192 South Union Street

This 1888 Queen Anne style home, a recipient of a Preservation Burlington award for the owner’s sensitive and extensive restoration, has its history recounted in David Blow’s Historic Guide to Burlington Neighborhoods, Vol. III. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the South Union Street Historic District, which describes it as “a fine example of transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival Architecture.”  The main siding of the house is brick veneer, with a third story of decorative wood shingling, and a slate roof with fishscale slate insertions.

William H. Lane, Jr. who, with his father, had a livery stable on St. Paul Street close to the present location of Pizza Verita,  hired Burlington’s A.B. Fisher and Company to design and build a home. A.B.’s son Clellan was architect on the project. William Jr.’s  keen interest in the fire department (elected  eight times captain of the Ethan Allen Engine Company) probably led to having Fisher’s company , also in 1888, build the fire station which still stands next to City Hall.

William died in 1896.The next resident of the house was James A. Brown, a Grand Isle attorney and legislator. He moved to Burlington in 1885 as deputy collector of Internal Revenue, and served three terms as Burlington City Attorney.

William E. Burt lived here from 1910 until his death, 1955. He was president and manufacturer of the Leader Evaporator Company, probably the major manufacturer for the whole maple syrup industry in the United States. His widow, Lucille, lived in the house until 1967. 

The new owner was Robert B. Peden, with IBM. The Pedens owned the house until the year 2000.

The present owner, Christine Gordon, purchased the building in 2015. Since then, with Tim Holloway of Distinctive Restoration, Inc., of Monkton, she has restored and  renovated the house , sensitively preserving its historic features.

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