Daniel Webster Robinson House
Daniel Webster Robinson House | |
 as of 2013, Alpha Chi Omega Sorority of the University of Vermont | |
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| Location | 384 and 388 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont |
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| Coordinates | 44°28′35″N 73°12′13″W / 44.47639°N 73.20361°WCoordinates: 44°28′35″N 73°12′13″W / 44.47639°N 73.20361°W |
| Area | 0.72 acres |
| Built | 1885-1886 |
| Architect | Peabody and Stearns |
| Architectural style | Shingle Style, transitional, including elements of Georgian, Queen Anne and Colonial styles |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001701[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 17 May 1982 |
The Daniel Webster Robinson House is a historic house at 384-388 Main Street in Burlington, Vermont. It was designed by the Boston firm of Peabody and Stearns and built in 1885-1886 for prepared lumber magnate Daniel Webster Robinson.[2] Since 1931 it has housed the Alpha Iota Chapter of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority affiliated with the University of Vermont (UVM).[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
Description and history[]
The Daniel Webster Robinson House stands on the north side of Main Street, just west of the main UVM campus, between South William and South Willard Streets. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, basically rectangular, with its massing obscured by a wealth of asymmetrical architecture typical of the Queen Anne period. The front facade features a low projecting turret on the second level at the right corner, with a wraparound porch that is open across most of the front, with an roofed corner pavilion at the left, and a covered porch on the right side that continues to a shingled porte-cochere with rounded opening. The front-facing cross gable of the main roof has a window set in it, below which is a corbel-like bulge. The interior of the building retains a significant amount of original woodwork and other decorative elements, despite its extended use as a sorority house. The period carriage house, which is also finely crafted, stands behind the main house, and has been converted to residential use.[2]
The house was built in 1885-85 for Daniel Webster Robinson, then a leading force in one of Burlington's largest lumber companies. Robinson in 1897 bought out the remaining interests in the Barnes Company which he had been part-owner of since 1873. The house was designed by Peabody and Stearns of Boston, a major architectural firm of the period; it is one of the firm's significant works in Vermont.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Trementozzi, Miriam (May 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory --- Nomination Form". Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Daniel Webster Robinson House at Wikimedia Commons
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
- Houses in Burlington, Vermont
- National Register of Historic Places in Burlington, Vermont
- Buildings at the University of Vermont
- Women in Vermont
- Sorority houses