House
* John B. Robarge Duplex
* Roberge-Desautels Apartment House
* Daniel Webster Robinson House
* Lucy Ruggles House
* Stannard House
* Lee Tracy House
* Edward Wells House
* Wells-Jackson Carriage House Complex
* Winterbotham Estate

Sites|

* Burlington Bay Horse Ferry
* General Butler (shipwreck)
* O.J. Walker (shipwreck)
* Phoenix (shipwreck)
* Winooski Archeological Site

Structures|

* Burlington Breakwater
* Holmes Creek Covered Bridge
* Quinlan's Covered Bridge
* Seguin Covered Bridge
* West Milton Bridge
* Winooski River Bridge

Footnotes|

† This entry has been removed from the registry.
‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.

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